Journey to the Homeland Tours
North Dakota State University Library, Fargo
16-26 May 2013
Schedule
Day 1 – Thursday, 16 May (Departure Day from USA)
- Flight departure times from nearest airport for travel to Frankfurt,
Germany
- Arrival at Frankfurt Airport, Terminal 1 or Terminal 2 (on 17 May)
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Hotel Ibis Frankfurt Airport |
Day 2 – Friday, 17 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
- Arrival at Frankfurt Airport, pick up luggage and transport with Hotel
Shuttle Service at Terminal 1, Bus Stop at Arrival Hall A, Exit 1 or take a taxi to Hotel Ibis.
- 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, 18 May (Frankfurt, Germany & Odessa, Ukraine)
- Chorne More Hotel (Black Sea Hotel)
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Chorne More Hotel (Black Sea Hotel)
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- 6:00 AM – Depart for Frankfurt Airport from hotel (Terminal 1)
- 8:45 AM – Frankfurt to Vienna Airport (DLH Lufthansa Airlines OS 7202)
- 10:05 AM – Arrival at Vienna Airport
- 10:50 AM– Vienna to Odessa, Ukraine (Ukraine International Airlines OS 7175)
- 1:50 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 Chorne More Hotel (Black Sea Hotel), 59 Rishelievskaya Street, Odessa, Ukraine, Tel: 011-380-78123-252599.
Check in at hotel. (porterage provided for luggage)
- 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM – Welcome Dinner, Black Sea Hotel (dinner included with tour package)
Day 4 - Sunday, 19 May (Odessa, Ukraine) (Black Sea Hotel)
- 7:00 AM – 8:30AM – Breakfast at hotel
- 8:30 AM – Transportation vehicle at front of hotel
- 9:15 AM – Bus at front of hotel for departure to St. Paul's Church
- 10:00-11:15 AM – St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Services [Bishop Uland Spahlinger of Munich, Germany, part of services in English, tour of church following services]
- 12:15 PM – Lunch on your own
- 1:30-4:30 PM – Odessa City Tour
- 4:00 PM – St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Gavannaya Street 5, Odessa, Father Mikhail [English Services][to be arranged]
- 7:00 PM – Odessa Opera House [optional, tour members pay on their own] [bus at hotel at 6:30pm - bus at opera house to return to hotel after performance]
- Evening dinner on your own
Day 5 – Monday, 20 May (Odessa, Ukraine) (Black Sea Hotel)
- 7:00 AM – 8:15AM - Breakfast at hotel
- 8:30 AM – Transportation vehicles at front of hotel for persons traveling to German villages
- Lunch and dinner on your own
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Church in Selz, Kutschurgan District, Ukraine |
Day 6 – Tuesday, 21 May (Odessa, Ukraine) (Black Sea Hotel)
- 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM - Breakfast at hotel
- 8:30 AM – Transportation vehicles at front of hotel for persons traveling to German villages
- Lunch on your own (not visiting villages)
- 7:00 PM – Farewell dinner at Black Sea Hotel (dinner included with tour package)
Day 7 – Wednesday, 22 May (Odessa - Vienna – Stuttgart, Germany)
- 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM – Breakfast at hotel
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Church in Kassel, Glückstal District, Ukraine |
8:30 AM – Odessa City tour for member who were not on city tour on Sunday, 19 May 2013
- 8:30-11:30 – Tour member have time to relax and shopping.
- 11:30 AM – Lunch
- 12:30 PM – Bus departs for Odessa Airport from hotel
- 3:00 PM – Odessa to Vienna (Ukraine International Airlines OS 7176)
- 4:45 PM – Arrive at Vienna Airport
- 6:45 PM – Vienna to Stuttgart, Germany (German Wings OS 8731)
- 8:15 PM – Arrive at Stuttgart Airport
- Dinner on your own, cafes within walking distance of Astoria Hotel
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.
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Hotel Astoria, Stuttgart |
Day 8 – Thursday, 23 May (Stuttgart, Germany) (Hotel Astoria)
Astoria Hotel, Hospital Strasse 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 – 10:15 AM - Visit Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland,
Raitelsbergstrasse 49, 70188 Stuttgart, Germany
[www.deutscheausrussland.de]
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Bessarabia Museum, Stuttgart |
10:30 AM – Visit Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien, Florianstrasse 17, 70188 Germany, Stuttgart [www.bessarabien.de] Tel: 0711-262-5481 [Ingo Isert, Curator] Bessarabia Museum, Stuttgart
- 12:00 PM -1:15 PM – Lunch at Heimatmuseum (not included with tour package) (Günther Vossler, President)
- 1:30 PM – Continue Stuttgart City Tour
- 4:30 PM – Return to hotel,
rest of afternoon available for shopping near to hotel
- Dinner on your own
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Alsace, France |
Day 9 – Friday, 24 May (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, water] [lunch included with Alsace day tour]
- From Sessenheim stop at the Alsatian pottery village of Soufflenheim, well known for glazed and colorful pottery.
- 5:00 PM - Return to Stuttgart and hotel [persons not taking the Alsace day-tour on their own in Stuttgart]
- Dinner on your own
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Lutheran Church, Sessenheim, France |
Day 10 – Saturday, 25 May (Stuttgart, Germany) (Hotel Astoria)
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)
- Lunch & dinner on your own
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Catholic Church, Sessenheim, France |
Day 11 – Sunday, 26 May (Stuttgart, Germany)
- 7:00 AM – Departure from Stuttgart Airport on Binder Travel bus
For information about airline flight reservations from your city of
departure, please contact the following person handling these
arrangements for the tour:
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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
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Memorial monument in Glückstal, Moldova |
Direct all other travel related question to:
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
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