M/M Shaffer, Trip # 2 from Chigaco / Illinois / USA

Day 1

SAT 27 APR
TRF A/P to HTL Amstel
pick up at 09:25 am
Limousine service incl. sighseeing arr at the HTL approx 14:00 pm

Day 2

SUN 28 APR
TRF HTL > pier Viking Var
pick up at 11:30 am
by private limousine service

Day 3

MON 29 APR
Viking Var: Kinderdijk
Morning half day sightseeing to the 19 windmills
pick up at the pier at 08:30 am
back at the pier at 11:00 am
by private limousine service

Day 4

TUE 30 APR
Viking Var: Cologne
Full day (8,5 hrs) sightseeing Cologne incl. cathedral
pick up at 11:00 am at the pier

Day 5

WED 01 MAY
Viking Var: Koblenz

Full day (8,5 hrs) sightseeing Koblenz then follow the shores of the river to Wiesbaden – with a stop at a vineyard and a visit to the town Rudesheim before returning to the vessel.

Day 6

THU 02 MAY
Viking Var: Worms
full day (7,5 hrs) sightseeing
to Heidelberg - on the way back to the vessel visit Speyer incl.
the romanesque cathedral

Day 7

FRI 03 MAY
Viking Var: Kehl
Full day (8,5 hrs) sightseeing to Strasbourg incl. European Court of Justice pm: drive along the Route des Vins from Malenheim, Molsheim and Obernai back to the vessel.

Day 8

SAT 04 MAY

Viking Var: Breisach
Full day (8,5 hrs) excursion to Colmar, Turckhelm, Ammer- schwihr, Ribeauville incl. a vine tasting in an Alsacian vineyard

Day 9

SUN 05 MAY
Disembark the vessel after breakfast, 10:00 AM pick up at the pier. Leave Basel drive through the Swiss Jura mountains to Bienne, continue to La Chaux-de-Fonds to Neuchatel, follow the shores of Lake Neuchatel to Murten, Hotel Vieux Manoir.

Day 10

MON 06 May

TRF Murten > Interlaken
Htl Jungfrau Victoria by private limousine. Full day (8,5 hrs)
Stop in Gruyere and Broc to visit the cheese factory and the chocolate factory

Day 12

TUE 07 MAY
Full day (8,5 hrs) excursion to Berne, Private city sightseeing incl. visit the clock tower.
afternoon: Paul Klee Museum

Day 11

WED 08 MAY
Full day (8,5 hrs) excursion to the Ballenberg open air museum
Private guide Ballenberg 3 hrs