Land Tour Price includes: • Non-refundable $500 deposit unless tour is cancelled • Internal land travel by bus/train as per itinerary • Hotel/airport transfers • Double room occupancy. Single supplement is $600 • Meals as specified in the itinerary and as provided by airlines • Sight seeing as per itinerary • Tour guide, tour host and bus driver • Admission to all sights as per itinerary • Gratuities for services provided by waiters, and chambermaids in hotel/restaurants • Detailed handbook of the entire tour Tour Price does not include: • Tour booking fee of $100.00 for clients booking own flights • Expenses of a personal nature • Flight and tour cancellation • Medical, luggage, life insurance • Optional beverages • Passport fees • Meals not specified in itinerary • Personal gratuities to guides, bus drivers and bell hops • Side tours not outlined in the itinerary. Flight and Tour Insurance (RBC) Unforeseen personal circumstances may force clients to cancel their tour after all arrangements have been made.Should such cancellation be necessary clients are highly advised to purchase flight and tour cancellation insurance commonly known as RBC insurance. Cancellation without such insurance will result in losing tour package cost. It is recommended that all additional tour insurances be purchased through Holiday Travel. About your tour guide LEN LOEPPKY Len and his wife Audrey reside in Steinbach, Manitoba and are active members of the Evangelical Free Church. ey have three married sons and eight grandchildren. Len has been involved in education/ administration for many years and Au- drey was a nurse by profession. During their five years in Lithuania, Len organized tours throughout Eastern Europe including his first tour to Ukraine. Since then he has hosted ten tours to Ukraine/Russia. Len has also taken five English Language Institute teams to Ukraine. ey have also led four tour groups to Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador and Peru. Len attended the Mennonite Historical Conference in Omsk 2010 and planned/hosted a tour to Moscow, Omsk and Slavgorod in the summer of 2011. He returned to Ukraine and Slavgorod with another tour group in the summer of 2013. e focus was on the Mennonite settlements in Siberia. e experience in travel and organization makes Len an excellent tour host/organizer. with host LEN LOEPPKY May 21 to June 7, 2014 Clearspring Centre Unit 23, 178 PTH 12N, Steinbach, MB, Canada R5G 1T7 Tour Package (18 days) Estimated airfare: $ 1689. (blocked with AC/LOT) Estimated land price: $ 3200. • Registration and deposit of $500 Cdn deadline is February 1, 2014. • Final payment is due April 1,2014 and is payable to Holiday Travel. • Airfare payment will be by credit card with due date determined by airlines. • In order to facilitate payment matters, all tour cost after the initial deposit payment will be processed by Holiday Travel. • For details on RBC and medical insurance please contact the travel agent. For more tour details, registration, visa processing, and initial tour deposit, please contact your tour host: Len Loeppky 14 Springwood Bay Steinbach, Manitoba R5G 2E8 E-mail: [email protected]Phone: 1-204-326-2613 For further details please contact: Mary Jane Hiebert Holiday Travel E-mail: [email protected]Phone: 1-204-326-1303 Toll Free: 1-800-376-1303 MENNONITE HERITAGE TOUR OF POLAND & UKRAINE
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Land Tour Price includes:• Non-refundable$500depositunlesstouriscancelled• Internallandtravelbybus/trainasperitinerary• Hotel/airporttransfers• Doubleroomoccupancy.Singlesupplementis$600• Mealsasspecifiedintheitineraryandasprovidedbyairlines• Sightseeingasperitinerary• Tourguide,tourhostandbusdriver• Admissiontoallsightsasperitinerary• Gratuitiesforservicesprovidedbywaiters,andchambermaidsinhotel/restaurants
• Detailedhandbookoftheentiretour
Tour Price does not include:• Tourbookingfeeof$100.00forclientsbookingownflights• Expensesofapersonalnature• Flightandtourcancellation• Medical,luggage,lifeinsurance• Optionalbeverages• Passportfees• Mealsnotspecifiedinitinerary• Personalgratuitiestoguides,busdriversandbellhops• Sidetoursnotoutlinedintheitinerary.
