Oberammergau

~Round Trip Flights 12 Day ~Daily Breakfast & Dinner ~2 Lunches All - Inclusive ~10 Nights Accommodation ~Passion Play Tickets Pilgrimage ~Transportation/ Tour Guide ~Entrance Fees

The Grandeur of Germany & Austria July 29 ~ Aug 9, 2020

Baroque cities, such as Fulda ~ churches, abbeys and castles ~Travel by modern motor coach ~ Munich ~ Alpine lakes ~ Silent Night Chapel in Oberndorf ~ Salzburg, Austria, "Sound of Music" Tour ~ Salt Mines in Berchtesgaden ~ Gondola up the Alps ~ Medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber and more...

The highlight of our Pilgrimage will include 3 days in Oberammergau, where we will experience the Passion Play presented only once every 10 years! A tradition dating back 400 years, we will watch in awe as over 2,000 villagers reenact the passion of Jesus.

Throughout our Pilgrimage, we will have opportunities for Holy Mass and spiritual guidance from our priest who will accompany us on our entire tour.

All-inclusive Package Price, per person, Double Occupancy: $3,850 Single Occupancy: $4,200 (Limited Availability)

Because of the popularity of the Oberammergau Passion Play, we must confirm all tickets (all participants) by the end of September. This requires a deposit of $500 which is non-refundable. This is the policy of the Passion Play organizers in Oberammergau. Further payments will be after January 2020.

Contact Sabine Morson for more information or to sign up: [email protected] (703) 505.0574

