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Olli UMass Boston Group presents ... The Great Rivers of Europe , • : , , , , OFFENBACH, RUDESHEIM, , • AMSTERDAM, THE aboard our privately owned Grand Circle Cruise Line river ship exclusively for American travelers

$ 15 days – River Cruise only – from 2995 $ 16 days – including international airfare from Boston – from 4095 Additional departure are available OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS MAXIMIZE YOUR VALUE Make a deposit by , Czech Republic: 4 nights from $645 12/31/14 and get $500 Your Itinerary OR Vienna, Austria: 3 nights from $595 off per person! November 2, 2015 Bruges, Belgium: 3 nights from $695 PRE -TRIP OPTION: 4 NIGHTS IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC OR 3 NIGHTS IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA Amsterdam Arrival/ Departure DAY DESTINATION/ ARRIVE DEPART Optional Extension Cruise Route 1 Fly U.S. • Amsterdam, the Netherlands NETHERLANDS Motor Route To tal Cruising 948 miles 2 Amsterdam 12:30pm Cologne GERMANY Distance (1529 km) R Bruges h Embark ship i n e Wertheim Wurzburg (Optional Extension) 3 Amsterdam 2pm BELGIUM Gerlachshausen Koblenz Prague 4 Cologne, Germany 1pm 11pm ain Rudesheim M (Optional Extension) Bamberg 5 Koblenz 6:30am 12:30pm LUX. CZECH REPUBLIC Nuremberg Vienna Rudesheim 6:30pm Rothenburg (Also Optional Extension) / Regensburg 6 Rudesheim 12:15am Frankfurt (for 9am 7pm Canal Passau REGION FRANCE D Heidelberg) anu be Melk 7 Wertheim 10am AUSTRIA 8 Wertheim 1:30am It’s Included Wurzburg 3pm 11:30pm Choose to purchase Grand Circle's Program Director: We are the only cruise 9 Gerlachshausen* 8:30am 9:15am airfare, and your airport transfers and line to provide the exclusive services of a Schweinfurt 3pm 11:45pm government taxes, fees, and airline fuel resident Program Director (assigned to no 10 Bamberg 7am 3pm surcharges are included. Or, make your more than 47 travelers). 11 Nuremberg 12:15am 6:45pm own air arrangements Captain’s Welcome and Farewell 12 Kelheim* 8:45am 9am Accommodations: for 14 nights aboard Receptions and Dinners Regensburg 12:30pm 11pm a private Grand Circle river ship in an 5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward your 13 Passau 9:30am 5pm outside cabin next Grand Circle trip—an average of $294 14 Melk, Austria 6:30am 11:30am ALL meals: 14 breakfasts, 14 lunches, Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage Vienna 6:30pm and 14 dinners per person, including tips 15 Vienna 11 exclusive, included tours: Vienna • Passau • Regensburg • Nuremberg with 16 Vienna

Room 600 visit • Bamberg • Wurzburg Now included for 2015 Disembark ship • Wertheim • Heidelberg • Koblenz • All port charges—a value of $165 per person Fly Vienna • U.S. Cologne • Amsterdam Canal Cruise Gratuities for local guides and motorcoach POST-TRIP OPTION: 3 NIGHTS IN BRUGES, BELGIUM Exclusive Discovery Series events: drivers on your main trip Germany Today discussion • Home-Hosted Beverages during lunch and dinner *Motorcoach excursion meets ship at next Kaffeeklatsch • -Main-Danube Canal onboard, including beer, wine, and soft port. discussion and transit • Glassblowing drinks Itinerary subject to change. demonstration Please mention this Personal headset on all included and code when booking: G5-23625 optional tours Reservations & Information: Call Toll-Free: 1-800-597-2452 • Press 2 Your Itinerary overlooks the Danube from its dramatic What to expect cliffside perch. Day 1 Depart U.S. B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship Pacing Day 2 Arrive Vienna, Austria. Landing • 15 days, with 14 nights aboard a private Grand Circle river ship in Vienna, you’ll be met at the airport Day 5 Passau, Germany. by a Grand Circle representative who Exclusive Discovery Series Event • Return flights to the U.S. often require departing from the ship in will assist you with the transfer to your As you cruise to Passau this morning, early morning hours private river ship. Later, you’ll meet your enjoy a lesson onboard. Program Director and those travelers who Physical Requirements .You’ll then disembark in Passau for took our pre-trip extensions to Vienna, • Not accessible for travelers using an included walking tour and time to Austria or Prague, Czech Republic. wheelchairs or scooters explore on your own. • Travelers using walkers, crutches, L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship Exclusive Discovery Series Event or other mobility aids must travel Later this afternoon, engage in an infor- with a companion who can assist Day 3 Vienna • tour. Join your them throughout the trip Program Director for an included half- mative discussion on Germany Today. • You must be able to walk 1-3 miles day city tour, featuring the Ringstrasse, B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship unassisted and participate in 2-3 the wide boulevard that circles the city Day 6 Regensburg • Included dinner hours of physical activities each center, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral. day, including stairs You’ll also see the Spanish Riding School, off ship. Regensburg escaped major Climate home of the famous Lipizzaner stallions, World War II damage and today stands • Daytime temperatures range from and the well-known Hofburg Palace. as Germany’s largest medieval city. On your included walking tour, you’ll see the 40-73°F during cruising season .Tonight, celebrate your voyage at a fes- twelfth-century Stone Bridge (Steinerne • June-August are the warmest tive Welcome Dinner. Brucke) and the towering St. Peter’s months B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship Cathedral. Tonight, you’ll enjoy an • March and November weather included dinner featuring traditional folk can be unpredictable and Day 4 Melk • Optional Melk Abbey music at a local restaurant. change quickly within a short period of time tour. Following breakfast, you’ll set sail B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship toward the Wachau wine region en route Terrain to Melk. Day 7 Kelheim • Optional : • Travel over diverse terrain and .Disembarking in Melk, you may explore Baroque & Beer tour • Home-Hosted uneven walking surfaces, including on your own. Or, join an optional tour Kaffeeklatsch. In Kelheim, you can join steep and unpaved paths, hills, riverbanks, 25-50 stairs without of the 900-year-old Melk Abbey, which an optional tour of the Baroque-era handrails, and cobblestones Transportation • Travel by 45-seat coach and 140- to 164-passenger river ship River Cruising • Throughout the River Cruise season, weather conditions and tides affect European river depths; water levels may require adjustments to your itinerary Cuisine • Meals will be a mix of local specialties and familiar American standards • Meals onboard feature a variety of entrée options, including vegetarian

