Main Street Singers
Mark Andrew Shaull, Director
Romania / Hungary
Slovakia / Austria
Concert Tour
Itinerary
Wednesday April 2 - Sunday April 20, 2003
Main Street Singers
Romania / Hungary / Slovakia / Austria
Concert Tour
2 - 20 April 2003
Itinerary
Wed2-AprSan Francisco / Bucharest
All MSS attend classes today
2:30pFarewell Reception in Choir Room
4:30pDepart for San Francisco International Airport
8:25pDepart San Francisco Lufthansa #459
Thu3-AprBucharest
5:30pArrive Munich
9:10pDepart Munich Lufthansa #3430
0:10aArrive Bucharest (10' after midnight)
Meet Motorcoach and Driver
Transfer to hotel
Hotel: (3 nights)
Singers: Mogosoaia Center
Adults: Mogosoaia Palace Hotel
Mogosoaia Lake
Bucharest
Tel: 011 40 722 285196
Fri 4-AprBucharest
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
10:00aVisit to Palace of Parliament (Ceausescu Palace)
12:00pFormal Concert
Bucharest Conservatory
2:30pLunch (independent) with
Conservatory Deacon
3:00pAfternoon City Sightseeing Tour including Curtea Veche, Medieval ruins of the palace of Vlad the Impaler (Dracula), the city’s oldest church, and the National Art
Museum.
8:00pDinner at Restaurant
Return to hotel
Sat5-AprBucharest
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
11:00aFormal Concert
Bucharest Radio
2:00pLunch (independent) with Radio Broadcasting Manager
330pVisit to Open-Air Museum Soseaua Kiseleff and to the Cotroceni Palace and Botanical Garden
8:00pDinner at Restaurant Moara Mariei
Return to hotel
Sun6-AprBucharest / Brasov
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
11:00aMass Participation
Anglican Church of the
Resurrection
1:30pLunch (independent) with Rector
2:30pDeparture to Brasov (Poiana),
mountain spa city.
3:30pTour of Slanic Saltmines
7:00pArrive Brasov Poiana; hotel check in
8:30pDinner at Restaurant Coliba Haiducilor
Return to hotel
Hotel: (2 nights)
Hotel Ciucas
Poiana Brasov, jud. Brasov
Poiana Brasov
Tel: 011 40 268-262181
Fax: 011 40 268-262236
Mon7-AprBrasov
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
9:00aMorning tour to Royal Peles Castle in Sinaia and Bran (Dracula) Castle, used by Dracula Voivode as fortified citadel in the fight with the
Ottomans.
Lunch (independent) in Bran
2:00pBrasov city tour to include the Black Church, the Old Town-Hall Square, Rope Street (the narrowest street in Europe), Brasov Fortress and the Franciscan Monastery.
5:00pFormal Concert
Catolical Church
8:00pSpecial Dinner with Hosts
Return to hotel
Tue8-AprBrasov / Iasi
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
9:00aDeparture to Iasi traveling through the beautiful Carpathian Mountains.
Lunch (independent) en route
3:00pVisit to Culture Palace,
Church Trei Ierarhi
Meet with students
6:00pFormal Concert
High School of Music and Arts
9:00pDinner at Hotel
Hotel: (1 night)
Hotel Moldova
Str. Anastasie Panu, nr. 31
Tel: 011 40 232-260240
Fax: 011 40 232-255975
Wed9-AprIasi / Suceava
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
9:00aMorning departure to Suceava
Lunch en route (independent)
1:00pArrive in Suceava; hotel check in
6:00pFormal Concert
Dom Polsky Concert Hall
8:30pWelcome Dinner with Hosts
Return to hotel
Hotel: (2 nights)
Hotel Bicom
Str. Narciselor, nr. 20
Tel: 011 40 230-520006
Fax: 011 40 230-520007
Thu10-AprSuceava
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
9:00aTour to the 14th Century Painted (frescoes) Putna Monasteries,
including Humor, where monks taught painters their craft, and Veronet, known as the Sistine Chapel of the East.
Lunch (independent)
Visit to Gura Humorului, a small town with Jewish historial Holocaust significance including the Grand Synagogue.
5:00pReturn to Suceava
8:00pDinner at Restaurant
Return to hotel
Fri11-AprSuceava / Sighisoara
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
9:00aDeparture to Sighisoara, once again traveling through the beautiful Carpathian Mountains.
2:00pArrival in Sighisoara; hotel check in
Lunch (independent)
3:00pTour of Castle, including the Citadel and the Clock Tower Museum.
7:00pFormal Evening Concert
Barock City Hall at Castle
9:00pDinner with Hosts
Return to hotel
Hotel: (1 night)
Hotel Europa Kokeltal
3068 Albesti, jud. Mures
Tel. 011 40 265 778822
Fax. 011 40 265 774187
Sat12-AprSighisoara / Cluj-Napoca
Breakfast at hotel
9:00aDeparture to Cluj-Napoca
1:00pArrive in Sighisoara
Welcome Lunch with Students
3:00pCity sightseeing tour of the historical city centre and visit to the
Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania and the Banfy Palace which includes the Art Museum.
