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Morning |
Afternoon |
Evening |
DAY 1
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- Depart
the USA to Austria on a regularly scheduled transatlantic
flight.
- Dinner
served inflight.
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DAY 2
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- Breakfast
served inflight.
- Arrive
in Vienna
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- Sightseeing
tour: State Opera, Ringstrasse, Strauss Monument
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- Welcome
dinner.
- Overnight
in Vienna
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DAY 3
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- Breakfast
- Excursion
to Vienna Woods, including underground lake at Moedling
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- Heiligenkreuz
Mayering
- Baden
(Beethoven’s retreat)
- Visit
graves of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, and
others.
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- Dinner
- Overnight
in Vienna
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DAY 4
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- Breakfast
- Visit
the House of Music: Vienna Philharmonic Museum, room
of giant instruments, sound gallery, and more.
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- Possible
performance in the City Hall, St. Stephan’s Cathedral,
or the University
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- Dinner
- Optional
visit of volksoper concert/opera
- Overnight
in Vienna
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| DAY 5 |
- Breakfast
- Transfer
to Budapest
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- Sightseeing
tour: St. Stephan’s Basilica, the Cirsu, the Chain
Bridge, The River Danube, State Opera House, Statue
of Liberty, Fisherman’s Station, Castle Hill, Margaret
Island, hotel & spa resort Gellert
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- Dinner
- Overnight
in Budapest
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| DAY 6 |
- Breakfast
- Possible
cultural exchange with local Hungarian school or music
group
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- Possible
performance at the school or in Budapest
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- Dinner
- Overnight
in Budapest
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| DAY 7 |
- Breakfast
- Day
excursion to medieval towns of Szentendre and Esztergom
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- Szentendre
– Greek Orthodox churches, rococo houses
- Visegrad
– royal seat and fortress
- Esztergrom
– former castle of the Arpadian kings and citadel
of Christianity
- Possible performance
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- Dinner
- Overnight
in Budapest
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| DAY 8 |
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- Free
time for individual sightseeing
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- Folklore
Dinner show with gypsy music
- Overnight
in Budapest
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| DAY 9 |
- Breakfast
- Return
flight to USA
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