Reservations & Information: Call Toll-Free: 1-800-597-2452 • Press 2 Weltenburg Monastery, where you’ll take a scenic ferry cruise through the Danube Gorge and sample some beer brewed at the monastery. Then, transfer by motorcoach to Riedenburg, where your ship awaits. Exclusive Discovery Series Event This afternoon, venture to a nearby village and enjoy a Home-Hosted Kaffeeklatsch with a local family. Exclusive Discovery Series Event This evening, enter the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and learn about the construction and history of this engineering marvel. B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship

Day 8 Nuremberg • City tour • Visit to Room 600. This morning, arrive in Nuremberg—its name evoking the post- World War II Nazi war trials. Here, you’ll join an included city tour with a local guide, visiting the Zeppelin Field rally grounds, as well as Room 600, site of these trials. B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship

Day 9 Bamberg. Today, you’ll discover Bamberg, a hidden gem dating back to AD 902 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On an included walking tour of this medi- eval city, you’ll see the striking eleventh- Odenwald Forest, where you’ll visit the Day 16 Amsterdam • Return to U.S. century cathedral of Holy Roman Emperor 15th-century Heidelberg Castle. Today, transfer to the airport for your Heinrich II. This afternoon, relax onboard B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship return flight home. Or, begin your optional as you cruise toward your next port. extension to Bruges, Belgium. Day 13 Rudesheim • Koblenz. This morn- B—Private Grand Circle River Ship B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship ing, your ship cruises to Koblenz. En route, Please note: We reserve the right for our Program Day 10 Optional Rothenburg tour • you’ll pass Lorelei Rock, where legend has it, the beautiful siren would distract sailors Directors to modify participation, or in some cir- Wurzburg. This morning, enjoy a full-day cumstances send travelers home if their limitations optional tour to Rothenburg. Later, we’ll with her melodious voice. Upon arrival in are impacting the group’s experience. disembark in Wurzburg and enjoy a walking Koblenz, you’ll disembark for an included tour of this charming city, a Main River port walking tour of the , followed in Bavaria. by free time to explore on your own. Expand your B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship discoveries with our exclu- Day 11 Wertheim. Day 14 Cologne. Enjoy an included tour sive optional tours of Cologne, where a strong Roman heri- Melk Abbey (Day 4, $60 per person) Exclusive Discovery Series Event tage is evident throughout the city. Later As you cruise, enjoy a glassblowing this afternoon, enjoy free time to explore Bavaria: Baroque & Beer (Day 7, $80 demonstration. on your own or relax. Tonight, join your per person) fellow travelers for a Farewell Drink, fol- .Then visit Wertheim, a charming fairy-tale Rothenburg (Day 10, $100 per person) town at the meeting of the Main and Tauber lowed by the Captain’s Farewell Dinner. rivers. Get acquainted with the town during B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship a walking tour and free time here. Day 15 Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship the morning, enjoy a city tour by boat— Day 12 Offenbach • Heidelberg • cruising along Amsterdam’s lovely canals Rudesheim. This morning, you arrive and the Anne Frank House. After lunch, Optional tour prices listed are U.S. in Hanau. Join today’s included tour explore the city on your own. dollar estimates determined at the time of B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship publication and are subject to change. of Heidelberg, set on the edge of the Optional tours may vary.

