Lauriston Girls’ School Literature & History Tour

Exploring your world of Europe beyond the classroom

Itinerary September 2020

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Bring Literature and History alive and take in the iconic sights of Europe through this opportunity for experiential learning. The 2020 Lauriston Literature and History study tour has been designed around the learning outcomes of the Australian Curriculum, VCE and IB Diploma. Give your daughter an academic edge for her final years at school by giving her the chance to: • Walk in the footsteps of Shakespeare, Austen and Dickens and understand how their lives informed their writing. • Visit the sites of Bletchley Park, Churchill’s War Rooms and the site of the grave of the Unknown Australian soldier at Adelaïde Cemetery. By understanding the politics, economics and other major issues at that time, your daughter can begin to understand how history has shaped her world. UNITED • Be inspired by the possibility of studying Literature or History at KINGDOM Oxford University. • View a West End/Shakespearean play to see a world-class Stratford-upon-Avon adaptation of a text. Oxford Bath London

EDUCATION PASSPORT G E R M A N Y P O L A N D A DIVISION OF PASSPORT TRAVEL The Somme Frankfurt/M PASSPORT TRAVEL has been in business for over 20 years, specialising Giverny in educational tours, walking and cycling holidays and group tours to Paris exotic destinations. Our customer base is Australia and worldwide. We offer innovative and imaginative educational tour programs for your students. Our tour co-ordinators are experienced educators, linguists and travellers, who understand the needs of teacher and tour leaders. SLOVAKIA Our greatest expertise lies in our ability and genuine interest to create a customised educational tour for each client. Effectively, we take your wish F R A N C E list and devise a program that caters for the pedagogical, logistical and aesthetic interests of each individual client on every individual trip that they undertake.

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SLOVAKIA F R A N C E Itinerary - September 2020

Day 1 / Depart Melbourne Day 3 / London BD Day 4 / London BD Saturday, 12th September 2020 Monday, 14th September Tuesday, 15th September

The group assembles at Melbourne Public transport tickets included Public transport tickets included Airport for their flights to London. AM: You visit Shakespeare’s AM: Leave your hotel after breakfast Globe Theatre in Southwark, a and make your way Warner Bros Depart Melbourne reconstruction of the original Globe Studios in Leavesden, the location Flight (TBA) at __:__ Theatre built in 1599. The aim of the where one of the most famous Arrive Singapore at __:__ theatre is to “further the experience movie series of all times was shot – Depart Flight (TBA) at __:__ and international understanding of Harry Potter. Go on the studio tour Shakespeare in performance”. You and peek behind the scenes of this will take part in a 1.5 hour “Lively wonderful series, see The Great Hall Action Workshop”. After the workshop, at Hogwarts, sneak into Dumbledore’s walk along Southbank, soak up the Office and step onto Platform 9 atmosphere with street entertainers to take a photo with the Hogwarts Day 2 / Arrive London D and musicians and explore the area Express. During this tour, you will Sunday, 13th September with your teachers leading the group. have the opportunity to see many of Arrive London Heathrow Airport at To organise your lunch, you might like the famous sets and costumes that _ _ _ _ to visit Borough Market (near London were used to film the series and Bridge), London’s most renowned food you might recognise many of the market props such as the memory cabinet, Upon arrival at London Airport, Own arrangements for lunch the Sword of Gryffindor and Harry’s pass through Immigration, collect Nimbus 2000. You will also learn