Flight and Tour Insurance (RBC)Unforeseenpersonalcircumstancesmayforceclientstocanceltheirtourafterallarrangementshavebeenmade.ShouldsuchcancellationbenecessaryclientsarehighlyadvisedtopurchaseflightandtourcancellationinsurancecommonlyknownasRBCinsurance.Cancellationwithoutsuchinsurancewillresultinlosingtourpackagecost.ItisrecommendedthatalladditionaltourinsurancesbepurchasedthroughHolidayTravel.
About your tour guide
Len LoeppkyLen and his wife Audrey reside inSteinbach, Manitoba and are activemembers of the Evangelical FreeChurch.Theyhavethreemarriedsonsandeightgrandchildren.
Lenhasbeeninvolvedineducation/administrationformanyyearsandAu-dreywasanursebyprofession.DuringtheirfiveyearsinLithuania,LenorganizedtoursthroughoutEasternEurope includinghisfirst tour toUkraine.Since thenhehashostedtentourstoUkraine/Russia.LenhasalsotakenfiveEnglishLanguageInstituteteamstoUkraine.TheyhavealsoledfourtourgroupstoBrazil,Paraguay,EcuadorandPeru.
LenattendedtheMennoniteHistoricalConferenceinOmsk2010and planned/hosted a tour toMoscow,Omsk and Slavgorod in thesummerof2011.HereturnedtoUkraineandSlavgorodwithanothertourgroup in thesummerof2013.ThefocuswasontheMennonitesettlementsinSiberia.
Theexperience in travel andorganizationmakesLen an excellenttourhost/organizer.
with host Len Loeppky
May 21 to June 7, 2014
Clearspring CentreUnit 23, 178 pTH 12n,
Steinbach, MB, Canada R5G 1T7
Tour Package (18 days)
Estimated airfare: $1689. (blocked with AC/LOT)Estimated land price: $3200. • Registrationanddepositof$500CdndeadlineisFebruary1,2014.• FinalpaymentisdueApril1,2014andispayabletoHolidayTravel.• Airfarepaymentwillbebycreditcardwithduedatedeterminedbyairlines.
hoodofanothergroupofMennonitevillagesaroundthecastle,includ-ingsuchvillagesandcemeteriesasHeubuden,Ladekopp,Tiegen-hagen,Orloff,Baerwalde,andNeu-Muensterberg.WearrivebackinGdanskintimeforaluxuriousdinnerattheelitePodLososiemrestaurant(ZumLachs)foundedinthe16thcenturybythesameMennonitefamilythatdevelopedthedistinctivePolishliqueurknownasGoldwasser.(B,D)HotelDay 7, Tuesday, May 27 - Elblag Villages Tour ThismorningafterbreakfastourexcursionscontinuetothecityofEl-blagwhereweseetheoldMennoniteChurchbuilding,datingbacktothe1590’s,nowaPolishCatholicChurch.WevisitthevillagesintheElbingvicinity,especiallythoseintheso-called“KleinWerder”includ-ingtheThiensdorfandPreussischRosengartMennoniteChurches.Astimepermits,wewillalsovisitotherformerMennonitevillagesintheeasternpartoftheGrossWerder.WereturntoGdansktovisittheformerMennoniteChurch,nowaPentecostalChurch.(B,D)HotelDay 8, Wednesday, May 28 - Gdansk back to Warsaw Afterbreakfastandhotelcheckout,weleaveGdanskandbeginourjourneybacktoWarsaw.EnroutewewillstopattheStutthofConcen-trationCampandMuseum.WetravelbacktoWarsawwherewewillenjoyaChopinprivatepianorecital,followedbyourfarewelldinner.(B,D)HotelDay 9, Thursday, May 29 - Flight to Kiev AfteraleisurelybreakfastandhotelcheckoutwewilltransfertotheairportandtakeashortflighttoKiev,Ukrainearrivingatapproxi-mately1:30PM.AftercustomsandimmigrationwewillenjoyanoverviewtourofsomehighlightsinKievbeforehotelcheck-in.WewillenjoyadinneratthehotelandyouwillhaveopportunitytostrollthestreetsofKievintheevening.