Day 1 July 29, Wednesday: Depart for Germany in Charity". The monastery was built around the church. After a visit Depart Washington - Dulles International Airport for our overseas to the abbey, we will take a beautiful 2.5 hour drive through the Alps journey to Munich, Germany. to Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, to visit the Silent Night Chapel, where the famous Christmas Carol was written by Franz Gruber over Day 2 July 30, Thursday: Munich | Altötting 200 years ago, in 1818. Lunch on your own before we head on to Upon arrival at Munich Airport, make your way to the baggage claim the Berchtesgaden region where will take a gondola ride (Jennerbahn) area and collect your luggage. Proceed to the arrival hall, where you to the summit of Jenner Mountain and enjoy the breathtaking view of will be greeted by your Reisewelt tour guide. After a warm welcome, the Alpine panoroma. Check-in and dinner at the Hotel Grünberger, you will be escorted to your Motor Coach, and ride a short distance for our home for the next 3 nights. a bus tour of the sites of Munich, giving you a taste of the Bavarian capital. Lunch reservations have been made for our group at the world Day 7 August 4, Tuesday: Berchtesgaden famous Munich Hofbräuhaus. Afterward we will drive 1.5 hours to Today, we will have an adventure visiting the Salt Mines in the Hotel Plankl in Altötting. Check-in and Dinner at the hotel. Berchtesgaden. After our tour, we will enjoy a small lunch at a local Gasthaus (included). We then head to spend a few hours relaxing on a Day 3 July 31, Friday: Altötting ferry boat ride on the King’s Lake (Königssee), which is one of the After breakfast, we have time to explore beautiful Altötting, often most majestic places in Europe. Nestled between the Jenner, Hagen, called "Lourdes of Germany". We will visit and pray at the Shrine of and Watzmann Mountains, Königssee is Bavaria's deepest lake at 630 Our Lady of Altötting, also known as the Chapel of Grace, which is meters. Free time for the rest of the day and dinner in the hotel. the national shrine of Bavaria dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Chapel's 13th century statue of the Blessed Virgin is Day 8 August 5, Wednesday: Salzburg credited with numerous miracles. Altötting has been a place of Today, we head to Salzburg, Austria, the lovely birthplace of famed pilgrimage in Germany for over 500 years. Pope Benedict XVI often composer Mozart. Salzburg, also known as "Alt Stadt," is known for visited this shrine. At the Shrine, view the 750 year-old Black its beautiful Baroque architecture and its amazing views of the Eastern Madonna. We will have the opportunity for Mass in the chapel. Later Alps. We will explore the historic center of Salzburg on a walking this afternoon we will visit Altötting's world famous Jerusalem tour, including the famous Mozarthaus, the residence of Wolfgang Panorama Museum. Dinner at the Hotel Plankl and free time. Amadeus Mozart from 1773 to 1787. Lunch on your own and afternoon free time with the possibility of visiting various sites, or Day 4 August 1, Saturday: participating in the 4-hour Sound of Music Tour (Additional fee). Marktl am Inn | Neuschwanstein Castle | Oberammergau Dinner and our last night in Berchtesgaden. Today after check-out and breakfast, we make our way to Oberammergau. On the way, we will make a short visit to the tiny Day 9 August 6, Thursday: village of Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. A Rothenburg ob der Tauber | Fulda short drive further, we explore the magnificent Baroque Church Today, we leave the beautiful Berchtesgaden region and drive on to of Raitenhaßlach, and then on to King Ludwig II of Bavaria's majestic charming Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany's best-preserved castle, Neuschwanstein. (Guided tour included) Enjoy lunch on your medieval walled town located on the Romantic Road in the Middle own before we continue on to Oberammergau. Hotel check-in and Franconia region of Bavaria. Visit the famous Käthe Wohlfahrt dinner, rest after a full day -- and prepare for our awe-filled experience Christmas shop and museum with more than 30,000 traditional of the Passion Play tomorrow. Christmas decorations, or take stroll on the old medieval wall. Enjoy lunch and free time exploring this romantic fairy tale town before we Day 5 August 2, Sunday: get back on the bus to travel to our final destination of Fulda. Check- Oberammergau Passion Play Performance Day in and dinner at the Hotel Maritim - our home for the last 3 nights. This morning, we will have a short walking tour of the village of Take an evening stroll in the old Baroque Quarter, just steps from our Oberammergau and participate locally in the celebration of Sunday Hotel. Mass. We will enjoy a light lunch (included) and make our way to the world famous theatre to attend the performance of a lifetime, the 42nd Day 10 August 7, Friday: Fulda Oberammergau Passion Play. The Oberammergau Passion Play tells The Baroque City of Fulda has much to offer. Many sights and art the story of the Passion of Christ, beginning with His entry into treasures from a 1,250-year history await you. On your tour today, Jerusalem, followed by His trial, Crucifixion, Resurrection and you will visit the Baroque Quarter, the Cathedral and the burial place Ascension. The play is held in a beautiful open air theatre that is of St. Boniface, the Church of St. Michael, the castle and the old town. praised for its superb acoustics. There are 2,000 actors (and live Individual lunch and free time for shopping and sightseeing. Evening animals), which include local wood carvers, hotel/Gasthaus and Mass in St. Michael's Church, Germany's oldest Holy Sepulcher restaurant owners, students, teachers, children; all of them interrupt church, followed by dinner at the hotel. their schedules to become actors, singers, orchestra members and Day 11 August 8, Saturday: Rhön | Kreuzberg stagehands. Requirements are strict: all actors must be born We will spend our last day in Germany relaxing on a ride through in Oberammergau, or have lived there 20+ years, or be married to a the Rhön Mountain region surrounding Fulda. We will make a stop villager and a resident for 10 years. Although the play is in German, the Wasserkuppe, the highest Mountain in Hessen, before heading to you won't have an issue understanding what is happening, and the the Kreuzberg (Cross Mountain) Monastery. Here we will enjoy music is powerful. You will also receive an English Libretto (a delicious food and the best beer in the world made by the Franciscan booklet with the text in English). The Play is approximately five and a monks! For those who wish, a short hike up the mountain will lead to half hours long and is performed in two acts. Act I: 2:30pm-5:00pm a beautiful crucifixion scene and gorgeous views. We will close the Intermission: 5:30pm-7:30 pm; Dinner at a local restaurant (included) day with Sunday Mass before heading back to the hotel for dinner and Act II: 8:00pm-10:30pm packing for our return home from the adventure of a lifetime.

Day 6 August 3, Monday: Day 12 August 9, Sunday: Fulda | Frankfurt | Dulles Ettal | Oberndorf bei Salzburg | Berchtesgaden After breakfast, we will be transferred to Frankfurt Airport for After breakfast and check-out, we head to Ettal. When afternoon return flight home. For those who wish, there is an early approaching Ettal, you will see the majestic dome of the Ettal 7am Mass at St. Michael's church just a short walk from the hotel. Basilica. The huge dome is the symbol of the sanctuary of "Our Lady