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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FAU presents Cruise aboard our privately-owned 140- to 162-passenger ROMANTIC BLUE : TO : Budapest • : • : , , : Cesky Krumlov, Prague

DestinationJoin Dr. J eandffr eForeigny Mo Policyrton Lectures by Jeffrey Morton, Ph.D. 15 DAYS from $ $ 5,495 14 DAYS from 4,095 ITINERARY OVERVIEW with International Airfare from Miami Cruise Tour only DEPARTURE JUNE 25, 2019

DAY 1 • Depart U.S.

DAY 2-4 • PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC Included Tour Prague Optional Tour Optional Folk Show & Dinner

DAY 5 • PRAGUE • CESKY KRUMLOV • LINZ, AUSTRIA Embark Included Tour Cesky Krumlov

DAY 6 • LINZ Included Tours Linz • Mauthausen

DAY 7-8 • KREMS Included Tours • Krems • Gottweig Abbey

DAY 9-10 • VIENNA WHAT’S INCLUDED: Included Tour Vienna Optional Tours Musical Vienna • • International airfare, transfers, government taxes, fees, and Schoenbrunn fuel surcharges, unless you choose to make your own air arrangements. DAY 11-12 • BRATISLAVA • Accommodations for 10 nights aboard a private river ship and 3 nights in Included Tour Bratislava Corinthia Hotel Prague or similar DAY 13-14 • BUDAPEST • 34 meals plus all onboard house beer, wine, and soft drinks Included Tour Budapest • 10 included tours and 3 Exclusive Discovery Series events Optional Tour

• Local Program Directors, a Grand Circle Cruise Line exclusive DAY 15 • BUDAPEST • • Gratuities for local guides and motorcoach drivers Return to U.S. • All charges OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS • Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person, including tips all with FREE Single Supplements • 5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward your next Grand Circle trip & , 5-Night Pre-Trip from $895 Highlights of : & Krakow 5-Night Pre-Trip from $1,095 Budapest, Hungary 3-night post-trip from $595

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Group Size • Not accessible for travelers using • Travel by 140- to 162-passenger • This trip has a group size wheelchairs or scooters river ship and 49-seat coach of 38-45 travelers • Travelers using walkers, crutches, or • Changes in water- depths may other mobility aids must travel with require adjustments to your itinerary Pacing a companion who can assist them • 14 days, with 10 nights aboard a private • We reserve the right for Program Climate river ship and 1 three-night hotel stay Directors to restrict participation, • Daytime temperatures range from • Return flights often require or in some circumstances send 58-82°F during cruising season departing in early morning hours travelers home, if their limitations • June-August are the warmest months impact the group’s experience • Air travel time will be 9-18 hours and • March and November weather can be unpredictable and change quickly will have at least one connection. Terrain & Transportation Physical Requirements • Diverse terrain and uneven walking surfaces, including steep paths, hills, • Walk 1-3 miles unassisted and riverbanks, 25-50 stairs without participate in 2-3 hours of physical handrails, and cobblestones activities each day, including stairs

YOUR ITINERARY

DAY 1 Depart U.S. IV, King of and , DAY 4 Prague • Optional Jewish Prague was the seat of the Holy Roman Prague tour DAY 2 Prague, Czech Republic Empire. Later, it was the vital center of Enjoy a free day exploring this beautiful the Habsburgs. While other European Arriving in Prague, you’ll be met at the independently. As it was during capitals were leveled during World War airport by a Grand Circle representative the zenith of the Bohemian kingdom, II, Prague survived virtually intact. and transferred to your hotel. Depending Prague still ranks as the thriving on your arrival time and hotel check-in Visit Stare Mesto, the , with center of the country, with an artistic policy, you may not be able to check into its many wonderful Gothic and community reminiscent of in the your hotel immediately upon arrival. Baroque buildings, and see the famous 1920s. It boasts one of ’s most Your Program Director will advise you 15th-century at notable Jewish quarters, world-class of your check-in status and activity the Old Town Hall. Every hour, crowds museums and cathedrals, architectural schedule for the day when you arrive. assemble below to watch Christ and masterpieces that span a thousand You have the balance of the day to relax the twelve Apostles appear at two little years—and mighty Prague . after your overseas flight. You may want windows above the clock face, followed Perched regally over the Vltava River to join your Program Director for an by the skeleton of Death tolling the and offering stunning views of the city, orientation walk to get better acquainted bell. Stroll across the city’s famed Prague Castle is more than 1,000 years with the area around your hotel. Charles Bridge, a 15th-century structure old and features residential quarters, Celebrate your arrival in Prague and spanning the Vltava River that functions chapels, galleries, gardens, and the beginning of your Danube as a makeshift performance and gallery bustling Castle surrounding it. space for musicians, artists, dancers, Tour with a Welcome Drink and a short The city also boasts a variety of and more. orientation briefing, and get acquainted restaurants featuring elevated local with your traveling companions and The rest of the day is yours in Prague favorites, international fare, and fresh your Program Director. This evening, to spend as you please. This evening, locally-sourced ingredients. You may enjoy dinner on your own. gather with you fellow travelers at a decide to visit one or two of Prague’s D—River Ship local restaurant for a Welcome Dinner. eclectic eateries for your independent B,D—River Ship lunch and dinner. DAY 3 Prague Or, you can choose to join an optional After breakfast, set out to explore Jewish Prague tour during which you Prague. During the reign of Charles