your luggage and proceed through about the techniques and special PM: After lunch, make your way to Customs. effects that were used to create all the the Tower of London, which was You will be welcomed by your magic. founded in 1066 and has been used local meet & greet in the Arrivals as a royal residence, a treasury Return to London after the tour. Hall. Then, board your coach and as well as a menagerie and prison Own arrangements for lunch transfer to central London for a City during its history. Today the Tower is sightseeing tour. During the tour a UNESCO World Heritage site and you will see London’s most iconic PM: This afternoon, make your one of the UK’s most popular tourist landmarks and buildings including Big way to the to the Charles Dickens destinations. Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Museum. The museum, located at Tower of London and Tower Bridge, Then, make your way to the nearby 48 Doughty Street in central London, Buckingham , Westminster Tower Bridge for a photo opportunity. was the world famous novelist’s Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral and Dinner at a local restaurant home between 1837 and 1839 and today hosts a collection of Dickens’ Albert Hall. This evening, attend a West End Show manuscripts, letters, pictures and At the end of the tour, the coach (details TBA). other personal items. He wrote some will drop you off at your hotel 2nd night accommodation in London of his most famous works here, accommodation. including Oliver Twist, The Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby. Public transport tickets included (Depending on the times/ activities available, we can try to organise a PM: Enjoy the rest of the day at your guided tour of the British Library, own pace with your teachers leading preferred topic; Treasures Tour). the group. Dinner at a local restaurant Dinner at a local restaurant 3rd night accommodation in London 1st night accommodation in London

4 Day 6 / Bath BD Thursday, 17th September

AM: After breakfast, continue on to Bath, where you will arrive about two hours later. The Romans discovered hot springs on the banks of the River Avon in AD 43 and established a local temple and Roman Bath at the site. Bath because a popular spa in the 17th century and the Georgian era has influenced many of the famous historic buildings you can find in the town centre today. The city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Upon arrival, you will first visit the Day 5 / Windsor, Oxford BD interactive Roman Bath Museum. The Wednesday, 16th September baths were constructed as a bathing and socialising complex at about AD AM: After breakfast, check out and 70 are today regarded as one of the Day 7 / Stratford-upon-Avon BD meet with your coach driver. Load best preserved Roman remains in Friday, 18th September your luggage into the coach and travel the world. Walking along the ancient to Windsor Castle, the oldest and pavements and seeing the historic AM: This morning, continue on to largest occupied castle in the world chambers and pools, you will feel like Stratford-upon-Avon, a market and one of the official residences of back in the Roman times almost 2,000 town with more than 800 years of the Queen. Visit the magnificent State years ago. history and the birthplace of William Apartments, designed during the reign Own arrangements for lunch Shakespeare. Walk in Shakespeare’s of Charles II to rival the prestigious footsteps and visit the house where he Castle of Versailles and furnished with PM: In the afternoon, visit the Jane was born, raised and where he spent some of the finest pieces of the Royal Austen Centre and learn more the first five years with his wife Anne Collection. You will also have access about the life of Bath’s most famous Hathaway. A costumed guide will tell to St George’s Chapel, considered to resident. Austen lived in Bath between you tales of Shakespeare’s family life be one of the finest examples of Gothic 1801-1806 and used the town as the while you tour the family’s residence. architecture in the UK and housing the principal setting for two of her novels, his father John’s glove making tombs of various monarchs including Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, workshop and the garden. As part of Henry VIII and Charles I. the last work fully completed by her the tour, you will visit the “Famous and published 6 months after her Beyond Words Exhibition” displaying PM: Organise your lunch (at own death. Shakespeare Memorabilia, a copy of expense), then continue on to Oxford, The Jane Austen Centre is regarded his first folio and a timeline of his life. where you arrive an hour later. to be one of the best places to learn Own arrangements for lunch Take part in a guided walking tour of about the famous novelist and how Oxford this afternoon and visit some of the city of Bath impacted on Austen’s PM: In the afternoon, take part in a the most important attractions, such novels, characters and personal life. Shakespeare Workshop. as the Carfax Tower, Ratcliffe Square Set in a Georgian townhouse, it offers and Christ Church College, regarded an insight into life during the Regency Dinner at a local restaurant to be the most impressive of the 38 Period, and you will be greeted by a Overnight accommodation in Stratford- university colleges. guide in a typical costume of the era. upon-Avon area (depending on availability, we could You will also have the opportunity organise an activity with Oxford to dress up and take your photo in a University, such as an academic taster Regency costume with the centre in session, meeting local university the backdrop. students, etc). In the late afternoon, check in at your Dinner at a local restaurant accommodation. Overnight accommodation in Oxford Dinner at a local restaurant Overnight accommodation in Bath area

