“Music & History Grade 11/12 Credit Course” ITALY, SWITZERLAND, · 2012. 12. 7. · Day 10:...

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  • Day 1: TORONTO -WARSAW

    Flight to Poland 6.30 pm.New Boeing 787 Dreamliner.LO 042 (Terminal 1)Day 2: WARSAW -

    WROCLAWStroll in Łazienki Park (Chopin Statue, Belweder Palace, Old Orangery, Amphi-theater, & Palace on the Wa-ter). Royal Route to Old Town (Sejm building, Nicolaus Co-pernicus Monument, Warsaw University, Presidential Pal-ace Royal Castle, Zygmunt’s Column, St. John’s Cathe-dral, Barbican, city walls, and statue of the Little Insurgent. Piłsudski Square (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, watch changing of guard), Saxon Gardens. Palace of Culture & Science, Golden Terrace Mall. Flight to Wroclaw 7.20 pmDay 3: WROCLAWBorough of Four Temples, walk to White Stork Syna-gogue, evangelical church. Royal Palace, Wrocław Opera, St. Dorothy’s church, Mar-ket Square (one of the larg-est city squares in Europe), Salt Square (a formal medi-eval marketplace that served salt vendors), St. Elizabeth’s Church & Jatki. Late Baroque structure: Aula Leopoldina

    (largest part of Wrocław Uni-versity). Boat trip through maze of water canals. Visit to Ostrów Tumski, oldest part of the city. Night in Wrocław.Day 4: TAbLe

    MOuNTAiNS Drive to Table Mountains to hike on one of the most in-teresting hiking trails in Po-land. Drive to Czech Repub-lic Adršpach Teplice Rocks known as a sandstone rock city, shaped into elaborate for-mations by constant erosion. Day 5: WROCLAWSunday morning mass.Free time in the afternoon. Day 6: RiVeR RAFTiNG

    and GOLD MiNeBardo – 3.5 hour kayaking trip down Nysa Kłodzka river through lush forests, bucolic hills & fields, truly unforget-table experience. Złoty Stok – visit gold mine (gold exca-vation for over 1000 years) 2.5 hour trip through mine in-cludes a boat trip on the under-ground river & mine railway. Day 7: LUBIĄŻLubiąż (largest Cistercian Ab-bey & one of the largest Chris-tian architectural complexes in the world). Kliczków Castle, a gorgeous Renaissance build-ing. Barbecue party, a horse wagon ride, a knight tourna-

    ment with Archery Contest. Day 8: OSÓWKA - KSIĄŻUnderground town of Os-ówko, created in 1943, num-ber of concrete halls & cor-ridors secretly built by Nazis. Książ - Pearl of Lower Silesia. (3rd largest castle in Poland). Church of Peace in Świdnica - largest wooden church in Europe (finished in 1657 - on UNESCO World Heritage List).Day 9: WROCLAWRacławice Panorama, a giant, cycloramic painting depicting Battle of Racławice, stretched in a rotunda building erected just for that purpose. Painting is 130 yards long & 16 yds wide. Free time in afternoon. Day 10: buDZiSZYN -

    MeiSSeN - DReSDeNTravel to & explore Budz-iszyn. Meissen (Miśnia), home of the oldest porcelain factory in Europe (visit factory muse-um). Walk in city centre-local delicacy-Funnel Cake. Mag-nificent Albrechtsburg Castle& Meissen Cathedral (most precious medieval sacral building, tower above the city).Day 11: DReSDeN -

    MuNiCHSaxony, Dresden, rebuilt afterits complete destruction dur-

    ing WWII. Old town with famous Semperoper (recon-structed three times), Zwinger palace (most astonishing ba-roque structure in Germany), Dresden Castle, Dresden Frauenkirche, Brühl’s Terrace, known as “the balcony of Eu-rope”, Georgentor, Fürsten-zug, (artwork: 24,000 porce-lain tiles depicting the 800 years of Wettin family’s his-tory), Katholische Hofkirche with the crypt of the Wettin family. Drive to Munich.Day 12: MuNiCH - LiNDAuMunich - three old city gates, Cathedral of Our Lady, St. Peter’s Church located by Marienplatz, Maximilianeum building, Haidhausen quarter home to Bavarian State Par-liament, Nymphenburg Palace and surrounding botanical gar-dens. Olympic Village (take a lift up to the Olympic Tower). Drive to Lindau by Lake Con-stance..Day 13: LieCHTeNSTeiN - LOCARNO - LuGANOLiechtenstein, a miniature monarchy squeezed between Switzerland & Austria. Va-duz, tiny capital (over 5000 residents) Vaduz Castle, ca-thedral, Kunstmuseum Liech-tenstein which stores some of Rembrant’s masterpieces, Ski