Reservations & Information 1-800-597-2452 • Press 2 www.gct.com/edr2019 will learn about the city’s 1,000 years of DAY 6 Linz • Mauthausen • Captain’s DAY 7 Wachau Valley • Krems Jewish cultural history. Welcome Dinner Cruise along one of the most beautiful B—River Ship Bestriding the Danube, Linz is the capital parts of the Danube—the Wachau of —one of the country’s Valley—this morning on your way to DAY 5 Prague • Cesky Krumlov • Linz, nine states. Disembark after breakfast Krems, taking in the stunning landscape Austria • Embark ship to discover the city on a walking tour, of sculpted hills and medieval towns After breakfast at your hotel, transfer to followed by a bit of free time to further built along the river that comprise this Linz, Austria. Along the way, and prior explore on your own. UNESCO World Heritage Site. to crossing the border into Austria, enjoy This afternoon, visit the Mauthausen Following your afternoon arrival and a walking tour of Cesky Krumlov—a concentration camp with a local guide. lunch onboard, discover Krems an der medieval town and UNESCO World This complex was one of the Nazi’s first Donau on a walking tour. This charming Heritage Site—followed by an included large-scale concentration camps—and town, set at the of the lunch at a local restaurant. the last to be liberated. High-profile Danube and Krems , is known as a Embark your ship in Linz late this Jewish prisoners and captive Russian center for art and literature. Its Art Mile afternoon. Then, gather to mingle with soldiers were brought to the camp to offers a variety of galleries to peruse, your fellow travelers. Throughout your work as free labor for the local stone music venues to visit, and coffee shops Central European River Cruise, you’ll quarry, harvesting and hauling granite to enjoy. be invited to nightly Port Talks, during slabs. Striking terraced vineyards, synonymous which your Program Director will After your tour of the camp, return to with the , provide a fitting describe the approaching port area and the ship. Lunch is onboard followed by backdrop as your tour continues on to town prior to arrival so you can prepare free time to explore Linz. the famed Winzer Krems. During your for the next day’s tour, and so you’ll be tasting, you’ll learn about the area’s wine able to make the best use of your free Gather with your fellow travelers for heritage, and this acclaimed producer’s time at the next day’s port of call. this evening’s Port Talk, and Captain’s Chardonnay, Neuberger, and Pinot Blanc Welcome Dinner. B,L,D—River Ship varietals. B,L,D—River Ship Tonight, begin cruising to Vienna.

