Day 1 New York - London
Depart from New York's JFK Airport for your overnight flight to Munich. Dinner and breakfast are served on board.
Day 2 London
- Cambridge
Arrival in Munich and transfer to the hotel.
Afternoon is at your leisure to rest or explore the Bavarian
capital. Dinner and overnight.
Day 3 Cambridge
/ Excursion to Walsingham
After breakfast, a comprehensive tour of
Munich, Germany's beautiful major city. In the afternoon we
motor to the foothills of the Ammergau Alps to the village of
Oberammergau. Settle into the hotel or stroll the charming
streets of this quaint village before dinner and overnight.
Day 4 Cambridge
- Sudbury - Aylesford - Maidstone
After breakfast, we attend a performance of
the Passion Play lasting the entire day. The performance will sweep
you away because of its realism and stunning chronicle of the life
of Christ. We join thousands of pilgrims from around the world for
this rare millennium presentation, taking our seat in the audience
and a place in history. Evening transfer to Munich for dinner and
overnight.
Day
5 Maidstone / Excursion to Canterbury Day 6 Maidstone - London Day 7
London Day 8 London Day 9 London - USA
After
breakfast, we motor southeast to the Shrine of St Thomas a Becket in
Canterbury. St Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury refused to yield to
a state that would harm the Church. In 1170 four assassins were
dispatched to murder him in the cathedral. Soon thereafter,
Canterbury Cathedral began to draw thousands of pilgrims eager to
kneel before the martyred saint's tomb. The faithful contined to go
on pilgrimage to Canterbury - the goal of the pilgrims in Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales - well into the 16th century when King Henry VIII
destroyed the shrine and all its relics. Rebuilt in all its original
splendor and now the seat of the Anglican archbishop, Canterbury
continues to draw pilgrims to the site of St Thomas' martyrdom.
Return trip to Maidstone for dinner and overnight.
After
breakfast we leave for London. After settling into our hotel, we
tour the opulent Westminister Cathedral, built in 1895 on the
foundation of a prison. Celebrate Mass before returning to the hotel
for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, we tour the ancient City
of London. We will celebrate Mass at St Paul’s Cathedral and then
visit the extraordinary Tower of London. A dinner cruise on the
river Thames is available at an additional cost. We will also visit
the naval town of Portsmouth, where Henry VIII’s flagship sunk on
its maiden voyage in 1547. The ship was recovered and later elevated
for display. Dinner and overnight.
Shortly after breakfast we visit Southwark
Cathedral, situated on the south bank of the Thames river. The
cathedral was built in the 13th century, but largely rebuilt in the
1890s. We will celebrate Mass and then visit the well-known George
Inn and a reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Return to
our hotel for dinner and overnight. An evening at the theatre is
available at an additional cost.
After breakfast, we depart from London’s
Heathrow Airport for our return flight to the USA or travel on to
Ireland for seven nights at a cost of $1,299.
Your
Trip Includes:
Round-trip flight from
New York to London
Acomodations in 4-star hotels
Breakfast and dinner daily
All transfers by private motor
coach
Tour guides and entrance fees
Mass daily
Luggage handling
Local hotel taxes
Flight bag and portfolio of
travel documents
Not Included: Airport tax of $85. Travel insurance at $99. Tips to guides & drivers ($5 per day). Items of a personal nature. Dinner cruise on the Thames River. Theatre trip to London’s West End.