THE JOHN BELK INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM AT QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE
Central and Alpine Europe – May 2007
TENTATIVE ACTIVITIES CALENDAR

[The events, dates, & times in this activities calendar are subject to alteration in case of unforeseen conditions such as museum closings, inclement weather, or changes in the travel schedule.]

 

Day 1   Be at the Delta check-in at the Charlotte Airport no later than 6:15 am! [Allow plenty of time for security check-in.]  Depart Charlotte 9:02 am, DL #1716, for Atlanta (arrive 10:10 am).  Depart Atlanta 4:25 pm, DL #130, for Munich.    

Day 2   Arrive Munich, 7:50 am.  Transfer to Prague via coach.  After hotel check-in, Prague walkabout & orientation: Wenceslaus Square, New Town, Old Town (the Astronomical Clock), Charles Bridge.

Day 3   Prague:  8:15 am, leave hotel for tour of Prague Castle complex: St. Vitus Cathedral, Royal Palace (for defenestration), St. George’s Basilica, Golden Lane (Kafka at #22).   Afternoon: EXPLORE PRAGUE: Old Town Hall Tower, chamber music concert, Sternberk Palace Art Museum of the National Gallery (aka European Art Museum), Museum of the City of Prague, National Gallery, Veletrzni Palace (20th century works), National Technical Museum (awesome displays), Dvorak, Smetana, & Mozart museums, Loreto Palace, various other churches, galleries.
  
Day 4   Prague:  9:00 am, leave for Jewish Quarter.  Afternoon: EXPLORE PRAGUE

Day 5   Prague:  8:15 am, leave hotel with luggage for Coach transfer to Budapest.  After hotel check-in, Budapest walkabout and orientation:  Vorosmarty Square, Vaci Utca, Great Market Hall.

Day 6   Budapest:  8:30 am, leave hotel for tour of Pest and Andrassy Street: Heroes Square, House of Terror, State Opera House, St. Istvan’s Basilica, Parliament, Holocaust Memorial Center.  Afternoon: EXPLORE BUDAPEST: Imre Varga Collection (sculpture), Cave Church, Great Market Hall, City Park, Hungarian State Opera, Great Synagogue, Holocaust Memorial, Hungarian National Museum

Day 7   Budapest:  8:00 am, leave hotel for Buda and Castle Hill:  Chain Bridge, Royal Palace, Fishermen’s Bastion, Matthias Church, St. Mary Magdalene Church, etc.  .  Afternoon: EXPLORE BUDAPEST

Day 8   Budapest:  8:00 am, leave hotel for with luggage for Statue Park, outside the city.  Continue the coach trip to Vienna.  After hotel check-in, Vienna walkabout and orientation. 

Day 9   Vienna, 8:45 am, leave hotel for visit to Freud House and/or KunstHausWien.
Afternoon: visit Opera, Monument against War and Fascism, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral. 

Day 10   Vienna: 9:00 am, leave hotel for Schloss Schönbrunn (palace and gardens). 
 Afternoon: EXPLORE VIENNA: Hofburg (Treasury, Imperial Apartments), Neue Burg (outstanding musical instruments of the composers & Hapsburgs, armor, etc.), Haus der Musik, Museum of Modern Art, Albertina Museum, Schatzkammer, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (military – Sarajevo assassination auto), Naturhistoriches Museum, Mozart House, Kaisergruft [Capuchin Crypt], Lipizzaner Museum, Hundertwasser House, Belvedere Palace.

Day 11   Vienna: 9:20 am, leave hotel for Kunsthistorisches Museum.  Afternoon: EXPLORE VIENNA –ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES: see above for options.
 
Day 12   Vienna: 8:15 am, leave hotel with luggage for coach transfer to Salzburg via Melk. After visit to Benedictine Abbey and Museum, continue to Salzburg.  After hotel check-in, Salzburg walkabout and orientation

Day 13   Salzburg: 9:30 am, leave hotel for Salzburg walkabout: Kapuzinerberg, Mirabell Palace & Gardens, the Altstadt, Mozart’s birthplace, Salzburg Dom, St. Peter's Cemetery, Stiftskirche St. Peter, open-air market at Kollegienkirche. Afternoon:  visit to Hohensalzburg Fortress.   

Day 14   Salzburg:  9:00 am, day-trip to visit Halstadt (Dachstein Ice Caves, Salt Mines and Glacier).  

Day 15   Salzburg: 9:45 am, leave hotel with luggage for coach transfer to Munich.  After hotel check-in, Munich walkabout and orientation.

Day 16   Munich: 9:15 am, leave hotel for Dachau.  Afternoon: Alte Pinakotheke

Day 17   Munich: 9:00 am, leave hotel for Service Project.  Afternoon: EXPLORE MUNICH –ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES: Peterskirche, Frauenkirche, Neue Pinakotheke, Olympiapark, Pinakothek der Moderne, Lenbachhaus, BMW Museum, etc.

Day 18   Munich: 9:20 am, leave hotel for Deutsches Museum and English Garden. Afternoon: EXPLORE MUNICH –ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES: Peterskirche, Frauenkirche, Neue Pinakotheke, Olympiapark, Pinakothek der Moderne, Lenbachhaus, BMW Museum, etc.

Day 19   Munich: Early Rising!! for 6:45 AM departure, with luggage for Munich Airport on the S-Bahn.  Depart Munich, 10:05 am, DL #131, for Atlanta (arrive 2:35 pm).  Depart Atlanta, 8:00 pm, DL #1640, arriving in Charlotte at 9:23 pm.