Friday, May 31, 2013 - USA Departure
5am bus departs Keuka College – brunch enroute – be there by 4:45am at the latest!
1pm arrive at JFK for check in – all those meeting there should meet at the international check in for Lufthansa airlines desks – your cell phone numbers should be emailed to Dr Lorinczova so she will have it with her.
3:50pm Depart New York (JFK) for Prague, Czech Republic. Your flight includes meals, drinks and in-flight entertainment for your journey.
Saturday, June 01, 2013 - Arrive in Prague 9:15 am
10:00amish Arrive at hotel Beranek (Belehradska 110) and unpack, shower, etc.
1:00 pm Meet in hotel lobby and find ATMs for everybody to get cash, find a place to get lunch
2:00 pm Head for a walk with guide to point out some of the sites
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Evening Group Debriefing at the hotel
Early crash in bed
Sunday, June 02, 2013 - Day in Prague
Breakfast
10:00 am Meet in Hotel lobby after breakfast. Take a subway/bus to Prague Castle. Prague Castle tour until approximately 1:00pm. Walk back toward Charles’ Bridge and find restaurants for lunch.
3:00 pm Walk toward Ujezd street (between the Castle and river) to take the funicular to Petřín Hill.(same bus passes valid)
6:00 pm Walk back toward Charles’ Bridge toward Hotel through the Old Town
Find places for dinner en route.
8:30pm Debriefing meeting at hotel. (Small group SKYPE session with Dr Love)
Monday, June 03, 2013 - Day in Prague
Breakfast
Day Trip to Kutna Hora
10:00 leave hotel and head to Train station. Take a train to Kutna Hora
11:00 arrive at Kutna Hora
Walk around town and find places for lunch.
12:30 pm Scheduled Sightseeing with a guide: Sedlec Area ("Sedlec Area" covers the Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary and the Cathedral of Assumption of Our Lady and St. John the Baptist)
4:00 pm return to Prague Walk around center, shop, take pictures
7:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Last night in Prague debriefing at hotel. Small group SKYPE session with Dr Love
Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - Prague - Nitra
10:00 am check out
Depart from Prague to Nitra (4.5 hrs by bus with 1 bathroom break). Arrive to Nitra around 3pm
Check-in the Hotel Alexander’s. Walk to pedestrian zone to ATMs and a grocery store to buy late lunchor snacks, get ice cream if warm weather.
7:00 dinner at Czech Pub Owned by a Slovak (Dolnozoborska ulica)(10EUR/$13/person) reservations made by Dr.Lorinczova
8:30pm Group debriefing in hotel, talking about the schools. Whole group SKYPE with Dr Love
Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - Nitra
Breakfast
9:00am – 12:00 School visit Fatranska ZS, Nitra Chrenova
1:00 lunch at Czech Pub Owned by a Slovak (5EUR/$6.49/person) reservations made by Dr.LorinczovaSKYPE with Dr Love throughout the visit if possible
2:30 pm Nitra Upper Town tour (Nitra Castle, Cathedral, Catacombs)
6:30pm Dinner
8:00pm Group debriefing in hotel (Whole group SKYPE with Dr Love)
Thursday, June 06, 2013 - Day in Nitra
Breakfast
Meet at 9:00 in Hotel Lobby
9:00 Walk to Town Market (trznica) and the Mall (Mlyny) – combination of fresh local produce and flee market type, thrift shops
11:30 – 3:30 Vrable – school # 2, Gymnázium vo Vrábľoch Školská ul. 1232/26 (SKYPE with Dr Love throughout visit if possible)
4:00 back in Nitra
6:30 dinner
8:00pm debriefing in hotel (Whole group SKYPE with Dr Love)
Friday, June 07, 2013 -Nitra - Bojnice - Trnava - Bratislava
This morning we depart for Bratislava with stop at Bojnice en-route.
10:00 am meet in Hotel Lobby, check out
10:00 depart for Bojnice (1 hr, 20 minutes)
12:00 tour of Bojnice Castle
2:00 lunch in Bojnice
3:00 pm drive to Cicmany, a village 45 min away, to see how people in rural Slovakia lived 100 years ago, it’s almost like a village made of gingerbread houses. It’s a UNESCO preserved site, famous for the traditional hand painted cottages in which people live.
Leave for Bratislava (2 hrs, 10 min) (via Nitra), stop to eat on the way
Arrive in Hotel Color in Bratislava
Dinner
8:00pm debriefing in hotel (small group SKYPE with Dr Love)
Saturday, June 08, 2013 - Day in Bratislava
10:00 Meet in Lobby and leave to go to Oldtown.
11:00 start tour at the Narodni Divadlo (Theatre) building, go to Historic center of town, Castle, etc.
Walking tour, lunch during this time, shopping, taking pictures.
Evening – back to the hotel. No debriefing this evening.
Sunday, June 09, 2013 - Day in Bratislava
Breakfast
11:00am Boat Ride (Bratislavsky okruh) in Bratislava...
Afternoon – spend in Old town shopping, taking photos
No debriefing
Monday, June 10, 2013 - Day in Vienna
Today after breakfast and hotel checkout you will transfer to your hotel in Vienna.
10:00 check out, leave Bratislava
Noon – Head to Schonbrunn Castle and Grounds, find places for lunch
3:00pm head over to Prater and ride on the Big Wheel
5:00pm Possible visit to: Naturhistorische Musem
Dinner and final debriefine (small group SKYPE with Dr Love)
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - Free Day in Vienna
Breakfast
Head to Old town for a walk tour
Possible sights: Historic Old town and Upper Belvedere
Shopping,
5:00pm return to the hotel to pack.
Dinner: Pizza delivery at the hotel – final debriefing (whole group SKYPE with Dr Love )
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - Return Home
Head out to bus - the bus leaves at 7am. Flight leaves at 10:35am.
Arrival at JFK at 1:50pm…..proceed through customs (may take a 2-3 hours) and bus will be waiting to bring you back to Keuka College – dinner stop will be made. Approximate arrival time: 11:59pm on the 12th. You can text others who may be picking you up as to when you are headed to Keuka.
