European vacation
June 1999
Monday, May 31
- Depart SFO on American Airlines flight AA16 at 12:30pm
- Arrive NYC/Kennedy at 9:04pm
- Depart NYC/Kennedy on American Airlines flight AA116 at 11:30pm
Tuesday, June 1
- Arrive London/Heathrow at 11:30am
- Original London Sightseeing Tour: double decker bus tour (avoid multi-lingual buses with flags on the front) 12Pds/person
- 0181/877-1722
- Lodging at Cherry Court Hotel
- 23 Hugh Street, SW1V 1QJ
- 0171/828-2840, fax 0171/828-0393
- Email cherryc@globalnet.co.uk
Wednesday, June 2
- Tower of London
- Westminster Abbey
- Big Ben
- Boat ride
- St Paul’s Cathedral
- Lodging at Cherry Court Hotel
Thursday, June 3
- Natural History museum
- British museum
- Madame Tussaud’s wax museum
- Harrod’s or Liberty’s
- Lodging at Cherry Court Hotel
Friday, June 4
- Depart London Kings Cross at 9:00am
- Arrive Edinburgh at 1:30pm
- Platform #1 Booking Office
- Ref. No. KTGKGH TG
- Bargain single 22Pds/person
- GNE 08457/225225 (Mark)
- Edinburgh:
- Edinburgh castle
- Museum of Childhood
- Lodging at Ard-Na-Said B&B
- 5 Priestfield Road, EH16 5HH
- 0131/667-8754, fax 0131/271-0960
Saturday, June 5
- Edinburgh: Royal Mile
- Pick up car before 1:00pm
- Voucher 922883
- Avis Rent A Car
- Edinburgh Dalry Office
- 5 West Park Place
- 44-131/3376363, 44-131/3377854 fax
- Lodging at Ard-Na-Said B&B
Sunday, June 6
- Leave for Inverness
- Clava Cairns (1 ½ miles east of Culloden)
- Lodging BB Inverness/Loch Ness
Monday, June 7
- Loch Ness: Urquhart castle, Nessie exhibits
- Caledonian canal, Neptune’s Staircase
- Eilean Donan castle
- Lodging BB Isle of Skye
Tuesday, June 8
- Isle of Skye:
- Dunvegan castle (Fairy flag)
- Kilmuir (north end of Trotternish peninsula): Skye museum of island life
- Lodging BB Isle of Skye
Wednesday, June 9
- Ferry from Isle of Skye (Armadale) to Mallaig: CalMac (01-678/462403) 30 min, 14.45Pds/car.
- Road to the Isles (A830, 46 miles)
- Mallaig (Mallaig Marine World)
- Arisaig
- Morar (Loch Morar monster: Morag)
- Glenfinnan
- Fort Williams
- Glen Coe:
- Devil’s staircase: steep 1mi hike (8mi E of Glencoe)
- Lodging Oban
Thursday, June 10
- Take tour of Isle of Mull, and Staffa
- Mull, Iona, Staffa and Ulva tour for 26/16Pds
- Bowman & MacDougall’s Tours
- Stafford St
- 01-631/5628563
- Lodging Oban
Friday, June 11
- South of Oban:
- Kilmartin cairns and stone circles
- Crarae Garden south of Auchindrain
- Loch Awe with Kilchurn castle, Crinan canal tow-path walk
- Oban Sea Life Centre
- Lodging Oban
Saturday, June 12
- A83 Arrochar Alps: Rest & Be Thankful
- A82 Loch Lomond
- Glasgow
- Lodging in Ayr
Sunday, June 13
- Culzean castle
- Hadrian’s Wall
- Lodging at Carlisle/Hadrian’s Wall B&B
Monday, June 14
- York
- Drive to Hull, and drop off car before 1pm
- Avis Rent A Car
- Hull City Office
- Unit 1 Applegarth Road
- Spivy Street
- Off Cleveland Street
- 44-482/225224
- Take Hull-Zeebrugge ferry
- Must be at counter by 5:00pm
- Ferry leaves at 6:30pm
- Booking No. H37450742/01
- P&O North Sea ferries, Ltd.
- King George Dock, Hedon Road
- Hull HU9 5QA
- England
- 01-482/377177 reservations
- 01-482/795141 terminal
- 01-482/706438 fax
- Lodging on ferry
Tuesday, June 15
- Ferry arrives Zeebrugge at 8:00am
- Bruges
- Michelangelo’s Virgin & child statue
- View from 13th century Belfry
- Bonifacius bridge
- Take bus/train to Liège
- Lodging at Dany & Hélène Louon
- rue des Vennes, 143
- B-4020 Liège
- 32-4/342-2970
- marc.louon@usa.net
Wednesday, June 16
- Hautes Fagnes, Baraque Michel
- Signal de Botrange
- Lodging at Dany & Hélène
Thursday, June 17
- Neufchateau
- Vianden (Luxemburg)
- Bouillon
- Dinant
- Citadel fortress by téléférique
- Grotte de Mont-Fat
- Grotto “La Merveilleuse” across river
- Château d’Annevoie
- Lodging at Dany & Hélène
Friday, June 18
- Han-sur-Lesse caverns
- Madame Butterfly in Aachen?
- Lodging at Dany & Hélène
Saturday, June 19
- Bruxelles
- Grand Place
- Manneken-Pis
- Atomium
- Madame Butterfly in Aachen?
- Lodging at Dany & Hélène
Sunday, June 20
- La Batte in Liège
- Madame Butterfly in Aachen?
- Lodging at Bill & Lynn Melton
- Aachener Str. 164
- B-4730 Hauset
- 32-87/653657
- william.melton@skynet.be
Monday, June 21
- Aachen
- Maastricht
- Bokrijk outdoor folk museum
- Lodging at Bill & Lynn
Tuesday, June 22
- Rhine castle?
- Lodging at Bill & Lynn
Wednesday, June 23
- Durbuy castle, village
- Wéris menhirs, dolmens, and stone circles
- Lodging at Bill & Lynn
Thursday, June 24
Friday, June 25
- R&R
- Lodging at Bill & Lynn
Saturday, June 26
- R&R
- Lodging at Dany & Hélène?
Sunday, June 27
- Train from Liège to Paris
- Lodging Paris BB
Monday, June 28
- Eiffel tower
- Arc de Triomphe
- Bois de Boulogne or du Luxembourg
- Lodging Paris BB
Tuesday, June 29
- Notre Dame
- Sainte Chapelle
- Musée du Louvre (Mona Lisa)
- Lodging Paris BB
Wednesday, June 30
- Depart Paris/Orly on American Airlines flight AA45 at 12:05pm
- Arrive NYC/Kennedy at 2:15pm
- Depart NYC/Kennedy on American Airlines flight AA65 at 3:30pm
- Arrive SFO at 6:35pm
- Addresses
- Forte Travelodge in Britain
- 34.50Pds for up to 4 persons w/bath
- 01-384/78884
- toll-free 0800/850-950 in Britain
- www.travelodge.co.uk/index.htm
- Travel Inn in Britain
- 40Pds for 2 adults & 2 kids
- 01-582/414-341
