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Itinerary as per
May 11, 2006
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Monday, May 15
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USA to VIENNA
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5.45 pm
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The MESSIAH COLLEGE CONCERT CHOIR departs from Washington
Dulles International Airport ( IAD) on direct non-stop Austrian
Airlines flight OS 94.
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Tuesday, May 16
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VIENNA
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8.40 am
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Arrive at Vienna airport
The MESSIAH COLLEGE CONCERT CHOIR will be met at Vienna
International airport by your professional English-speaking
tour guide Mr. Fritz Doppelhofer (cell phone +43 664 6381721)
, your driver and Christian Bender, Managing Director of Concerts-Austria.
Transfer by deluxe air-conditioned motor coach to your hotel.
Vienna orientation tour en-route.
Lunch on your own in the city-center. (time to change money)
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2.15 pm
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Board bus and depart for hotel |
3.00 pm
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Check-into hotel
Afternoon at leisure; time to rest (recommended time: no longer
than 2 hours, this will ensure that participants will adjust
to Central European time and overcome jet lag quickly.) |
6.00 pm
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Welcome dinner at hotel and briefing with your
guide |
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7.00 pm
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Transfer to the outstanding "House of
Music" to experience the following attractions:
*The Great Masters of Viennese music tradition: Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven, Schubert, Strauss.
*The Virtual Conductor *The Waltz Dice Game *The Vienna Philharmonic
Museum
*New Year´s Concert Experience (35 min.)
* The Sonosphere
* The Brain Opera |
8.30 pm
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Board bus and transfer back to hotel
Overnight Vienna (1)
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Wednesday, May 17
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VIENNA
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7.30 am
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Buffet breakfast at hotel |
8.45 am
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start first rehearsal at seminar room in the
hotel |
10.45 am
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end of rehearsal |
11.00 am
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Start your guided city tour of Vienna |
11.30 am
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visit Schoenbrunn Palace. (entrance included) |
1.00 pm
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Lunch on your own |
2.00 pm
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Continue your guided city tour of Vienna with
Ring Avenue, the Hofburg Palace, the Opera
House, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Mozart 's "Figaro
House", City Hall and visit the Central Cemetery
(honorary tombs of famous composers like Beethoven, Gluck, Schubert,
Johann Strauss Father and Son, Lanner and Brahms). |
6.00 pm
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Dinner at local restaurant Wieselburger at Prater,
the oldest amusement-park in the world with its famous ferris
wheel and plenty of other attractions. |
9.00 pm
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board bus and return to hotel
Overnight Vienna (2)
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Thursday, May 18
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VIENNA
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8.00 am
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Buffet breakfast at hotel
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9.00 am
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Transfer to the University of Music and Performing Arts
Vienna
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10.00 am
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Start seminar/workshop conducted by a Member of the Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra
Topics include: "Vienna a Center of Music in the World",
"Music History in Vienna" and "Focus
on the 250th Birthday of Mozart", "Perspectives
of a Professinal Musician". (time permitting).
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11.30 am
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End of seminar/workshop
Lunch on your own.
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12.30 pm
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Transfer back to hotel (pick up concert attire and
music)
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1.30 pm
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Board Bus (bring concert attire and music)
Depart for the province Burgenland and the evening
concert in
Bad Tatzmannsdorf
Arrive in Rohrau - see the birthplace of the world-famous
composers Joseph and Michael Haydn, the Haydn Museum.
Then continue to Eisenstadt - where Joseph Haydn lived
for 30 years. Eisenstadt is the capital as well as the cultural
and educational center of the province of Burgenland. This
charming Baroque town - its buildings influenced by the Prince
Esterhazy dynasty - is Austria's smallest and youngest provincial
capital. Eisenstadt had its heyday in the 18th century when
it was ruled by Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy.
See the Esterhazy Palace where Haydn conducted the
court orchestra almost every evening, stop at Raiding,
the birthplace of Franz Liszt and then, continue south to
Bad Tatzmannsdorf
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6.00 pm
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arrive Bad Tatzmannsdorf
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6.20 pm
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Sound check ( change into concert attire)
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7.20 pm
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end of sound check
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7.30 pm
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OPENING EVENING CONCERT TOUR PERFORMANCE (#1) BY THE
MESSIAH COLLEGE CONCERT CHOIR conducted by LINDA TEDFORD
at the Parish Church of Bad Tatzmannsdorf
The choir will be officially welcomed by a city representative
and introduced to the audience.
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8.30 pm
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end of concert
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8.45 pm
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Dinner provided in Bad Tatzmannsdorf at local restaurant
Weinstadl
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9.45 pm
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Return to Vienna
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11.30 pm
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arrive at hotel
Overnight Vienna (3)
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Friday, May 19
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VIENNA to SALZBURG
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7.00 am
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Buffet breakfast at hotel
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8.00 am
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Depart for Salzburg via the Wachau Region, a UNESCO
World Heritage area
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10.00 am
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Board MS Austria in Krems and start river
cruise on the Danube.
Lunch on your own on board of MS Austria
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1.00 pm
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Arrive in Melk.