5 PM: In the afternoon, return to London by coach. Upon arrival, you will visit the Churchill War Rooms (a branch of the Imperial War Museums). The historic underground bunker complex sheltered Winston Churchill and government officials during the Nazi bombing raids. It houses the British Government command headquarter that was used during WWII, the original Cabinet War Rooms and the Churchill Museum, dedicated to his life and legacy. It is in these rooms where Churchill and his team plotted the route to the Allied victory over Nazi . Through a vast collection of historic images, original documents and artifacts, you will get an insight into the life of the staff who lived and often slept in the bunkers Day 8 BD / Bletchley, London during this period. Saturday, 19th September After your visit, transfer to your hotel You are welcomed by your coach and check in, then have dinner at a driver at Lille Europe Station. Load AM: Leave your hotel after breakfast nearby restaurant. your luggage into the coach and enjoy and travel on to Bletchley, where Dinner at a local restaurant some free time in Lille for lunch. you will arrive about 90 minutes Own arrangements for lunch later. You will visit Bletchley Park, Overnight accommodation in London a 19th century mansion where the Government Code and Cypher School PM: Travel to Fromelles (approx. was established shortly after the length of journey: 30 mins) where the property was bought by the head of 5th Australian Division fought in 1916. the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) in Day 9 / You visit the Australian Memorial 1938. It was here where Alan Turing London, Fromelles, Amiens BD Park, located about a mile away to and other agents, up to three quarters Sunday, 20th September the north-east of Fromelles itself, it of them women, decoded the secret can be reached by following the D22 from the village. See the “Cobbers messages that were encrypted by the AM: After breakfast, check out and statue” and tour VC Corner Cemetery. German military using the Enigma meet with your coach driver. Load your Then you visit the new Pheasant Wood machine. The British SIS set up the luggage into the coach and transfer to Cemetery, which has the graves of highly secretive code-breaking group St. Pancras Station for your Eurostar 250 British and Australian soldiers, “Ultra” after information on the to Lille. Enigma code was made available to who died on the 19 July 1916. Enjoy them by Warsaw’s Cipher Bureau. In visiting the Museum of the Battle of the beginning, Bletchley Park had just Fromelles, which was inaugurated in 200 employees working at the site, but Depart LONDON St Pancras July 2010 to mark the 94th anniversary during the peak decryption efforts in International Eurostar (TBA) at of the Battle of Fromelles. This battle late 1944, almost 9,000 staff worked __:__ took place on the 19th and 20th July at the site in three shifts, among them Arrive LILLE Europe Eurostar 1916, British and Australian divisions mathematicians, translators, and at (TBA) __:__ fought a Bavarian division. Within 24 experts in chess and cross-word- hours, nearly 8,500 soldiers lost their puzzle solving. All information on lives. Many of the remains on the the site and its employees remained battlefield could not be found. In the secret after the war and was only permanent exhibition, you will learn declassified in the 1970s. Among other about the battle, the archaeological places, you will visit the restored research and the history of the fallen codebreaking huts and learn about soldiers. At 4:30pm, transfer to your the history and the people who worked hotel accommodation in The Somme. here through the interactive exhibition Dinner and 1st night accommodation in and many original exhibits. The Somme You then have time to organise your lunch (at own expense).

6 Take the metro to the Place de la Concorde, where the guillotine was placed during the French Revolution. Then, take a stroll on the famous Champs Elysées to the Place de l’Etoile Charles de Gaulle. You may choose to climb the Arc de Triomphe. Dinner at local restaurant

EVENING: Travel by metro to the Eiffel Tower. Take the lift up to the 3rd floor of the Parisian icon. Return to your hotel for your overnight stay. 1st night accommodation in Paris