6:00pFormal Concert
Military Hall
8:30pSpecial Dinner with Hosts
Return to hotel
Hotel: (1 night)
Hotel Victoria
Bd. 22 Decembrie, nr. 52-54
Tel: 011 40 264 197963
Fax: 011 40 264 197573
Sun13-AprCluj-Napoca / Budapest
Breakfast at hotel
Morning departure to Budapest
Lunch (independent) en route
Upon arrival in Budapest, meet Escort Otto Erich Artner who will be with us for the remainder of Tour
5:00 pDinner at hotel
6:15 pDeparture from Hotel to Opera House
7:00 pAttend Ballet Performance “Giselle”
9:00 pApproximate end of performance
Return to hotel
Hotel (2 Nights)
Beke Radisson
1067 Budapest, Terez krt. 43
Tel. 011 36 1 301 1600
Fax: 011 36 1 301 1615
Mon14-AprBudapest (Szendendre)
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
Morning City tour of Budapest, including Mathias Church, Fisherman´s Bastion
1:00pLunch with Folklore Show
Free time this afternoon
5:00pTransfer to Szentendre
5:45pArrival to the Music School
Walk to St. Peter and Paul Church
7:00pFormal Evening Joint Concert
St. Peter and Paul Church
with Pomaz Music School Singers
Mr. Imre Mehes, Director
9:00pReception with Pomaz Singers
Restaurant Korona
10:00pReturn to Hotel/ Budapest
Tue15-AprBudapest / Bratislava
Breakfast at hotel
Morning departure to Bratislava
Lunch (independent) en route
Early afternoon arrival in Bratislava
Hotel check-in
Walk in “Old Town” Bratislawa with escort
5:00pDinner at Velki Frantiskani Restaurant
6:30pWalk to the National Opera
7:00pAttend “Bartered Bride” Opera
10:00pReturn to Hotel
Hotel: (2 Nights)
Hotel Danube
Rybne namestie 1, 813 38
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel. 011 421 2 5934 0000
Fax. 011 421 2 5441 4311
Wed16-AprBratislava
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
Morning guided sightseeing of Bratislava to see Slavin, Bratislava Castle, Government Offices,
Presidential Palace followed by a walk through the Old Town Hall, including entrance to Primate’s Palace, State Opera House, Slovak Philharmonic, Hotel Carlton, St. Martin´s Cathedral.
Lunch (independent) in Old Town
1:15pDepart by coach to Modra, Majolika.
2:00pModra Majolia: Visit to the famous manufacturer of Slovak Folk Ceramics.
3:00pDepart for Trencianske Teplice (ca. 2 hrs) a Slovak spa town.
7:30pFormal Evening Concert
Dvorana Hall
8:45pDinner in Trenc Teplice Restaurant
Return to Hotel
Thu17-AprBratislava / Vienna
8:00a Breakfast at hotel
Morning transfer from Bratislawa to Vienna.
Panoramic Vienna city tour
Lunch (independent)
Check in at hotel
1:15pAfternoon city tour including Schönbrunn Palace.
Return to hotel
5:30p Transfer to church
6:30pMass Service Participation (Holy Thursday)
Neulerchenfelder Church
9:15pDinner at Zwölf Apostel Keller Restaurant
Hotel (1 night)
Hotel Rathausplatz,
Rathausstrasse 17, A-1010 Vienna
Tel. 011 43 1 40412
Fax. 011 43 1 40412761
Fri18-AprVienna / Salzburg
8:00aBreakfast at hotel
Morning departure to Salzburg with a visit to the Monastery Melk for a guided tour and Abbey St. Florian, home of Anton Bruckner. Continue to Salzburg through the Salzkammergut “Sound of Music” country.
Lunch (independent) en route
Afternoon Salzburg walking tour with our escort
6:30pDinner at K & K Restaurant
8:00pFunicular to Fortress Salzburg
8.30pAttend Chamber Concert in the Fortress
Transfer to hotel
Hotel: (2 nights)
Hotel Stieglbräu
Rainerstrasse 14, A-5020 Salzburg
Tel. 011 43 662 88992
Fax. 011 43 662 8899271
Sat19-AprSalzburg
8:00aBreakfastat hotel
9:00aTransfer to Elsbethen Church
Rehearsal for Coronation Mass
11:15aTransfer to Hellbrunn Palace, visiting the watergames.
12:30pLunch at the Palace Taverne.
1:30pTransfer to Nonntaler Parkplace for “Old Town” walking tour including Mozart’s birth house.
5:30pTransfer to the Franziskaner Church for rehearsal of tomorrow’s Easter Service.
7:15pTransfer to Church Elsbethen
8:00pSaturday Night Easter
Mass Participation
Elsbethen Church
10:15pDinner
Return to hotel
Sun20-AprSalzburg / San Francisco
7:00aBreakfast at hotel
7:45aTransfer to Franziskaner Church
9:00aEaster Mass Participation
Puccini Messa da Gloria
11:00Transfer to Munich Airport
3:30pDepart Munich
Lufthansa #458 Munich
6:25pArrive San Francisco
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