July 24 -August 12, 2007
Amsterdam
Jeri Fong and Bobbie T.'s first of many toasts...cheers...chin chin...salude...up your kilt!
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Amsterdam - Rijks Museum, Canal Boat ride
Flower Market, Delft
Scheepvaart Museum (Shipping Museum)
Enkhuisen - ZuiderZee Museum (outdoor and indoor - we stopped there for a short time last tour)
Hindeloopen
Urk
Apeldoorn - Palais Het Loo / Apenheul (Ape Refuge)
Antwerpen - City walk/Diamond cutter
Brugge (by train) - Godiva Chocolates?
Gruthusemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts)
Church of Our Lady (Michangelo sculpture)
Kantcentrum (Lace Center)
(We will be in Brugge without a bus and these are the places we plan to visit in the downtown area, but since we are on foot anyway, one can go see what they want to see. Will just need to get back to Antwerp on the train.)
Bastogne - Historical Center about the Battle of the Bulge
Luxembourg - City Walk, Historical Museum, Villeroy Boch (Porcelain Manufacture)
Metz - Smart Car factory
Colmar, France - Unterlinden Museum, St. Martin Cathedral,
Equilsheim - winery
Riquewihr - quaint walled interesting town
St. Odile
Schoenbourg - Maginot Line installation
Hagenau ? - pottery manufacturers
Heidelberg - Palatinate Museum
City Walk / Open Time
Black Forest - Hanne's shop
House of Clocks
Gutach - Black Forest Open Air Museum
Fasnet Museum - Carnival Museum different than the one on the last tour.
Emmental Valley Switzerland - cheese dairy, furniture maker, Bauernmaleri painter, chocolates?
Castle at Thun
We will end the tour in Zurich and then will have 4 nights in Lauterbrunnen with walks like we had last year.
Yes, there are museums, but they are quite varied in their focus.
Dates are to arrive in Amsterdam by 11:00 a.m. on July 24 - activities will start in the afternoon - and return home or go on to optional trip on August 12.
I hope this whets your appetite!
Mary
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Happiness is touring Europe with fabulous friends , driven from place to place by our favorite Belgian, Ludo, in a luxurious coach named Matilda, led by our fearless leader Mary E., and seeing sights that takes one's breath away and makes the heart grow fonder for far away places and people we meet.
Kudos to Roy & Mary Ellerman for a tour du jour!
Special thanks to my roomy, Jeri Fong, Ludo-san,Kit & Caboodle and Steve.
Look forward to making more memories on the 2009 Tour!
XOXO Bobbie
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Our first stop was in the small town of Hindeloopen where we had the privilage to meet the master artists in their shops.
Pictured is Meine Visser and Bobbie with a backdrop of Mr. Visser's excellent paintings.
We shopped 'til we dropped!
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Bobbie T. & Meine Visser
Hindeloopen, Netherlands
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This is a photo of Roy Ellerman participating in the tour art program taught by Bobbie T.
Thanks to those who took part and toughed it out as we did some drawing on the moving bus! You showed great character.
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Find more tour photos on "Photo Page 15"
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