Last stop is in Beaumont-Hamel, Day 10 / where you can tour the Park of Day 12 / Versailles BD Newfoundland . A track Wednesday, 23rd September The Somme Battlefields B PL D (free access) leads to an orientation site at the Monday, 21st September top of the Caribou hill from where a panoramic view of the whole Use your daily Carte Mobilis AM: After breakfast, by 8:30am, you battlefield reveals the trench lay-out. (Zones 1-4) pass on all Paris travel to Villers Bretonneux. Meet Then, you return to Villers-Bretonneux metro, bus and train services with your English-speaking local to drop off your guide before returning guide and enjoy a full-day guided tour to your accommodation. of The Somme battlefields. First, visit Dinner and 2nd night accommodation in After breakfast, make your way to the grave of the Unknown Australian The Somme Versailles by RER. Spend the day soldier at the Adelaïde Cemetery (on exploring the beautiful Château of the RN29). Then you visit the Musée Versailles and enjoy a self-guided tour Franco-Australien (Ecole Victoria) of the “Grands Appartements”. and lastly the Australian Memorial (on . Afterwards, enjoy visiting the garden. the D23 between Villers and Fouilloy) Day 11 / Giverny, Paris BD You visit the new Sir John Monash Finally walk to the Royal Tennis Court Tuesday, 22nd September Center (open every day from 9:30am (Salle du Jeu de Paume) located Rue to 5pm/6pm). The Centre is now the du Jeu de Paume for a self-guided central hub of the existing Australian AM: This morning, you depart visit (open from 2pm to 6pm – free Remembrance Trail along the Western The Somme by 8:30am and travel admission). Return to Paris by RER. Front, which links First World War to Giverny, where you arrive by Dinner at local restaurant sites of significance to Australia, 10:30am. Explore Monet’s House and 2nd night accommodation in Paris including museums, battlefields, gardens. In the garden you will find memorials and cemeteries. The the famous Japanese bridge covered centre provides a fully integrated with wisterias, other smaller bridges, advanced multimedia experience and weeping willows, a bamboo wood is an experience, evocative, emotional, and above all the famous nympheas informative and educational for which bloom all summer long. The visitors of all nationalities. pond and the surrounding vegetation A packed lunch is supplied today form an enclosure separated from the surrounding countryside. PM: At 1:00pm, you will stop in Le Own arrangements for lunch Hamel, where you tour the Australian Memorial Park (free admission). PM: Depart Giverny by 2:30pm Continue on to Pozières, where the and travel to Paris (approx length of Australian troops fought in 1916. journey: 1.5 hours). The coach drops There, you will see 2 Memorials: the your group off at your Paris hotel. “Tank Memorial”, a reminder that tanks appeared on the battlefield in Pozières for the first time and Use your daily Carte Mobilis “The Windmill”. At the other end of (Zones 1-2) pass on all Paris the village, you may also stop at the metro, bus and train services Monument to the 1st Australian Division at a place called “Gibraltar”. Then, visit Thiepval, the Franco- British Memorial and its Visitor Centre.

