Affordable Travel — all tours led by Mike Whicker

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Windy City Weekend — April 27 to 29, 2012 in Chicago (two-night stay)

– Boat ride on Chicago River through downtown and out onto Lake Michigan

– Tour U-boat 505 with Mike Whicker in the Museum of Science and Industry

– Optional excursion to the top of the Sears Tower

– Dinner at the Berghoff Restaurant

– Dinner at Ditka’s

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World War II Spies and Dirty Tricks tour

Portugal, Spain & Morocco

November 2 – 17, 2012

  • Visit the important quasi-neutral cities where during WW II Allied and Axis spies lurked in the dark, stole secrets, and played dirty tricks on the other side

Overnight stays:

  • Lisbon, Portugal – 2 nights
  • Seville, Spain – 2 nights
  • Madrid, Spain – 3 nights
  • Marrakesh, Morocco – 2 nights
  • Rabat, Morocco – 1 night
  • Fes, Morocco – 2 nights
Stops for sightseeing in:
  • Casablanca, Morocco
  • Meknes, Morocco
  • Gibraltar, Spain
  • Córdoba, Spain
  • Granada, Spain
  • Sintra, Portugal

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Return to Valhalla 2013

France, Belgium & Germany

March 4 – 19, 2013

  • A WW II-themed tour but all major attractions will be visited. This trip will appeal to all who wish to visit these countries regardless of interest level in WW II history: France, Belgium and Germany (optional 3-night extension to Austria with a day visit to Budapest, Hungary)

Overnight stays:

  • Paris – 3 nights
  • Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany – 2 nights
  • Berlin – 3 nights
  • Munich – 3 nights

Visit all major attractions in these cities as well as: trip to Normandy D-Day Beaches, Battle of the Bulge sites, coach tour of beautiful Rhine River Valley with a stop at the Lorelei Rock and the bridge at Remagen, Berchtesgaden (location of Hitler’s Eagles Nest), Weimar and Nuremberg.

Extend your trip with a 3-night stay in Vienna, Austria. On our way to Vienna, we’ll stop for sightseeing in Salzburg and Linz. While in Vienna we’ll take a day excursion to Budapest, Hungary.

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