ITINERARY FOR FRANCE BELGIUM AND

ITINERARY FOR FRANCE BELGIUM AND HOLLAND

APRIL 19- 09 MAY, 2007

APRIL 19 THURSDAY
FLIGHTS FROM USA TO PARIS

APRIL 20 FRIDAY
Paris shuttle to our hotel the BW TOUR EIFFEL INVALIDES

Our hotel is well located to all public transportation and lots of places to eat nearby.

Afternoon long walk : Across the bridges and all around.

Champs-Elysées to the Tuileries Garden. Metro Station Sign in Paris

APRIL 21 SATURDAY
Day in Paris to do as you please We took a Hop on and hop off buses take you to all the sightseeing places.

APRIL 22 SUNDAY
We visited Versailles Morning: Taking the RER and arrived early at Versailles. Tour palace interior. and the gardens in time to see the fountains dance to music. It was a beautiful day.

Versailles Garden Fountains

APRIL 23 MONDAY
Out to the airport to pick up our 9 passenger van by 10am with the help of TOM TOM it was easy to navigate to HONFLEUR Overnight: MERCURE HONFLEUR 2nts

APRIL 24 TUESDAY
Drive over to Giverny to see the gardens ( closed on Monday) Overnight: MERCURE HONFLEUR

APRIL 25 WEDNESDAY

Drive to Bayuex and afternoon enjoy self guided tour of the TAPISTRIES Dating back almost a millennium, this vast wool embroidery spans the centuries, illustrating the Conquest of England by William, Duke of Normandy. We also got to see the temporary exhibition “In the Vikings’ footsteps”

O/N Bayeux 3 nights HOTEL CHURCHILL is a great Location with main shopping street out the front door.

APRIL 26 THURSDAY
Today WE HAVE A PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR as this adds great value to our experience.

WWII Battlefield Tour with historian.

NORMANDY FRANCE

APRIL 27 FRIDAY
Mont St Michell visit DAY TRIP FROM BAYEUX

APRIL 28 SATURDAY
Depart Normandy head toward Chantilly then on to our accommodation O/N LA FERME DE VAUX CREIL FRANCE

Fields of Flax and Rape Seed (Canola)

APRIL 29 SUNDAY
Drive to VERDUN O/N LE VILLAGE GAULOIS 11, rue du Parge (Marre-par-Charny). 55100 MARRE (FRANCE) Phone : +33 (0) 3.29.85.03.45 Dinner bed and breakfast 112 per night for two dinner bed and breakfast for two nights

April 30, MONDAY
A full day to explore the Verdun World War I Battlefields.

MAY 01 TUESDAY
Today we will visit the Military Cemetary at HAM, where General PATTON is buried as well as the most important American Cemetary in EUROPE is at St AVOLD, a half hour's drive from THIONVILLE THEN ON TO THE FORESTS OF THE ARDENNES O/N BW HOTEL MELBA BASTOGNE BELGIUM

MAY 02 WEDNESDAY
We will take our time getting to Brugge stopping to see some things to break up the drive. There are some castles and a towns worth a view O/N BRYGHIA BRUGGE BELGIUM

Waterloo Monument Brugge city center

MAY 03 THURSDAY Bruges is a great medieval city found in Belgium. Once one of the wealthiest cities in Europe, today is now viewed as a historical masterpiece. When you arrive in Bruges you are virtually stepping into the middle ages! all around you will discover medieval Gothic architecture ! O/N ATEL BRYGHIA BRUGGE

MAY 04 FRIDAY
Drive thru Flanders (Ghent or Mechelen) and on to Delft. O/N Hotel de Emauspoort Vrouwenregt 9 - 11 2611 KK Delft
Since we got to our hotel by noon we went on to the Keukenhoff as the weather was so nice and we feared rain later in the week

MAY 05 SATURDAY O/N Hotel de Emauspoort

Canals of Delft

MAY 06 SUNDAY Day trip to Giethoorn a village northeast of Amsterdam with canals and thatched cottages. Once a mining area for Peat. The lake was the mine and the canals were used to transport the peat and as a waterway to other canals in Holland.