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The first half is with EF Tours, the second half is on my own...  If you want to look at my proposed Packing List - you can download it as a Word document:  Packing List.

July:

We will be leaving LAX on July 7th (Saturday); we will meet at OHS at 11:00 and carpool down to LAX as soon as our luggage is loaded up.
 
Sunday, July 8th - arrive in Berlin; check in to our hotel (Agon Hotel); check out the TV tower in Alexanderplatz
M 9 Berlin - Reichstag and Around (and Zoo!)
T 10 Berlin - Pergamum Museum and National Gallery
W 11 Berlin City Tour, Egyptian Museum
 
Th 12 - to Warsaw (by train), drop our luggage at the Ibis Hotel and head to the Wilanow Palace
F 13 Warsaw and Warsaw Uprising Museum
 
Sa 14 - to Krakow (by bus) via Jasna Gora and Auschwitz, head late to hotel
Su 15 Krakow City Tour and Czartoryski Museum
 
M 16 - to Prague (by bus - long day trip); check in to our Ibis Hotel
T 17 Prague - meet tonight to determine tipping
W 18 Prague -  Natalie leaves us (6:10 am) but we stay at our same hotel tonight, our "farewell" dinner
 
Leaving the Group The Day After... heading back to LAX from Prague July 19th, 2007 at 7:05 am
Akuna, Mikaela - confirmed *
Anand, Alex - confirmed *
Borneman, John - confirmed *
Hong, Candace - confirmed *                                                            Juarez, Ruben - confirmed *
Manriquez, Lili - confirmed *
Mason, Sarah - confirmed *
Ortiz, Steven - confirmed * 
Ortiz, Guadalupe - confirmed *
Ortiz, Steven - confirmed *
Vargas, Patricia - confirmed *
Yang, Daniel - confirmed *

Borneman, Kathryn - confirmed with return to Burlington, VT (9:55 am)*


Leaving the Group the Day After (July 19th), but staying in Europe a bit longer:
Crisostomo, Asela - until August 4th, from Paris - confirmed *
Crisostomo, Lawrence - until August 4th, from Paris - confirmed *
Herrera, Diego - until August 9th, from Rome - confirmed *
 
Part II takes us from Prague to Budapest!
 
Th 19 - to Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; 2 1/2 hour train trip
F 20 - CB - Hluboka nad Vlatvou (take a couple of tours)
Sa 21 CB - Tabor
Su 22 CB - river trip from Ceske Krumlov
 
Hotel Bohemia   www.bohemiacb.cz
 
M 23 - all day train trip (with transfer) to Vienna, Austria 
T 24 Vienna : Museums! 
W 25 Vienna (day trip to Bratislava, Slovakia)
Th 26 Vienna (day trip to Sopron, Hungary), all based in Vienna
 
F 27 TRAIN trip to Budapest, Hungary 
Sa 28 Budapest - museums and the city
Su 29 Budapest - spas and relax!
 
Citadella http://www.citadella.hu/
And leaving the next day at 6:55 am from Budapest:

Anderson, David - confirmed *
Flores, Genevieve - confirmed *
Hanna, David -  confirmed *                                                             Jurado, Justene - confirmed *
Jurado, Kristele - confirmed *

Kaplan, Sarah - confirmed *
Manley, Sarah -  confirmed *
Nakashima, June - confirmed *
Sgro, Kevin - confirmed *                                                             Pasienski, Rachel - confirmed*
 
M 30 to Oradea, Romania (Hotel Parc 011-40-259-418-410)
T 31 from Oradea to Brasov (Hotel Coroana 011-40-268-477-448)
 
August:
 
W 1 Brasov to Sinaia - hike about (Hotel Economat 011-40-244-311-151)
Th 2 Sinaia - do the two castles
F 3 from Sinaia to Veliko Tarnovo (Hotel Tsarevets 011-359-62-601-885)
Sa 4 Veliko Tarnovo - all day at the fortress
Su 5 Veliko Tarnovo to Plovdiv (Hotel Bulgaria 011-359-32-633-599)
 
 
M 6 Plovdiv to Istanbul (Hotel Peninsula www.hotelpeninsula.com)
T 7   Istanbul - Hagia Sophia and Mosques
W 8 Istanbul - Topkapi Palace and Bazaars
Th 9  Istanbul - Cruise through the Bosporus
F 10   depart Istanbul (Kara and Mindy at 4:10 am, John at 8:25 am) and return home

Sa 11 - M 13 I hang out in Turkey (Bergama)

T 14 I head to Palma, Mallorca

W 15 - F 31 Soller, Mallorca: The Penthouse

September:

Sa 1 - F 7 Soller, Mallorca: Mountain View

Sa 8 - M 10 Palma, Mallorca

T 11 Barcelona

W 12 I fly back to LAX (dep. 6:55 am., arr. 12:35)