Europe 2018 - The World Wars and Canada - Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France

Tour Information:

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The Tour:

March 31 - Departure
  • 10:00AM - Arrive at PCA - weigh and tag baggage, confirm passports, group photo
  • 10:50AM - Depart PCA for YYC (Calgary)
  • 12:10PM - Arrive at YYC, check baggage and go through secruity
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  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Germany
  • Day 2: Berlin
    • Meet your Tour Director at the airport
    • Take a walking tour of Berlin
    • Unter den Linden
    • Reichstag
  • Day 3: Berlin
    • Take a guided tour of Berlin
    • Visit the Topography of Terror Museum
    • Visit the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
    • Attend a Cold War Panel Discussion
    • Brandenburg Gate
    • Kurfürstendamm
    • Remains of the Berlin Wall
  • Day 4: Amsterdam Region
    • Board a morning train to Apeldoorn or Arnhem
    • Visit the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
    • Visit the National Liberation Museum
    • Travel to Amsterdam
  • Day 5: Amsterdam Region
    • Take a guided tour of Amsterdam
    • Visit Anne Frank House
    • Add: Volendam and Zaanse Schans
  • Day 6: Vimy Region
    • Travel to Bruges
    • Visit the In Flanders Fields Museum
    • Travel to Ypres
    • Attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial
  • Day 7: Vimy Region
    • Take a guided tour of Somme
    • Visit the Trenches
    • Visit Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
    • Travel to Normandy Region
  • Day 8: Normandy Region
    • Visit Juno Beach and the  Juno Beach Centre
    • Visit the Bény-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
    • Stop in Arromanches
    • Travel to Paris
  • Day 9: Paris
    • Take a guided tour of Paris
    • Visit Notre Dame Cathedral
    • Place de la Concorde
    • Champs-Élysées
    • Les Invalides
    • Eiffel Tower
    • Add: Palace of Versailles
  • Day 10: Depart for home
ASSIGNMENTS:
Division 1:
  • ​Berlin (at the wall and Reichstag
  • Ypres region - Essex Farm, Tyne Cot, Menin Gate
  • Vimy Ridge
Division 2:
  • ​Sachshenhausen Concentration Camp
  • Somme Region - Passchendaele
  • Normandy (Juno and Dieppe)
Division 3:
  • Scheldt/Groesbeek and Anne Frank’s House
  • Beaumont-Hamel
  • Paris and Versailles
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Meetings:
Every second Thursday - Lunch - Room 128
Sept 14 - Intro
Sept 28 - Jackets and Teams
Oct 12 - Berlin
Oct 26 - Sachsenhausen
Nov 9 - Amsterdam and Anne Frank
Nov 23 - Canadians in WWI
Dec 7 - Vimy
Dec 21 - Ypres, St. Julien,  Beaumont-Hamel
Jan 18 - Flights and Packing
Feb 1 - Normandy
Feb 15 (Colombia away) - Canadians in WWII
March 1 - Paris and the Metro
March 15 - Travel Procedures and Packing
March 28 - POTLUCK - Evening
March 29 - Last Minute Stuff
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