(B,L,D)HotelDay 10, Friday, May 30 - Train to Zaporazhye Thismorningwewillhaveanearlybreakfastandhotelcheck-outandtransfertotherailwaystationtotaketheexpresstraintoDnepropetrovs’kleavingat6:56AMandarrivingat12:49PM.HereourUkrainianguide,Ludmilla,andourbusdriverwillmeetus.WewillenjoyatypicalUkrainianlunchandthentraveltowardsZa-porazhye.EnroutewewillstopintheYazykovoColonyandvisitthevillagesofNikolaifeld,FranzfeldandHochfeld.WewillmeetsomeCanadianmissionariesoperatingacommunitydairyfarmproject.(B,L,D)IntouristHotelDay 11, Saturday, May 31 - Zaporazhye Villages ThismorningwewillenjoyabuffetbreakfastatthehotelandbeginoururbantourofthevillagesincloseproximitytoZaporazhye.ThevillageswillbeSchonwiese,Chortitza,Rosenthal,Kronsweide,NiederChortitza,Burwalde,andtheChortitzaIsland.(B,L)IntouristHotelDay 12, Sunday, June 1 - Free day, optional side trips Thisisafreeday.Enjoythebreakfastandclientswillhaveoppor-tunitytovisitcolonies/villagesnotincludedinthetour....Bergthal,Borosenko,Zagradovka,Fuerstenland,MemrikandSchlactin/Bartov.ThosewhodonotwanttovisitothercolonieswillhaveopportunitytoattendalocalBaptistChurchforSunDayworship,cruisearoundChortitzaIsland,orjustrelaxandenjoythelocalenvironment.Any
sidetripsthisDayareapersonalexpenseandmustbearrangedpriortocomingtoUkraine.Yourtourhostwiththeagentlocallywillmakeallthearrangements.(B)IntouristHotelDay 13, Monday, June 2 - West Molotschnaya Colony Buffetbreakfastatthehotel.Today’stouringfocusesonthewesternsideoftheMolotschnayaColonywithitsmanyvillages.SomeofthehighlightswillbetherestoredPetershagenChurchbuiltin1892;restoredMädchenSchuleinHalbstadt,railwaystation,windmillinAlexanderkroneandmanyotherinterestingstopswhererecentmonu-mentshavebeenerected.LunchwillbeattheMennoniteCenterinHalbstadt.(B,L)IntouristHotelDay14,Tuesday,June3-EastMolotschnayaColonyAfterourbuffetbreakfastatthehotelwewillbeginourjourneyfocus-ingontheeasternsideoftheMolotschanyaColony.AtnoonwewillstopattheSparrauvillageareaforalocallunchatacooperativefarmandgetsomebriefingbyalocalleader.Highlightsintoday’stravelswillexposeyoutotypicalMennonitefences,Mennonitehospital,ruinsofalargeMBchurch,brickMennonitehouses,etc.(B,L)IntouristHotelDay 15, Wednesday, June 4 - Chortitza Colony Tour Thisisourlastbuffetbreakfastinthehotelfollowedbycheckout.ToDayourtravellingwillfocusontheruralvillagesoftheChortitzaColony.VillagesthatwillbevisitedareRosengart,Schoeneberg,Kronsthal,Osterwick,Schoenhorst,Neuendorf,NeuenbergandtwovillagesintheYazokovoColony,EichenfeldandAdelheim.WewillconcludetheDaybydrivingtoDnepropetros’kandcheckintothehotelforanightsleepanddinner.(B,D)Day 16, Thursday, June 5 - Train to Kiev, City Tour EarlybreakfastandhotelcheckouttocatchtheexpresstraintoKievat6:30AM.WewillarriveinKievby12:30PMandmetbyourguideanddriverforthenexttwodays.Wewillenjoyalunchbeforebegin-ningourtourofKievfocusingonsomeofthehighlightsinthecenterofthecity:operahouse,StSophia,StMichaels,StAndrewsandStAndrewsdescentandmarketwherewewillhaveopportunitytodosomeshopping,universityandthefamousKreschatykStreet.Laterintheafternoonwewillproceedtothehotelforcheck-inandenjoyafarewelldinnerinKiev.(B,L,D)HotelDay 17, Friday, June 6 - Flight to Warsaw Breakfastfollowedbycheckout.ThismorningwecontinuewithsomecitytouringaswetransfertotheairportforourflighttoWarsaw,leavingat2:30PM.Asnackwillbeservedonthisflight.UponarrivalinWarsawwewilltransfertoahotelforourfinalnightinEurope.(B,L)HotelDay 18, Saturday, June 7 - Departure EnjoyaleisurelybreakfastatthehotelbeforewetransfertotheairportforourfinaltransatlanticflighttoTorontoandhome.Departureisscheduledfor1:10PM
