THE BEST OF EASTERN EUROPE - 2010

15 days incl. travel, or 14 days from Berlin to Berlin (RO)

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Vacation Overview

This is the perfect vacation when you want to explore Central Europe in detail. Guided sightseeing is included at all overnight cities and visits the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, Warsaw’s Historical Museum and Cathedral of St. John, St. Mary’s Church and Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Budapest’s Matthias Coronation Church, St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, and St. Vitus Cathedral and the 1,000-year-old Hradcany Castle grounds in Prague. Other highlights are a visit of Jasna Gora Monastery with its Black Madonna near Czestochowa, a stop at the former Auschwitz Concentration Camp, and an orientation of splendid Dresden. Back in Berlin, a farewell dinner at a local restaurant celebrates the success of your vacation.

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A Vacation Story Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

"During World War II, Americans soldiers in occupied Germany got a booklet called the “Pocket Guide to Germany” that explained the ins and outs of occupation. In 1944, it read: “Don’t forget that you’re ordered into Germany now partly because your fathers forgot so soon what the war was about last time.” The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district is the eternal reminder. It was an unremarkable late 19th Century church until the allies bombed it in 1943. After the war, Berliners protested plans to demolish it. Today, the ruins are a symbol of what Germany lost by letting itself be seduced by Nazism. They could have roped it off and slapped a plaque on it. Instead, they left it open, free to the city. You can walk through it, under it, look up at the shattered bell tower."