7 Day 14 / Paris - Berlin BD Day 15 / Berlin BD Friday, 25th September Saturday, 26th September

After breakfast, check out and meet with your coach driver at your Use your daily School Group accommodation. Load your luggage Ticket (Zones A-B) on all Berlin into your coach and transfer to Paris U-Bahn, Tram and Train services Charles de Gaulle Airport for your today only flight to Berlin. Check in for your flights immediately upon arrival. AM: After breakfast, make your way to the meeting point to visit the “Berlin Underworlds”. Since 1997, the Berlin Depart Paris Charles de Gaulle Underworlds Association has been Airport Flight (TBA) at __:__ offering regular tours into some of Arrive Berlin Tegel Airport the most important underground structures in the city. at __:__ Enjoy a 90 minute tour of Berlin’s bunkers and shelters with an English- Day 13 / Paris BD speaking guide. Thursday, 24th September Upon arrival at Berlin Tegel Airport, The rest of the morning is free for collect your luggage. Meet our local your own sightseeing in Berlin with representative, who will also hand you your teachers leading the group. a folder with the travel documents for Organise your lunch (at own expense) Use your daily Carte Mobilis the German part of your trip. Transfer (Zones 1-2) pass on all Paris to your accommodation by private metro, bus and train services coach. Check in, drop your bags and PM: Make your way to Checkpoint freshen up. Charlie’s Wall Museum by public Organise your lunch (at own expense) transport. Your 1-hour guided tour AM: Make your way to the Musée du starts at TBA. You will learn about Louvre by metro. You meet with your the interesting history of the wall English-speaking guide at the “Group PM: Then, make your way to the centre and exhibits. The Wall-Museum at Desk” located under the Pyramid. to meet your guide. has an exhibition Enjoy a guided tour of the Museum on the history of the and viewing its most famous artwork the separation of the city. Original including the Mona Lisa. Use your daily School Group objects from successful escapes are Own arrangements for lunch Ticket (Zones A-B) on all Berlin shown; it also offers exhibitions on U-Bahn, Tram and Train services the history of Berlin and the peaceful today only struggle. After your guided tour, you PM: This afternoon, make your way will have the opportunity to speak to a to the Ile de la Cité and discover WWII witness about their experiences the island on foot; exploring the (total duration of the program at the Begin a 3-hour guided sightseeing streets and admiring its most museum is 2 hours). famous buildings. Take time to visit tour of Berlin, starting with the the magnificent cathedral of Notre (1.3 km of original Dame. Then you visit the Conciergerie, Berlin Wall). From here, travel to transformed into a prison in the late by public transport, where you will visit the area around 14th Century (Marie-Antoinette’s cell the Gate, Reichstag and a series of dungeons have been Parliament Building and governmental reconstructed). Later, see the nearby “Hotel de Ville”, the “Tour St Jacques” quarters, and the Holocaust Memorial. Your guide will show you (only remaining vestige of the church of and talk about the Site of Hitler’s Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie) and the “Centre Pompidou”. Former Bunker, the Luftwaffe HQ, the 17 June Memorial, the Berlin Wall, Dinner at local restaurant the Former SS HQ, the 1920s Cabaret 3rd night accommodation in Paris Mile, , Bebelplatz, the Book Burning Memorial, the Old Royal Boulevard and the Neue Wache. The walking tour finishes at . Have dinner at a local restaurant, then return to your accommodation by public transport. First night’s accommodation in Berlin

