GERMAN HIGHLIGHTS & OBERAMMERGAU - 2010

11 days incl. travel, or 10 days from Frankfurt to Frankfurt (ZDO)

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If you want to see the highlight cities of Germany, this vacation is a perfect fit! Start and finish in Frankfurt, with overnight stays in Cologne, Berlin, Nuremberg, Munich, the Passion Play village of Oberammergau, and in the Black Forest area. Highlights include a romantic Rhine River cruise; a first-class train ride on the fast Eurocity train from Cologne to Berlin; a woodcarving demonstration in the Black Forest; and visits to Cologne’s twin-spired cathedral, Bach’s Thomaskirche in Leipzig, medieval Rothenburg, Munich’s Marienplatz, scenic Lake Constance and Heidelberg Castle. A full day at leisure in Berlin allows for an optional excursion to Potsdam. A wonderful vacation! Extend your tour with the Oberammergau Passion Play (after the orientation in Munich, continue for a 2-night stay in Oberammergau instead of Munich and attend the Passion Play.

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In the rare event that the Eurocity train is unavailable, alternative services will be provided.

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A Vacation Story Mark Twain's Heidelberg

"“One thinks Heidelberg by day – with its surroundings – is the last possibility of the beautiful; but when he sees Heidelberg by night, a fallen Milky Way, with that glittering railway constellation pinned to the border, he requires time to consider upon the verdict.” Mark Twain wrote this ode to Heidelberg in his humorous travel book, “A Tramp Abroad” (1880). During the three months that Twain spent in the city in 1878, many of his recorded experiences aren’t entirely dissimilar from activities that travelers and residents still enjoy today. He gazed out over the Nektar River; strolled across the Old Bridge; and watched university students dueling in a tavern."