Journey to the Homeland Tours
North Dakota State University Library, Fargo
20 – 30 May 2010

Schedule

Day 1 – Thursday, 20 May (Departure Day from USA)

• Flight departure times from nearest airport for travel to Frankfurt, Germany
• 12:25 PM – Minneapolis – Detroit
• 3:45 PM – Arrival at Detroit Airport
• 5:30 PM – Departure Detroit – Frankfurt, Germany
• 7:50 AM – Arrival at Frankfurt Airport (on 21 May 20), Terminal 2

Day 2 – Friday, 21 May (Frankfurt, Germany)

Hotel Ibis Frankfurt Airport

Hotel Ibis Frankfurt-Airport, Langer Kornweg 9a - 11,
Kelsterbach, Germany, Tel: 011-49-6107-9870 (13 km from Frankfurt Airport)
http://ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-2203-ibis-frankfurt-airport/index.shtml

• 7:50 AM – Arrival at Frankfurt Airport, pick up luggage and transport with hotel shuttle service
• 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM – Lunch at hotel (on your own)
• Relax in the afternoon [due to time change]
• 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM – Dinner at hotel restaurant, meeting tour members and tour plans (dinner included with tour package)

Day 3 – Saturday, 22 May (Frankfurt, Germany & Odessa, Ukraine)

• 6:00 AM – Breakfast at hotel
• 7:00 AM – Depart for Frankfurt Airport from hotel
• 9:25 AM – Frankfurt to Prague, Czech Republic (Czech Airlines flight 535), Terminal 1
• 10:30 AM – Arrival at Prague Airport
• 11:25 AM – Prague to Odessa, Ukraine (Czech Airlines flight 922)
• 2:30 PM – Arrival at Odessa Airport

(Elvira Zahavora, travel agent, at Odessa Airport to meet tour group) (Customs and passport clearance at Odessa Airport) (porterage provided)

Travel by bus from airport to Guest House, St. Paul's Church, 68, Novoselskogo Street, Odessa, Ukraine ( Tel: 011-380-48-777-3261) Check in at Guest House.

• 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM – Welcome Dinner at Ukrainian Lasunka Café (Deribassovskaya 14, Nina is the general manager), city center Odessa (dinner included with tour package)

Day 4 - Sunday, 23 May (Odessa, Ukraine)

Guest House, St. Paul's Church, Odessa

Guest House, St. Paul's Church
Tour members travel to former German villages; overnight stay for persons traveling to Bessarabian and Glückstal District villages for 23-24 May

• 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM – Breakfast at Guest House, St. Paul's Church
• 8:30 AM - Transportation vehicle at front of Guest House
• 10:00 AM - Church Services at St. Paul Church House, 68, Novoselskogo Street, Odessa. Bishop Uland Spahlinger of Germany, Alexander Gross, Youth Pastor
• 12:30 PM - Lunch at Guest House
• 7:00 PM - Evening dinner on your own for persons who do not stay overnight 23-24 May or 24-25 May

Day 5 – Monday, 24 May (Odessa, Ukraine)
German Village Visits

Guest House, St. Paul's Church

• 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM - Breakfast at Guest House, St. Paul's Church
• 8:30 AM - Transportation vehicles
• Travel to German villages
• 12:30 PM - Lunch on your own (not visiting villages)

Day 6 – Tuesday, 25 May (Odessa, Ukraine)
German Village Visits

Church in Selz, Kutschurgan District, Ukraine

Guest House, St. Paul's Church

• 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM - Breakfast at Guest House, St. Paul's Church
• 8:30 AM - Transportation vehicles
• Travel to German villages
• 12:30 PM - Lunch on your own (not visiting villages)
• 7:00 PM - Farewell dinner at Odessa city center cafe (included with tour package)

Day 7 – Wednesday, 26 May (Odessa - Prague – Stuttgart, Germany)

