ICONS AND IMAGES: BELGIUM
THURSDAY, APRIL 29TH thru SATURDAY, MAY 8TH
10 DAYS – 8 NIGHTS
THURSDAY, Depart JFK for Brussels:
APRIL 29TH DL #140 7:50 PM + 1 9:10 AM
Depart Newark Airport for Brussels:
CO #60 7:00 PM + 1 8:15 AM
FRIDAY, Transfer luggage to motor coach
APRIL 30TH It’s the Queen’s birthday!
Brussels is full of street fairs & parades
Begin three hour tour of Brussels featuring:
The Grand Palace
The Hotel de Ville
Musee de la Ville de Bruxelles
Galeries Royales St. Hubert
Rue des Bouchers
Petite Rue des Bouchers
Ilot Sacre
The Bourse
Mannekin Pis
Afternoon check into the Catalonia Forum Art Hotel
Av. Du Haut-Pont 2. Hope Burglaan B-1060
Phone: 011-32-(0)2340-3400
Fax: 011-32-(0)2347-0054
Located in the residential centre of uptown Brussels in the famous
art noveau area. All rooms are decorated by famous artists and
designers. Cable TV, modem hook-up, tramways stop 50 meters
from the hotel. Property was built in 1965 and renovated in 2000.
Dinner with faculty, parents, and friends in and around Hotel in Ixelles sec-
tion
Three suggestions with fireworks in the background for the
Queen’s birthday
Fellini’s – near Rue Washington at 34 Place du Chatelain
02-534-47-49
or
The Blue Elephant – Thai cuisine
1120 Ch. De Waterloo
02-374-78-81
or
La Quincaillerie
45 Rue du Page
02-533-98-33
Overnight at Catalonia
SATURDAY, It’s May Day! It’s Labor Day!
MAY 1ST Complimentary continental breakfast in the Catalonia Hotel
Your day begins at 9:00 AM with Floral Flamboyance and a visit to the
Royal Greenhouse of Laeken, open for just two weeks of the entire year.
It took 25 years to complete this 15,000 meter Crystalline Cathedral. Enjoy
six acres of neoclassical rotundas, domes, and galleries.
In the early afternoon enjoy a one-hour visit and tour of the Chocolaterie
Duval
After lunch continue on to Waterloo, Europe’s Gettysburg, where 50,000
men lost their lives in nine hours of battle. Relive these horrific moments
At the Visitors Centre. Check out the 360 degree panoramic mural and ten
square
Return to Brussels to the Grand Place for time on own and dinner
At 8:30 PM you’ll enjoy “Les Trois Mousquetaires” at the Theatre Toone –
A tiny theatre in an old café on Petite Rue des Bouchers (011-32-2-217-2753)
Overnight at the Hotel Catalonia
SUNDAY, Complimentary breakfast at Hotel Catalonia
MAY 2ND Full day excursion to Antwerp via motor coach
The City of Diamonds!
The City of Rubens!
Belgium’s 2nd largest city!
Europe’s 2nd largest harbor has kept many memories of its rich past.
Above all, it is the city of P.P. Rubens, world famous master of the 17th
century. We drive to Market Square with its ancient houses and Our
Lady Cathedral. This cathedral contains two of Ruben’s masterworks:
“The Erection and the Descent from the Cross.” Antwerp is also the
world’s diamond center. We will visit a Diamond Workshop. We will
end the tour with a drive through the harbor.
Plus, your ticket to a guided tour in English of Rubens’ House and the
Plantin Moretus Museum, one of Europe’s oldest print shops. Rubens
Works will be following you as they travel from Antwerp to Lille to
Madrid to Vienna to New York and to Greenwich, CT
Return to Hotel Catalonia for dinner with faculty and friends in Ixelles
area.
Overnight at Hotel Catalonia
MONDAY, Full day excursion via motor coach to Ghent and Bruges
MAY 3RD After an hour’s drive, we arrive in Ghent where we visit the St. Basvo’s
Cathedral, home of the world famous “Mystic Lamb” painting. During
The city tour you will see all the important buildings from the Middle Ages,
such as Belfry, St. Nicholas Church and the Earl’s Castle.
In Bruges, we visit the Lake of Love and the beguinage. There will be time
for lunch. After lunch we start our walking tour and discover Our Lady
Church with the statue by Michelangelo, the Market Square with the Belfry
and the Holy Blood Chapel. Plus! Be treated to a half-hour canal cruise
of Bruges.
Let’s Look at the Lions – Meet the Lions themselves at the Lions Club
Bruxelles Centenaire at 11 Charles Albert at 7:30 PM.
Have dinner and exchange fellowship and friendship.
Meet Mr. P. Vander Elst, Lions Club President. Dinner is 35 euro and in
Attendance will be Albert and Dany Billaud from La Rochelle, France.
Albert is a former T-D Commencement speaker and President of the La
Rochelle Lions Club. You’ll also enjoy the company of Jim and Hilary
King of Nottingham, England. Jim King is the current president of the
Nottingham Lions Club.