B,L,D—River Ship

Reservations & Information 1-800-597-2452 • Press 2 www.gct.com/edr2019 DAY 8 Krems • Gottweig Abbey • all that seemed possible during the candy apple red olives and fresh Vienna . Continue on along vegetables—along the way. the city sidewalks, passing by the well- Disembark in Krems this morning after After dinner tonight onboard, relax with known Imperial Palace, home to many breakfast and set off for an included tour your fellow travelers as your ship cruises generations of the Habsburg family, and of the Gottweig Abbey. toward Bratislava. the renowned Spanish Riding School. In some form or another, the still-active B,L,D—River Ship You’ll have time to pursue your own monastery has been sitting on a hilltop interests before and after lunch at a overlooking the unspoiled Wachau Valley DAY 11 Bratislava, Slovakia • Home- local restaurant. You may want to head below since 1072. In the 470 years after Hosted Visit • Student roundtable to the old Jewish Quarter to see the only its formal dedication in 1083, the abbey discussion Viennese to have survived developed into a center of spiritual Arrive in Bratislava this early morning, the 1938 Kristallnacht. Or perhaps explore learning followed by a decade of near and after breakfast, set off on a city Austria’s capital aboard a fiaker. These abandonment. Two major fires and tour of Slovakia’s capital known for its horse-drawn have been in several abbots later, the monastery was picturesque setting at the foot of the business since the 17th century, and rebuilt in the grandiose style of the 18th Little . drivers are happy to show you the sights century. The centerpiece of this Baroque This petite city—the smallest of the four and delight you with Viennese anecdotes. gem is the Kaiserstiege, one of Europe’s capitals you’ll visit on this itinerary—is You’ll also find out for yourself whether largest and most striking imperial full of irresistible charm and personality, or not it’s true that drivers whistle staircases. Ornate carvings and the busts and was once the seat of power for strains of Mozart’s beloved Magic Flute of famous artists line this large, white neighboring Hungary. As you stroll as they conduct passengers through the structure. Above, a pastel-hued ceiling through Old Town, Bratislava’s historic city. fresco depicts the Holy Roman heart, take in the beautiful St. Martin’s Charles VI as a Greek god. In addition to After an early dinner onboard, enjoy Cathedral, built in the 14th and 15th its cosmetic treasures, the Benedictine an evening at leisure. Or, perhaps centuries. Walk along the pedestrian monastery’s is filled with you’ll experience our Musical Vienna zone, and you’ll find Michael’s Gate more than 130,000 books, illustrated optional tour to one of the city’s famed with its 15th-century tower, offering manuscripts, and religious engravings. concert halls to attend an enchanting excellent views of the city, including the performance of the classical Austrian Following the tour, you’ll have free massive . Despite, the music of Strauss and Mozart. time to explore the abbey on your own. its historical depths—with settlements After returning to the ship for lunch B,L,D—River Ship dating back to Celtic and Roman times— onboard, the remainder of the day is at whimsical public art installations, such your leisure to unwind on the ship or to DAY 10 Vienna • Optional as the photo-favorite “The Watcher” explore Krems on your own. Schoenbrunn Palace tour • sculpture, serve as visual reminders of Naschmarkt visit Bratislava’s eyes towards the future. The evening is at your leisure with This morning, explore more of Vienna at dinner onboard. Following lunch onboard, join a local your leisure. Or, join us for an optional B,L,D—River Ship family for coffee, cake, and a glimpse of tour of the expansive summer estate of everyday life in this enchanting Danube Habsburg royalty, Schoenbrunn Palace DAY 9 Vienna • Optional Musical city during an Exclusive Discovery Series (whose name means “beautiful spring”). Vienna tour Home-Hosted Visit. Featuring 1,400 rooms, meticulously Explore Vienna, Austria, this morning, maintained gardens, and an architectural This evening, partake in an onboard starting at the Ringstrasse—Vienna’s legacy that stretches back to the 17th Exclusive Discovery Series roundtable grand —one of the century, the palace is now a UNESCO discussion about Bratislava’s next many achievements of the Emperor World Heritage Site. Your visit includes generation. Franz Joseph. In 1857, the Emperor a tour of palace highlights and free time B,L,D—River Ship ordered the demolition of the ancient to spend exploring the palace’s stunning city , which were no longer needed park and gardens. DAY 12 Bratislava • School visit as fortifications and were impeding the Disembark your river ship after Rejoin the group for an onboard lunch growth of the city. In their place was breakfast, and start your day with an this afternoon, then head over to constructed an elegant 2.5 mile-long Exclusive Discovery Series visit to a local Vienna’s bustling Naschmarkt. You’ll boulevard, encircling the city center. The school supported by the Grand Circle peruse the more than 100 permanent buildings that line the Ringstrasse bring Foundation. stalls of this centuries-old outdoor together all the greatest architectural market, sampling local products—like styles in an exuberant celebration of

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Return to the ship for lunch, and take in an afternoon of scenic cruising towards Budapest. Arrive in the Hungarian capital this evening before dinner onboard. B,L,D—River Ship

