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Music Tour of England and Scotland

DAY 1 (CHICAGO/LONDON)

Depart the United States aboard your overnight trans-Atlantic flight to Europe. The night will pass quickly and you will soon be landing in London.

DAY 2 (ARRIVAL LONDON)

Welcome to London! After passing through necessary customs formalities, you will be met by your Tour Director and transferred to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

DAY 3 (LONDON)

The city of Elizabeth and Charles Dickens, Lord Nelson and Peter Pan, fills your half-day optional guided sightseeing tour with sights unlimited. Your route includes Buckingham Palace with the traditional Changing of the Guard (if held), Marble Arch and Hyde Park, the Mall, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, St. James Palace, Parliament, Big Ben, and the major shopping streets. This afternoon you will perform at the Barbican Center. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

DAY 4 (LONDON/BATH)

Following breakfast at your hotel, you will board your motorcoach for the drive to Bath. Bath is a beautiful wellplanned city with a wealth of Georgian houses, squares and terraces. Despite recent construction, Bath maintains a Regency atmosphere. Discovered by the Romans many centuries ago, Bath is noted for its hot springs.

Upon arrival, you will be given an orientation tour of the city as well as the Roman Baths. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

DAY 5 (BATH/STRATFORD)

Breakfast at your hotel. Today's journey takes us to Shakespeare's birthplace, StratfordUponAvon. Old Will couldn't have picked a more perfect town if he'd built it as a stage set himself! You'll visit Shakespeare's birthplace and the pictureperfect thatched cottage of Anne Hathaway, his bride, the Holy Trinity Church (which contains Shakespeare's grave and monument) and the Grammar School where the Bard was educated. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

DAY 6 (STRATFORD/YORK)

After breakfast you will drive north to York. York is one of the few medieval cities in existence. It is surrounded by its ancient fortifications, and the curfew bell, on the Tower of St. Michael's Church, has tolled nightly, with few exceptions since 1066. With an impressive number of beautiful old churches, York ranks next to Canterbury in ecclesiastical importance. Upon arrival you will have a sightseeing tour including the York Minster the largest medieval cathedral in England. It was built over a period of 250 years and is notable for its stainedglass windows. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

DAY 7 (YORK/EDINBURGH)

Breakfast at your hotel. Today you will travel further north to Edinburgh. This is the home of Sir Walter Scott, Sir James Barrie, and Robert Louis Stevenson, and its sights are as wonderful as Treasure Island, