Monday, October 26, 2009

Europe Trip Itinerary

This is our annual trip for 2009. It was organized by Ben with assistance from Corrina and Sophia. They did a wonderful job of identifying attractions, planning out agendas of travel and got a wonderful tour guide Li Ming. Everyone was very pleased with the trip and we all had a wonderful time.

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It was a 14 days tour plus 2 traveling days between US and Europe. The itinerary is as the following:

Day 1 – September 4, 2009
     Traveling from Houston to Frankfurt, GM

Day 2 – September 5, 2009
     Arrival Frankfurt
     Travel to Heidelberg, GM
     Rhine Cruise
     Castle Heidelberg 
     Heidelberg University
     Stay in Weinheim, GM

Day 3 – September 6, 2009
     Black Forest
     Titisee
     Cuokoo Clock Demo
     Lunch and shopping by the Titisee
     Shaffhausen Fall
     Night walk and shopping in Interlaken
     Stay in Interlaken, SZ

Day 4 – September 7, 2009
     Grindelwald, SZ
     Train ride to Jungfrau
     Ice Palace
     Jungfrau
     Walk city tour and shopping
     Night adventure in the city
     Stay in Lucerne, SZ

Day 5 – September 8, 2009
     Lion Mounment
     Bodensee
     Neuschwanstein Castle
     Stay in Fussen

Day 6 – September 9, 2009
     Innsbruch by Aples
     Golden Roof
     Swarovski HQ
     Hofburg Imperial Palace
     Bundesgarten Hofgarten
     Swarovski Kristallwelten
     Mirabell Palace and Garden
     Stay in Salzburg, AU

Day 7 – September 10, 2009
     Salzkammergut
     Lake cruise
     St, Gilgen
     Cesky Krumlov Castle
     Disco dancing
     Stay in Cesky Krumlov, CZ

Day 8 – September 11, 2009
     Mariznske Lazne
     Cross Spring in Kolonada
     Singing Fountain
     Dancing in hotel's club
     Stay in Karlovy Vary, CZ

Day 9 – September 12, 2009
     Spa Walk to see all the hot spring heads
     Shopping in Karlovy Vary
     Travel to Prague
     Wenceslas Square – free time and shopping
     Stay in Prague, CZ

Day 10 – September 13, 2009
     Old Town Square
     Prague square
     Golden lane
     St. Vitus Cathedral
     Lennon Wall
     Jewish District
     Astronomical Clock Show 
     Stay in Prague, CZ

Day 11 – September 14, 2009
     Brno, CZ
     Punkevni Jeskyne
     Underground river boat tour
     Cable car ride to see the top of Mococha Abyss
     Grassalkovich Palace
     Bratislava Castle
     Slavin War Memorial
     Old Town Hall 
     Stay in Bratislava SK 

Day 12 – September 15, 2009
     Travel to Budapest HU
     St. Stephen’s Basilica
     Buda Castle (Royal Palace or Royal Castle)
     Matthias Church
     Fisherman’s Bastion
     Sandor Palace 
     Heroes Square
     Danube cruise
     Stay in Budapest HU

Day 13 – September 16, 2009
     Geller Hill
     Liberation Monument
     Tok for horse show and lunch
     Free time shopping
     Gellert Bath Spa
     Stay in Budapest HU

Day 14, - September 17, 2009
     Travel to Balaton
     Balaton Lake curise
     Travel to Bad Bulmau
     Spa activities
     Stay in Bad Bulmau, AU

Day 15 – September 18, 2009
     Travel to Vienna, AU
     Schönbrunn Palace (Summer Palace)
     Great Parterre
     St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansplatz)
     Free time for shopping
     Hofburg Imperial Palace (Winter Palace)
     Sacher for chocolate cake
     Belvedere
     Stay in Vienna by the Danube

Day 16 – September 19, 2009
     Traveling back to Amsterdam and then Houston

Some of the Chinese translations for the locations we visited.

Frankfurt (法蘭克福)
Heidelberg (海德堡)
Rhine (萊茵河)
Interlaken (茵特拉肯)
Black Forest (黑森林區)
Titssee (蒂蒂湖)
Shaffhausen Fall (萊茵瀑布)
Lucerne (盧森)
Grindelwald (格林德沃)
Jungfrau (少女峰)
Fussen (福森)
Bodensee (波登湖區)
Neuschwanstein Castle (新天鵝堡)
Salzburg (莎姿堡)
Innsbruck (茵斯布魯克)
Aples (阿爾卑斯山)
Cesky Krumlov (克倫洛夫)
Salzkammergut (鹽湖區)
Karlovy vary (卡羅維瓦利)
Black Light Image Show (黑光劇)
Bratislava (斯洛伐克)
Punkevni Jeskyne (潘基文尼洞)
Budapest (布達佩斯)
Balaton Lake (巴拉頓湖)
Bad Blumau (百水山莊)
Vienna (維也納)

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