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THE PASO ROBLES CHOIRS EUROPEAN CONCERT TOUR 2006

THE BELLA VOCE YOUNG WOMEN'S ENSEMBLE & THE B'SHARP QUARTET YOUNG MEN'S ENSEMBLE

London, Krakow, Vienna, Prague

The Paso Robles Choirs arrives at London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
transfer to your hotel
Dinner
Overnight in London (1)

Breakfast
Transfer to the airport

The Paso Robles Choirs departs from London Gatwick Airport (LGW)

The Paso Robles Choirs arrives from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) on BA2774 at Krakow airport and will be met by Ms. Jana Ogdenova (cell-phone +420 775230403), your professional English-speaking tour guide and your driver.
Transfer by deluxe air-conditioned motor coach to your hotel.
Lunch on own arrangements in the city center of Krakow

Check-in hotel - city maps will be provided

Meet your local guide at the hotel and start your guided city tour of Krakow

For over a thousand years, Krakow has been the centre of science, culture and art in Poland.
Your guided sightseeing tour will be the fine introduction to this historical city. The tour begins with a short walk along the streets of the former Jewish district of Kazimierz.
Next is Wawel Hill, crowned by Wawel Castle and the Royal Cathedral - the seat of royal power up until the 17-th century.
A walk up Godzka street leads you to the heart of Krakow - the Main Market Square. There, the large Gothic Cloth Hall is the perfect place to shop for local souvenirs. The last sightseeing stop is the twin-spired Church of St.Mary with its famous medieval altar by Wit Stwosz, and where every hour, the trumpeter of Krakow calls out his warning to city inhabitants.

Castle Dinner provided at historic restaurant Miod I Wino
with local live music
Return to hotel
at leisure
Overnight Krakow (2)

Breakfast at hotel

Excursion to AUSCHWITZ MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM
The most well known cemetery in the world and place of genocide. Started in 1940 as a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners, Auschwitz became the centre of extermination of European Jews in 1942. During the years 1940-1945, the Nazis killed around 1,5 million people here, mainly Jews, but also Poles, Gypsies, Russian and members of other nationalities. The museum-guide will show you the exhibitions in some of the surviving blocks, the gas chamber and the crematorium. After a short break , the tour continues to Birkenau, where you can go up the watchtower above the entrance gate to see the view of the largest of all Nazi extermination camps.

meet your local guide at the Museum and start visit of Auschwitz and Birkenau

end of visit
Return to Krakow
Lunch on your own

arrive back in Krakow Hotel
prepare for concert

Board Bus (bring concert attire and music)

start rehearsal/sound check

end of rehearsal/sound check

EVENING CONCERT TOUR PERFORMANCE (#1) BY THE PASO ROBLES CHOIRS conducted by CHARLES A. YOUNG IN KRAKOW

Dinner provided at local restaurant "Dom Norymberski"

return to hotel
Overnight Krakow (3)

Breakfast at hotel

Depart Krakow for Vienna
Lunch en route on own arrangements
Arrive Vienna in the afternoon

Vienna, one of the great capitals of Europe was for centuries home to the Habsburg rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Today the empire is long gone, but many reminders of the city's imperial heyday remain, carefully preserved by the tradition-loving Viennese.
From the late 18th century on, Vienna's culture -- particularly its music -- was famous throughout Europe. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Mahler, and Bruckner all lived in the city.
And at the tail end of the 19th century the city's artists and architects -- Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Josef Hoffmann, Otto Wagner, and Adolf Loos among them -- brought about an artistic revolution that swept away the past and set the stage for the radically experimental art of the 20th century.

Check in hotel - city maps will be provided

dinner provided at local restaurant Wieselburger at Prater, the oldest amusement-park in the world with its famous ferris wheel and plenty of other attractions.

return to hotel
Overnight Vienna (4)

VIENNA

Buffet breakfast at hotel

Board Bus (bring concert attire and music)
Depart for the province Burgenland and the evening concert in
Bad Schönau
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.
Lunch on own arrangements
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 to Bad Scönau

depart Eisenstadt for Evening concert in Bad Schönau

arrive Bad Schönau

Dinner provided at local restaurant Koder in Bad Schönau

proceed to the "Kursaal", the most important venue of Bad Schönau

Start rehearsal/sound check

end of rehearsal/sound check

Official welcome by the city's Cultural Commission
EVENING CONCERT TOUR PERFORMANCE (#2) BY THE PASO ROBLES CHOIRS conducted by CHARLES A. YOUNG IN BAD SCHÖNAU

End of concert and return to Vienna

VIENNA

Buffet breakfast at hotel

Meet you local guide at the hotel and enjoy your half-day guided tour of Vienna with Ring Avenue, the Hofburg Palace, the Opera House, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Mozart's "Figaro House", City Hall.
Visit the Central Cemetery (honorary tombs of famous composers like Beethoven, Gluck, Schubert, Johann Strauss Father and Son, Lanner and Brahms). Time permitting

Buffet breakfast at hotel

Depart for Prague.
Lunch on your own.
Arrive Prague in the afternoon

Prague, the city of hundred spires is the living soul of the Czech Republic. Prague has been a junction of European trade routes and a political and social centre for centuries.

As history passed through Prague it left indelible mark everywhere, as well as many cultures that had met in Prague during past times. This beautiful mixture of many styles from Romanesque and Baroque to Art Nouveau, Cubist and contemporary styles together with the Jewish Quarter and innumerable entertainment opportunities has created the unforgettable atmosphere and made Prague one of the worthiest places in the world to visit.

The historic heart of Prague, due to its extraordinary character, is on the list of the World's monuments of UNESCO, along with the cities of Cesky Krumlov, Telc, Kromeriz, Lednice-Valtice and others.

First orientation tour of Prague
Check in Hotel - city maps will be provided

Buffet breakfast at hotel

In the morning meet your local guide and start city tour including Prague Castle, walking tour of the old town, St. Vitus Cathedral, and the Charles Bridge.
Lunch on own arrangements
At leisure

Buffet breakfast at hotel

EVENING CONCERT TOUR PERFORMANCE (#3) BY THE PASO ROBLES CHOIRS conducted by CHARLES A. YOUNG AT ST. TOMAS CHURCH MALA STRANA IN PRAGUE

Dinner provided at hotel
Overnight Prague (9)

breakfast at hotel ( breakfast boxes provided)

Transfer to Prague International airport for your return flight

The Paso Robles Choirs departs from Prague International airport PRG on BA 853 for London

arrive London Heathrow Airport

The Paso Robles Choirs departs on BA 285 for San Francisco Airport

The Paso Robles Choirs arrives at San Francisco Airport

WELCOME HOME!

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