Church in Kassel, Glückstal District, Ukraine

Guest House, St. Paul's Church

• 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM – Breakfast at Guest House, St. Paul's Church
• 8:30 AM - Odessa city tour
• 11:30 AM - Lunch at Guest House
• 1:00 PM - Bus departs for Odessa Airport
• 3:20 PM - Odessa to Prague, Czech Republic (Czech Airlines flight 923)
• 4:20 PM - Arrive at Prague Airport
• 5:25 PM - Prague to Stuttgart, Germany (Czech Airlines flight 536)
• 6:45 PM - Arrive at Stuttgart Airport

Binder Travel Bus meets tour members for transport to Astoria Hotel, Stuttgart, Germany; (Each tour member responsible for own luggage using airport carts). Binder Travel arrangements by Bernhard Junker.

Day 8 – Thursday, 27 May (Stuttgart, Germany)

Hotel Astoria, Stuttgart

Astoria Hotel, Hospital route 29, Stuttgart, Germany
Tel: 011-49-0711-4408-000
Website: http://www.hotel-astoria-stuttgart.de/astoria_1.htm

• 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM - Breakfast (included with tour)
• 8:30 AM - Binder Travel bus in front of hotel
• 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM - Visit Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland, Raitelsbergstrasse 49, 70188 Stuttgart, Germany [www.deutscheausrussland.de]
• 10:45 AM - Visit Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien
• 12:15 PM Florianstrasse 17, 70188 Germany, Stuttgart [www.bessarabien.de] Tel: 0711-262-5481 [Ingo Isert, Curator]

• Bessarabia Museum, Stuttgart

  12:15 PM – 1:00 PM - Lunch at Heimatmuseum (included with tour package)
• 1:00 PM - Continue Stuttgart City Tour
• 4:00 PM - Return to hotel
• Rest of afternoon available for shopping near to hotel
• Dinner on your own
• 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Astoria Hotel Breakfast Room

Day 9 – Friday, 28 May (Alsace, France)

Alsace, France

Hotel Astoria

• 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM - Buffet breakfast
• 8:00 AM - Binder Travel bus leaves for Alsace, France tour stopping by
• 12:30 PM - Lunch at Hotel-Restaurant, Goldenes Keuz, Sessenheim, Alsace, France [original Alsatian café serving Flamkuchen, wine, beverages, and dessert]
• 5:00 PM - Return to Stuttgart and hotel [persons not taking the Alsace day-tour on their own in Stuttgart]

Day 10 – Saturday, 29 May (Stuttgart, Germany)

Lutheran Church, Sessenheim, France

Hotel Astoria
Note: Tour members are free to be on their own today in Stuttgart for site-seeing and shopping

• 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM - Breakfast (included with tour)

Day 11 – Sunday, 30 May (Stuttgart, Germany)

Hotel Astoria
Departure from Stuttgart Airport

Departures:

Catholic Church, Sessenheim, France

• 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM – Buffet breakfast
• 8:00 AM - Departure for Stuttgart Airport (Check airline ticket)

Information

For information about airline flight reservations, from your city, please contact the following person handling these arrangements for the tour:

Huffnungstal, Ukraine

Sheila Anderson, Travel Consultant
Kvamme Travel & Cruises
813 Center Ave
Moorhead, MN 56560
Tel: 1-800-999-1586 (Toll Free)
Tel: 218-236-9606
Email: sheila@kvammetravel.com

Direct all other travel related question to:

Memorial monument in Glückstal, Moldova

Michael M. Miller, Tour Director
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
NDSU Libraries
NDSU Dept. #2080
PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
Tel: 701-231-8416
Cell: 701-306-3224
Internet: Michael.Miller@ndsu.edu

Tour arrangements for Odessa, Ukraine:

Elvira P. Zakharova
Kanatnaya Street 11, Apt. 17
650140 Odessa, Ukraine
Tel: 011-380-777-12-72
E-mail: zakharova@ukr.net