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2.10 pm
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Visit the Benedictine Abbey Melk (entrance and guided
visit included)
continue to Salzburg
Arrive in Salzburg in the late afternoon. Check into
hotel
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7.00 pm
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Dinner provided at hotel
Overnight Salzburg (4)
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Saturday May 20
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SALZBURG
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8.00 am
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Buffet breakfast at hotel
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9.00 am
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Board bus and start morning guided city tour of Salzburg
including a visit to Mozart's birthplace. (entrance included)
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12.00 pm
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end of city tour
Lunch on own arrangements in the city-center of Salzburg
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1.00 pm
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return to hotel
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1.30 pm
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depart for concert (concert attire and music)
enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Salzkammergut Lake district
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4.30 pm
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arrive Gosau and official Welcome by City officials
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4.45 pm
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Sound check
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5.45 pm
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end of sound check
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6.00 pm
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EVENING CONCERT TOUR PERFORMANCE (#2) BY THE MESSIAH
COLLEGE CONCERT CHOIR conducted by LINDA TEDFORD at the
Parish Church in GOSAU
>> review
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7.00 pm
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end of concert
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7.15 pm
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Dinner provided at local restaurant Kirchenwirt in Gosau
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8.15 pm
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return to your Hotel
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9.30 pm
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arrive in hotel
Overnight Salzburg (5)
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Sunday May 21
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SALZBURG to PRAGUE
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7.00 am
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Buffet breakfast at hotel
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8.00 am
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Depart for Prague.
Lunch on your own en route.
Arrive Prague in the afternoon, check into hotel
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4.30 pm
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Depart hotel with your local guide and start city tour including
Prague Castle, walking tour of the old town,
St. Vitus Cathedral, and the Charles Bridge.
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8.00 pm
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Board cruise boat
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8.30 pm
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Dinner cruise on the Vlatava River
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11.00 pm
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end of cruise and return to hotel
Overnight Prague (6)
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Monday, May 22
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PRAGUE
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9.00 am |
Buffet breakfast at hotel
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10.00 am
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Depart from Hotel
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11.00 am
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Visit to the Villa Bertramka, with the Museum of Mozart
(entrance included)
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12.30 pm
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Lunch on your own
Afternoon at leisure in the center of Prague.
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2.30 pm
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Transfer back to hotel and prepare for concert
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4.00 pm
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Depart hotel (concert attire and music)
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5.00 pm
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Sound check
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5.50 pm
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end of sound check ( Mass to follow)
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7.30 pm
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Choir of St. Thomas church (Svatotomassky sbor).
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7.45 pm
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EVENING CONCERT TOUR PERFORMANCE (#3) BY THE MESSIAH COLLEGE
CONCERT CHOIR conducted by LINDA TEDFORD at the Church
of St. Thomas at Mala Strana in PRAGUE
(20 tickets in the name of Rebecca Wilt are reserved)
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8.45 pm
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end of concert and return to hotel
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9.30 pm
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Dinner provided at hotel
Overnight Prague (7)
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Tuesday, May 23
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PRAGUE to BRNO
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7.00 am
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Breakfast at hotel
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8.00 am
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Depart Prague, travel through the rolling Bohemian and Moravian
countryside to Brno, the Moravian Capital, one-time
headquarters of Napoleon (Battle of Austerlitz in 1805)
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12.00 pm
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Lunch on own arrangements in the city-center.
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1.00 pm
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Start lecture with a member of Brno's Janacek Conservatory
Visit of Janacek Museum
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2.30 pm
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Check in Hotel
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5.00 pm
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Depart for concert venue (concert attire and music)
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5.30 pm
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Sound check
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6.30 pm
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end of sound check
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7.00 pm
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Brno youth choir Vox Iuvenalis
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7.15 pm
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EVENING CONCERT TOUR PERFORMANCE (#4) BY THE MESSIAH
COLLEGE CONCERT CHOIR conducted by LINDA TEDFORD at the
Technical University in BRNO
Joint concert with Brno youth choir Vox Iuvenalis to promote
Czech & American friendship.
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8.15 pm
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end of concert
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8.30 pm
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Dinner Pizza party with host choir
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10.00 pm
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return to hotel
Overnight Brno (8)
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Wednesday, May 24
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BRNO to VIENNA
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7.00 am
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Buffet breakfast at hotel
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8.00 am
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Depart for Vienna (have passports ready)
Arrive Vienna before lunch time
Lunch on your own
Rest of afternoon at leisure in Vienna - time for shopping,
independent
museum visits.
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5.00 pm
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board bus and transfer to hotel
Check in hotel
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6.15 pm
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depart hotel
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7.00 pm
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Festive farewell dinner at local restaurant Heuriger Maly
in Grinzing
Overnight Vienna (9)
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Thursday, May 25
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VIENNA to WASHINGTON, DC
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6.00 am
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buffet breakfast and check out hotel
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7.00 am
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depart hotel and transfer to Vienna International Airport
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8.00 am
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arrive airport and check-in for your return flight back
to the USA
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10.30 am
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departure flight OS 93 to Washington Dulles International
airport (IAD)
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2.10 pm
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Arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
WELCOME HOME
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CONCERT COORDINATORS
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