Itinerary - 4/22 - 5/7/11

Castles along the Rhine - Amsterdam to Basel, Switzerland

day 1 - Arrive Amsterdam - Tour Keukenhof Gardens - (tulips are in bloom)
Check into hotel

day 2 - Board River Antoinette - (160 passengers) - This is a new experience for us. We love the "big" ocean liners. The Allure of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) had more than 5000 passengers. :)

day 3 - Cologne - Walking tour and cathedral visit.

day 4 - Koblenz - Walking tour - optional tour to Marksburg Castle

day 5 - Cruising the Rhine - Rudesheim - Castle Vollrads wine tasting

day 6 - Speyer - Walking tour - Heidelberg and castle visit

day 7 - Strasbourg - (situated halfway between Paris and Prague, Strasbourg is known as the "crossroads of Europe". - Strasbourg Canal Cruise and Black Forest excursion

day 8 - Strasbourg (Colmar), Breisach - Full Day of Alsation Wine Road

day 9 - Basel, Switzerland - disembark ship in morning - train to Lucerne

day 10 - 11 - tour Swiss Alps -

day 11 - train to Munich - check into hotel - go to Hofbrauhaus - drink beer - eat pretzels

day 11 - 16 - tour Bavaria with side trip to Austria (Sound of Music tour) eat bratwurst and drink more German beer :)

day 16 - return to NJ - go on diet