Reservations & Information: Call Toll-Free: 1-800-597-2452 • Press 2 The Great Rivers of Europe SAVE up to 10% and lock in your price!

Prices are per person for 15 days River Cruise only (16 days with EXAMPLE: Based on a PAY IN FULL prior to YOUR SAVINGS off $5000 trip price airfare), based on double occupancy, and included meals and your departure date your total trip price* tours as specified in the It’s Included section. Paid in full by check 12 months or more prior 12 months prior to your 10% off River Cruise Only to departure departure date, you save $500 (10% of your trip price) 11 months prior to departure 7% off Deck: NOVEMBER 2, 2015 Paid in full by check 8 months 10 months prior to departure 6% off prior to your departure date, A Serenade Deck $3695 9 months prior to departure 5% off you save $200 (4% of your trip price) (Top Deck w/balcony) 8 months prior to departure 4% off B $3595 Paid in full by check 6 months 7 months prior to departure 3% off C Sonata Deck $3495 prior to your departure date, 6 months prior to departure 2% off you save $100 (2% of your (Middle Deck w/picture window) trip price) D $3395 5 months prior to departure 1.5% off * You will save a minimum Make your final payment by E Cantata Deck $3295 $50 off of $50 when you pay in full (Middle Deck w/picture window) check within the last 120 days by check. F $3195 G Prelude Deck $3095 (Lower Deck w/small window) H $2995 MORE value, MORE choices with Grand Circle ➤SGE2015 Cruise Line’s Lowest Price Guarantee Air Add-On • Reserve early to receive our LOWEST PRICE on any 2014 or 2015 departure of a Grand Circle Cruise Line vacation—guaranteed. Boston $110 0 • We’ll AUTOMATICALLY REFUND you the difference of the cruise-only Additional departure cities are available. Call for details. price if we reduce your main trip price more than 60 days from departure. M/S Rhapsody • Act fast for BEST SELECTION. The earlier you reserve, the better your SUN DECK chances are that your first choice of cabins and pre- and post-trip SERENADE DECK extensions will be available. SONATA DECK CANTATA DECK PRELUDE DECK Please note: Grand Circle Cruise Line’s Lowest Price Guarantee applies to the cruise-only price based on the lowest cabin category; and does not include R E pre- or post-trip extensions, cabin categories, optional extensions, and airfare. LOUNGE RESTAURANT BAR

LIBRARY PUB GOVERNMENT TAXES AND FEES The following government taxes and fees are now SERENADE DECK included in your airfare price. Government and other authority taxes and fees: September 11th Security Fee of up to $2.50 USD applies per passenger, per flight E SAUNA segment (maximum charge per trip—$5.00 USD one-way, $10.00 USD round trip).

FITNESS A flight segment is defined as one takeoff and one landing. Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) of up to $18 per passenger. Federal Domestic Flight Segment Fee of SONATA DECK CANTATA DECK up to $3.70 USD applies per passenger, per flight segment (defined as a takeoff and a landing). U.S. or International Departure and Arrival Charges of up to $200 USD may apply depending on itinerary. On select itineraries that include the purchase of a pre- and/or post-trip extension, U.S. or international departure and arrival charges of up to $300 USD may apply. Call for details. Standard Terms & PRELUDE DECK Conditions can be found on the web at www.gct.com/tc. Cabin Categories Deposit: $500 per person. A E Frequent Traveler Credits Single Supplement: FREE. Single accommodations are limited. To avoid the Every time you travel with Grand Circle and OAT, you’ll B F single supplement, ask about our Roommate Matching Service. C G receive a Frequent Traveler Credit worth 5% of the ad- Guaranteed Travel Protection Plan: Please visit www.gct.com/tpp for D H vertised cost of your trip (less any discounts), applicable details on this optional program. Standard Terms & Conditions apply E ELEVATOR toward your next Grand Circle or OAT trip you take within (Does not go to Prelude Deck) one year. After one year, your credit value is adjusted to when purchasing this program. Visit our website at www.gct.com/tc R RESTROOM 3% of your advertised trip cost and remains valid for one for details. Every effort has been made to produce this information ac- more year. (Frequent Traveler Credits expire after two curately. We reserve the right to correct errors. years.) If you are currently booked on a Grand Circle or After you reserve your trip, toll-free Customer Service and our Air De- OAT trip, you can now apply the Travel Credits you’ve partment are available Monday–Friday 9 am to 8 pm ET, Saturday & Cabin Categories earned towards subsequent departures—even if you have Sunday 9 am to 7 pm ET at 1-800-321-2835. A B C D notE yetF departedG H on your trip. Some restrictions apply.

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