Day 1, Wednesday, May 21 - Departure from Winnipeg InternationaltraveldepartingfromvariousdestinationsviaTorontotoWarsaw,Poland(D,Ben-route)Day 2, Thursday, May 22 - Arrive in Warsaw OurtransatlanticflightarrivesinWarsawlateinthemorning.Aftercustomsandimmigrationwewilltransfertothehotelforcheck-inandbeginanafternooncitytourofWarsaw,visitingrebuilthistoricOldTown,walkingthroughRoyalLazienskiParkwithitsspectacularmemorialtofamousPolishpianistandcomposerFredericChopin.WewillseethesoberingsiteoftheformerJewishghetto,relivingsomeofthehorroroftheNazioppressionofJewsandotherPolishcitizensduringtheSecondWorldWar,plusmanyothersignificantplaces.Thiseveningwewillenjoya“welcometoPoland”dinnerwiththeoptionalfolkloreperformance.(B,D)HotelDay 3, Friday, May 23 - Vistula River Tour AfterbreakfastwewillhavehotelcheckoutandleaveWarsawanddrivethroughthescenicandpicturesquecountrysidealongtheVistulaRiveronourwaytotheMennonitesitestothewestandnorth.WewillvisittheformerMennonitesettlementsofDeutschKazunandDeutscheWymysle,wheretheMennonitevillagersliveduntilthewar.WewillstopattheformerMennoniteChurchatNieszawka(Obernessau)onourwaytotheUNESCOcityofTorun,Copernicus’birthplacewherewewillenjoyawalkingtourofthecityandadelight-fulmealinthecitybeforeretiringforthenight.(B,D)HotelDay 4, Saturday, May 24 - Vistula Valley villages Afterbreakfastandcheck-outwewillcontinuenorth,stoppingtoseetheoldwalledcityofChelum(Culm),continuingonthroughtheregionwheretheMennonitesformerlylivedandattendedtheVistulaValleychurchesatPrzechowka(thehomeoftheAlexanderwohlMennoniteChurchinUkraineandKansas),Montau,Tragheimer-weideandSchonsee.Wewillvisitmanyvillagesthatwerepartofthesechurchregions,focusingonthosevillageswhereancestorsofthetourparticipantslivedandworshipped.WhenpossiblewewillevenexploresomeoftheMennonitechurchcemeteriesthatstillexist.WearriveinGdansk(Danzig)fordinnerandfournightsstay.(B,D)HotelDay 5, Sunday, May 25 - Gdansk City Tour Afterbreakfast,wetourthecityofGdanskbothonfootandbybus.Wewalkthroughtheoldcity,strollingthroughtheHighGateanddowntheLongMarket,visitingtheoldcityhall,StMary’sChurch,theNeptuneFountain,theporchesonMaryStreetandtheGreenGatealongtheMotlawaCanal.WetravelbybustoWesterplatte,wheretheSecondWorldWarbegan,andseetheMuseumandtheformerLeninShipyards,wheretheIronCurtainbegantocrumble.Intheafternoon,webeginourexcursionstotheMennonitevillagesoftheVistulaDelta,eatinglunchatNowyDwor(Tiegenhof )andvisitourfirstselectionofvillagesinGrossWerder,astimepermits.ThereisthepossibilityofachurchserviceinGdanskwewillattempttoattendaservice.(B,L)HotelDay 6, Monday, May 26 - Teutonic Castle Tour Afteranearlybreakfast,wetourthemassivecastleoftheTeutonicKnightsinMalbork(Marienburg).Thatputsusrightintheneighbor-
Tour Itinerary
I reserve the right to make changes, to add or delete as circumstances may dictate. I am acting as your agent in making arrangements for the tour and shall not be held liable for any loss, damages, delay, injury or death, mental distress, financial loss and/or enjoyment that you as a passenger may experience during the tour. —Len Loeppky