Overnight in Brussels
TUESDAY, Complimentary breakfast in Hotel Catalonia
MAY 4TH After a luggage transfer we’ll depart the Capital at 9:30 AM for the Musee
D’Art Ancien and the Musee d’Art Moderne. View the major works of
Belgium from the 14th to the 20th centuries. Check out Bosch, Brueghel,
Rubens, Van Dyke, Hacs, and Rembrandt firstly. Then enjoy the exhi-
Bits of Van Gogh, Matissem Dali, Chagall, Miro, and local boys Magritte,
Delvaux, Permeke, and Knopff.
Lunch in Brussels
Continue on your tour via motor coach departing from Brussels for
Namur – the heart of Wallonia
Visit the Citadel of Namur, one of the most fortified towns in Europe.
Penetrate the mystery of one of the biggest networks of underground
Ever built by man – called the “termites” next of Europe by Napoleon
Visit – Tour – and Taste:
The Brewery De Bocq
See how the techniques have changed in brewing beer
Continue on to Dinant – a tiny town with an imposing citadel which
Towers over the Meuse River
Check into the Hotel Ibis Dinant Center
Rempart d’Albeau 16
Belgium
Phone: 011-32(0)82-21-1500
Fax: 011-32(0)82-21-1579
Situated on the banks of the river, comfortable rooms, shower/toilet, tele-
phone, air conditioning, TV
Pearl of the Muese Valley, geographic in historic culture, its famous Citadel,
caves, wonderful canoe/kayak course, river cruises, and other attractions.
Dinant arises between rock and water
It prides itself on being the cradle of artists and artisans and celebrate the
genius of Adolphe Sax
Dinner in Dinant near the banks of the river
Overnight in the Hotel Ibis Dinant Center
WEDNESDAY, Complimentary breakfast in Hotel Ibis
MAY 5TH Full-day tour of Dinant and Han sur Lesse
Morning tour of the Citadel of Dinant and full-day and night tour of Din-
Ant – Han Sur Lesse and Bouillon
Visit the fortress, Museum of Arms, dioramas, and monuments of forgotten
days
Enjoy your complimentary lunch with T-D family in the Panoramic Res-
taurant
Continue on via motor coach to The Domain of the Grottos of Han at Han-
Sur-Lesse
Visit the cave in three parts – over 500,000 people per year do by train
from the center of the village
On foot – 3 kilometers of increasingly beautiful chambers – half-way you’ll
See and hear a sound and light show just before you enter the Weapons
Room
And by boat – boogie on out on a subterranean barge in the underground
River
Your visit includes the Grotto of Han, the Lost River, the Wildlife Reserve,
The Expotheme and the Museum of the Underworld
Dinner en route to Bouillon
Travel on to Bouillon to the Fortified Castle – the oldest remains of feuda-
lism in Belgium. Bouillon is the site of the First Crusade. Enjoy the fal-
conry show at night by torch
Return to Dinant for overnight
THURSDAY, Breakfast on banks of the river in Dinant
MAY 6TH Take motor coach through Durbury, called the smallest city in the world,
To the Chateau de Veves set in the village of the Celles – see the picturesque
Castle of the Ardenne
On your tour learn about the late medieval and 18th century life in a castle
Lunch in Durbury
Take motor coach to Bastonge for a sneak preview of the 60th anniversary
of one of World War II’s most horrific battles
Visit and tour the Bastonge Historical Center with its collection of authentic
Uniforms and weapons and equipment of the combatants. See a 30-minute
film on the Battle of the Bulge. Your tour guide fought in it.
Return to Dinant for dinner and overnight
FRIDAY, Early breakfast in Dinant
MAY 7TH Transfer luggage to underloader in coach and travel back to Brussels
Visit the Parc du Cinquantenaire
Enjoy the Aeoronautical Museum – a history of aviation from medieval
armour to the F-16 fighter plane
See 130 flying machines
Spend time at the Autoworld – a collection of cars from the 1911 Model
T-Ford to Kennedy’s car used during his 1963 visit to Berlin
Visit the Musical Instrument Museum housing over 1500 instruments
Enjoy a fabulous panoramic view of the city in the restaurant upstairs
Check back into the Hotel Catalonia
Remaining day and night on own
Consider:
The Victor Horta Art Noveau House and Museum
The Jacques Brel Museum
The Belgium Comic Strip Center
The Kinepolis – 16 screens
Oceade – Water at 29 C
Mini Europe
The Buena Vista Social Club Concert
Brasserie Dinner Spectacle: The Magic Rubens
A complimentary three-course dinner with non-stop magic show
4 Rue de la Montagne, Place Agora
Near entrance Galerie de la Reine
Overnight at Hotel Vendome
98, boulevard Adolphe Max/Adolphe Maxlaan/1000 Bru
(0)2 227 03 00 Fax: (0)2 218 06 83
SATURDAY, Early rise and breakfast
MAY 8TH Load luggage for transfer
Motor coach to airport for flight home
DL 141 Departs Brussels 11:10 AM and arrive in JFK at
1:20 PM
or
CO 61 Departs Brussels at 10:30 AM and arrive at Newark
At 12: 30 PM