8 Afterwards, make your way by to from 1933-45. There never was a the nearby united national resistance movement (350 metres walking distance), a in Nazi Germany, but different newly built Berlin Memorial Museum underground groups and individuals located on the site of the former SS organised activities to resist the Headquarters, which were destroyed regime, amongst them the “Weisse during the Allied bombing raids in Rose” movement, church groups and 1945. The focus of the permanent many individuals in the army, amongst exhibitions is the institutions of them Colonel Graf von Stauffenberg, the SS and Secret State Police who tried to assassinate Hitler in 1944. during the “Third Reich” as well as You will learn more about the German the many crimes they committed Resistance Movements during a throughout Europe. Another focus guided tour at the museum. is the numerous victim groups and Organise your lunch (at own expense) minorities that were persecuted by the Nazis. You will learn more about these topics during a 1-hour guided PM: Make sure you arrive back at your tour (meeting point: entrance hall of hotel. Then, pick up your belongings the museum). PM: Potsdam is an historic city and make your way to the station, nestled in a beautiful landscape with board your high-speed train to Return to the city centre by public many lakes. It is known for its world- Frankfurt am Main transport and enjoy your dinner at a famous plazas and gardens, its parks local restaurant. and unspoiled forests. It is situated You might want to see the Reichstag on the river Havel and around the city and the famous , is a series of interconnecting lakes. Depart which is close by, before you return to Potsdam retains its unique appeal (TBA)____ at (TBA) __:__ your accommodation. even today and the cultural ensemble Arrive Frankfurt/M Hauptbahnhof Second night’s accommodation in Berlin was declared part of the world ____ at (TBA) __:__ cultural heritage by UNESCO. Dominating the city is the Palace of and the extensive gardens. Meet your local guide at the visitor Upon arrival, meet your coach driver. Day 16 / centre “Besucherzentrum am Neuen Load your luggage into the coach, then Sachsenhausen Memorial Palais” and visit the New Palace, an transfer to your accommodation and check in for your overnight stay. & Potsdam BD impressive castle built by Frederick the Sunday, 27th September Great for representative purposes and Overnight accommodation in Frankfurt to host his visitors. You will also have am Main time to see the Palace of Sanssouci Use your daily School Group and its terraced gardens, which were constructed around the middle of the Day 18 / Flights B Ticket (Zones A-B) on all Berlin Tuesday, 29th September U-Bahn, Tram and Train services 18th century as the summer residence today only of . Return to Berlin by private coach and AM: After breakfast at your enjoy your dinner at a local restaurant. accommodation, check out and Your coach driver will drop you off at meet with your coach driver. Load AM: Enjoy breakfast at your your accommodation after dinner. your luggage and board the coach to accommodation. Then, meet your Third night’s dinner and accommodation transfer to Frankfurt am Main Airport. guide in the hotel lobby and begin your in Berlin Check in for your flights to Australia full day tour of the Sachsenhausen immediately upon arrival. Memorial and nearby Potsdam. Board your coach and transfer to Oranienburg (approx. 50 minutes). The Sachsenhausen Concentration Depart Frankfurt/M Flight (TBA) Camp was built in summer 1936 by Day 17 / Berlin BD ____ at __:__ prisoners from other camps and it Monday, 28th September Arrive Singapore at __:__ is estimated that more than 200,000 Depart Flight (TBA) ____ people were imprisoned there until at (TBA) __:__ the camp was liberated by Russian Use your daily School Group and Polish soldiers in 1945. The camp Ticket (Zones A-B) on all Berlin was later used by the Russian military U-Bahn, Tram and Train services to imprison German soldiers and Nazi today only functionaries, before it was closed in Day 19 / Flights B 1950. Wednesday, 30th September After your visit, your guide will leave AM: After breakfast at the hotel, the group and you transfer to Potsdam check out and store your luggage. (approx. 1 hour), where you will have Then, make your way to the German time to organise your lunch (at own Resistance Memorial Center, a Arrive Melbourne at __:__ expense). museum dedicated to the German groups and individuals who resisted the National Socialist dictatorship 9 Tour Inclusions:

AIR TRAVEL (ECONOMY CLASS) PUBLIC TRANSPORT

RR Return International Airfare with Singapore Airlines London: Melbourne-London Heathrow// Frankfurt/Main- Underground and Bus Tickets in London Melbourne RR 3 Daily Group Tickets (each one is valid for one day) RR One-Way International Airfare with Air France Paris - Berlin Paris: RR Airport taxes and fuel surcharges Metro, RER and Bus Tickets in Paris RR 3 Cartes Mobilis (each one is valid for one day) o 2 for Zones 1-2 o 1 for Zones 1-4 (to go to Versailles) TRANSPORTATION BY PRIVATE COACH

For the United Kingdom section: Berlin: RR Transfer London Heathrow Airport to London Hotel U-Bahn, S-Bahn-S, Tram Tickets in Berlin incl. City Sightseeing Tour on the arrival day RR 3 Daily Group Tickets for Zones A-B (each one is valid RR Excursion to the Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden for one day) and the Charles Dickens Museum RR 4-Day coach tour London-Windsor-Oxford-Bath- Stratford-upon-Avon-Bletchley-London as per itinerary TRANSPORTATION BY TRAIN RR Transfer London Hotel to St Pancras Station RR Parking fees + toll fees are included RR High-Speed Train from London St Pancras to Lille, 2nd class, incl. seat reservations For the French section: RR High-Speed Train from Berlin to Frankfurt/M, 2nd RR 2 -Day Tour from Lille to Paris as per itinerary class, incl. seat reservations RR Transfer from the Paris Hotel to Paris CDG Airport on the day of departure to Berlin RR Meals and accommodation of the driver + parking fees + toll fees are included ACCOMMODATION