    “Music & History Grade 11/12 Credit Course” POLAND, GERMANY, LIECHTENSTEIN,ITALY, SWITZERLAND,AUSTRIA;

    July 3 - 24th, 2013TORONTO CATHOLiC DiSTRiCT SCHOOL bOARD

  • Museum, Town Hall, Parlia-ment building. Liechtenstein famous for its royal family, wines & postage stamps. Al-pine route through San Bemar-dino to Lugano, Switzerland. Pass in the Lepontine Alps, quick stop in Bellinzona, a city of medieval fortified structures & three castles on UNESCO World Heritage List. Locarno, famous tourist destination & resort, in most picturesque part of Switzerland. Overnight close to Lugano.Day 14: LuGANO -MiLANLugano, scenically located by Lugano Lake, St. Mary of the Angels Church with the famous frescoes by Luini, Cathedral of Saint Lawrence, astonishing panorama from the top of Monte Brè. Milan (evening stroll in city center). Night in Milan.Day 15: MiLAN -

    SiRMiONeMilan, cosmopolitan capital of fashion. Piazza del Duomo with famous gothic cathedral,Galleria Vittorio Emanuele with dozens of upscale cafete-rias (main socializing space). Piazza della Scala (renowned

    opera, La Scala), Sforza Cas-tle. Sirmione, located by larg-est Italian lake, Lake Garda. Stroll through charming streets with a view of fairytale-like Scaglieri castle. Night close to Verona.Day 16: VeRONA - PADuA

    - MeSTReVerona. Walk from a Roman amphitheatre, Verona Arena, Piazza dei Signori & Casa Capuleti (with the famous bal-cony of Shakespeare’s Juliet). Padua, famous for its academ-ic traditions & heritage: Dante Alighieri created his master-pieces, Galileo Galilei lectured on the nature of the universe, Copernicus & Kochanowski attended university. Basilica of St Anthony (with his tomb & relics). Stroll through his-torical center & Piazza delle Erbe. Night in Mestre by Ven-ice.Day 17: VeNiCeStroll through narrow alleys to Ponte Rialto, oldest bridge on Grand Canal, church of San Giacomo di Rialto (oldest church in Venice). Campo San Paolo, church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari & Scuola

    Grande di San Rocco with Tintoretto’s famous paintings, Scuola Grande di San Giovan-ni Evangelista & church of San Giacomo dall’Orio. Pescheria fish market, Doge’s Palace, & St Mark’s Basilica (aka Venice Cathedral). Giro Panoramico - lagoon boat trip.Day 18: VieNNAVienna (evening sightsee-ing bus tour). Museum of Art History, Museum of Natural History, Parliament, Votive Church, & Museum for Ap-plied Arts. Picture stop in park with famous golden Johann Strauss. Hundertwasserhaus (roof covered with tree/bush gardens). Night in Vienna. Day 19: VieNNA -

    KŁODZKOVienna: Belvedere Palace, St Charles Square, house of Vi-enna Music Society, baroque church of St Charles Bor-romeo, Viennese Secession Building. Stroll through old town by imperial residence Hofburg, high-class Kohl-markt street, fancy Graben Square, the famous Anker clock of an Art Nouveau de-sign, the Mozarthaus. Over-

    night at Kłodzko.Day 20: KŁODZKO - DuSZNiKi ZDRÓJ -CZERMNA - WROCŁAWKłodzko Fortress, city center. Duszniki-Zdrój. Museum of Papermaking (attend a class explaining process of laid paper production). Czermna (unusual collection of approx 3000 human skulls stored in a local chapel, 21000 more in crypt below).Day 21: WROCLAWFree time to enjoy the city.Day 22: WROCLAW -

    TORONTOFlight to Warsaw at 11.05am. Flight Warsaw to Toronto 1.10pm (LO041, lands in To-ronto 4.20pm, T1).

    OuR PRiCe: 3490 CAD

    plus 465 CAD tax**subject to possible change

    PRiCe iNCLuDeS:- airfare (return & domestic)- accommodation based ondouble occumpancy- dormitory in Wroclaw& 3-4 star hotels rest of trip- 2 meals per day- all entrance tickets- transportation by privatemotor coach- English speaking tourguides- group leader

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