DAY 13 • Budapest, Hungary Disembarking after breakfast for a tour of Hungary’s lovely capital, situated on both sides of the magnificent Danube River. In , on the western bank of the Danube, you’ll see Castle Hill, encircled by ramparts that protect the massive castle complex. Destroyed during World War II, the palace has been restored, approximating its original splendor, and it is now a vast museum complex, where remains of the original structure are displayed. Cross the Danube and see Heroes’ Square, with its Millennial Column set off by equestrian statues of historic ninth-century Magyar conquerors. The adjoining colonnade displays more statues of kings, dukes of , and liberty fighters who influenced the history of Hungary.

After lunch onboard, spend the afternoon as you please. Perhaps you’ll visit styles used during reconstruction of the Tonight, gather with your fellow the Museum of Applied Arts, or stroll building at different times in its history. travelers for a special Captain’s Farewell through Nagycsarnok, the city’s largest Note that during the 150-year Turkish Dinner. market, known for it’s fresh produce and occupation of Hungary, the church B,L,D—River Ship Hungarian handicrafts. served as Eski Djami (Old Mosque) for Return to the ship for dinner onboard. the Turks. Inside the church you can DAY 15 Budapest • Return to U.S. view art of Bertalan Szekely and Karoly B,L,D—River Ship After breakfast, transfer to the airport Lotz, 19th-century Hungarian painters. for your flight home. Or, continue your DAY 14 Budapest • Optional Hospital Or choose to join an optional tour to discoveries with our Budapest post-trip in the Rock tour • Captain’s Farewell the Hospital in the Rock. Connected to extension.your post-trip extension. underground caves below Castle Hill in Dinner B Buda, this hospital that tended to scores Enjoy today at leisure to continue of sick and wounded during World War exploring Budapest. Perhaps you’ll II, and again during the Hungarian visit the Church of Our Lady, formerly Revolution of 1956. During the Cold War used for the coronations of Hungarian era, it was outfitted as a nuclear fallout kings. Its popular name of Matthias is shelter. Today, it is a museum, with wax in recognition of the Renaissance king figures in period clothing and vintage who ruled in the 15th century and whose medical equipment giving visitors a feel heraldic sign—a raven—is displayed on for the intensity of the work performed one of the towers of the church. Dating here. back to the 13th century, the structure is an interesting mix of architectural

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$ 5 nights from 895 FREE Single Supplement

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Accommodations for 3 nights in Berlin and 2 nights in Dresden 6 meals: Daily breakfasts and 1 lunch Included tours with personal headsets: Berlin • Watch our extension video at www.gct.com/edr-berlin Wittenberg • Dresden • Pirna Dedicated services of a local Program Director ITINERARY Gratuities for local guides and DAY 1 Depart U.S. DAY 5 Berlin • Wittenberg • Dresden motorcoach drivers Depart for Dresden, stopping en route in DAY 2 Berlin, Germany Wittenberg for lunch on your own. All transfers Arrive in Berlin and settle in at your hotel. B—Westin Bellevue Dresden or similar Maritim Hotel Berlin or similar FEATURED HOTEL DAY 6 Dresden DAY 3 Berlin • Optional tour Today, take a guided tour of city high- with dinner lights. After lunch on your own, you’ll Today, see Berlin’s highlights on an have the whole afternoon to make your included city tour. Then, join an optional own discoveries in Dresden. excursion to Potsdam or continue to B—Westin Bellevue Dresden or similar explore Berlin on your own. OPTIONAL TOUR: $125 per person Maritim Hotel Berlin • Berlin DAY 7 Pirna • Prague, Czech Republic Germany B—Maritim Hotel Berlin or similar Travel overland to Prague, stopping in Superior First-Class Pirna, Germany along the way. After an Built in 2005, the Superior DAY 4 Berlin included lunch, begin your Romantic Blue First-Class Hotel Maritim Berlin is After breakfast, then continue to explore Danube: Budapest to Prague River Cruise located just steps from the famed Berlin at your leisure. Tour. Tiergarten in the heart of the B—Maritim Hotel Berlin or similar B,L city. Hotel amenities include two restaurants and a bar, as well as a pool, , fitness center, and laun- dry services. Your room features satellite T.V., wireless Internet, a minibar, safe, telephone, and This extension may not be available on all departures. Additional taxes and fees apply. Ask your Travel Counselor for details. private bath with hair dryer. Berlin & Dresden is a pre-trip extension on the Prague to Budapest itinerary and a post-trip extension on the Budapest to Prague itinerary. Select departures feature similar accommodations.