For the German section: Based on 3-star Hotels for the United Kingdom section RR Transfer from Berlin Tegel Airport to Berlin Students are in Twin and Triple Rooms (with private facilities Accommodation and towels). Members of staff are in Single Rooms. RR Full Day Excursion from Berlin to Sachsenhausen Number of nights: 7 Memorial and Potsdam RR 4 in London – based on Ibis Excel Docklands (or RR Transfer from Frankfurt/Main Station to Frankfurt/M similar) Hotel RR 1 in Oxford – based on Holiday Inn Express Oxford (or RR Transfer from Frankfurt/M Hotel to Frankfurt/M similar) Airport RR 1 in the Bath AREA (hotel to be confirmed) RR Parking fees + toll fees are included RR 1 in the Stratford-upon-Avon AREA – based on Mercure Hotel Warwickshire (or similar)

Based on 2- and 3-star Hotels for the French section Students are in Twin and Triple Rooms (with private facilities and towels). Members of staff are in Single Rooms. Number of nights: 5 RR 2 in Amiens based on Ibis Hotel Centre (or similar) RR 3 in Paris based on Hotel Cité de Rougemont (or similar)

10 Based on 3-star Hotels for the German section RR Bletchley Park Students are in Twin and Triple Rooms (with private facilities RR Churchill War Rooms and towels). Members of staff are in Single Rooms. Number of nights: 4 For the French section: RR 3 in Berlin (based on Holiday Inn Express RR Musée de la Bataille de Fromelles Alexanderplatz (or similar) RR Musée Australien in Villers Bretonneux RR 1 in Frankfurt am Main based on Novotel Frankfurt City (or similar) RR Monet House & Gardens RR 1 hour Seine Cruise RR “Grands Appartements” of the Château de Versailles RR Booking fees for school groups for the Musée du Louvre MEALS

For the United Kingdom section: For the German section: RR 7 Breakfasts RR Checkpoint Charlie Wall Museum in Berlin RR 7 Dinners at local restaurants or the hotel restaurant RR Topography of Terror (3-course set menu - beverages are not included) RR Memorial Site of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp For the French/ Belgian section: RR Palace of Sanssouci in Potsdam RR 5 Breakfasts RR German Resistance Memorial Centre in Berlin RR 5 Dinners at the hotel or a local restaurant (3-course set menu, beverages are not included)

For the German section: GUIDED SERVICES/PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH SPEAKING RR 4 Breakfasts (continental) LOCAL GUIDES RR 3 Dinners (3 course set meals - beverages not included) For the United Kingdom section: RR Guided Tour at the British Library (subject to availability) RR Guided Walking Tour of Oxford ENTRANCE FEES/ ACTIVITIES RR Guided Shakespeare Walking Tour at Stratford-upon- Avon RR Guided Tour of Bletchley Park For the United Kingdom section: RR Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre For the French section: RR 1.5 hours Lively Action Workshop at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre RR Full day Guided Tour of The Somme RR The Tower of London RR Guided Tour of the Louvre in Paris RR Attendance of a West End Show (Performance to be advised) For the German section: RR “The Making of Harry Potter” at the Warner Bros. RR 3-hour Guided Walking Tour of Berlin Studios in Leavesden RR Guided Tour of “Berlin’s Bunkers & Shelters (90 mins) RR The Charles Dickens Museum RR Guided Tour of Checkpoint Charlie Wall Museum in RR Windsor Castle and St. Georges Chapel Berlin RR Workshop at Oxford University (strictly subject to RR Guided Tour of the Topography of Terror in Berlin approval/availability by the university) RR Guided Tour of Memorial Site of the Sachsenhausen RR Roman Bath Museum Concentration Camp RR The Jane Austen Centre in Bath RR Guided Tour of Schloss Sanssouci in Potsdam RR Beyond Words Exhibition in Stratford-upon-Avon RR Guided Tour of the German Resistance Memorial RR Shakespeare Workshop (topic to be advised) Centre in Berlin

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