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$ 3 nights from 595 FREE Single Supplement

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Accommodations for 3 nights Daily breakfasts Included tours with personal headsets: Hungarian Building • Watch our extension video at www.gct.com/edr-budapest Dedicated services of a local Program Director Gratuities for local guides and ITINERARY motorcoach drivers DAY 1 Budapest, Hungary • Optional DAY 3 Budapest All transfers Hungarian Culinary Experience tour This morning, set off for a morning tour FEATURED HOTEL This morning, we’ll visit Szentendre, of the Hungarian Parliament Building, a charming town on the Danube Bend which dominates the skyline on the banks that few Americans ever see. Return to of the Danube. The rest of the day is yours Budapest by mid-afternoon to explore at to explore Budapest on your own. Enjoy a your leisure. This evening you might enjoy Farewell Drink with your fellow travelers an optional Hungarian Culinary Experience tonight. tour, featuring a dinner of traditional B—Courtyard by Marriott Budapest City Center cuisine accompanied by regional wines. or similar OPTIONAL TOUR: $90 per person Courtyard by Marriott DAY 4 Budapest • Return to U.S. Budapest City Center • Courtyard by Marriott Budapest City Center Budapest Hungary or similar Transfer to the airport for your flight First Class home. Located on Blaha Lujza Square DAY 2 Budapest B in the city center, this First-Class, Today, set out with your Program Director 235-room hotel is within walking and to discover Budapest via public trans- distance of many local cafes and portation. Your afternoon is at leisure. features an on-site restaurant and Perhaps you’ll browse one of the city’s 23 health club. Your air-conditioned museums. You might also enjoy returning room includes a refrigerator, to Castle Hill to visit Fishermen’s Bastion. flat-screen cable/satellite TV, B—Courtyard by Marriott Budapest City Center high-speed Internet access, safe, or similar and private bath with hair dryer.

This extension may not be available on all departures. Additional taxes and fees apply. Ask your Travel Counselor for details. Budapest is a post-trip extension on the Prague to Budapest itinerary and a pre-trip extension on the Budapest to Prague itinerary.

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SUN DECK Registry: SERENADE DECK SONATA DECK Width: 38 ft. CANTATA DECK CABINPRELUDE DECK Length: 366 ft. CATEGORIES Passenger

R E capacity: 140 A E RESTAURANT BAR LOUNGE Crew/Nationality: 34/International B F SHOP SERENADE DECK Decks: 4 C G Number of cabins: E FITNESS 70—all outside

D H MASSAGE Elevator: Yes SAUNA/ WHIRL– E ELEVATOR POOL (Does not go to SONATA DECK CANTATA DECK Prelude Deck) R RESTROOM

PRELUDE DECK

Please note: Only Serenade Deck cabins have CABIN CATEGORIES private balconies. The Sonata and Cantata decks are separated by a flight of stairs. A B C D E F G H Elevator runs from the Cantata and Sonata decks to the Serenade Deck. There is no E ELEVATOR R RESTROOM (Does not go to Prelude Deck) elevator access to the Prelude Deck.

CABIN FEATURES SERENADE DECK CABIN CANTATA/SONATA/PRELUDE DECK CABIN*

• 160-sq.-ft. non-smoking outside cabins with a • Individual heating & air conditioning controls river view—Serenade Deck cabins include a private 16-sq.-ft. balcony with table and chairs • Flat-screen color TV & radio, including CNN, movies & a “view from the bow” camera • Two stationary twin beds converted to sofas looking from the front of your ship each day, and back to beds each evening • Direct-dial telephone with emergency call buttons • Private bath with shower, hair dryer, shampoo & soap • In-room safe

*Please note: Prelude Deck cabin features the same layout with a small upper window.

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Watch travelers explore Budapest, Get more information about your Find out why Istvan Pinter thinks Bratislava, and Prague on walking detailed itinerary, like optional the Hospital in the Rock and tours of each city. tours and Exclusive Discovery Market Hall are must-sees when in Series events. Budapest.

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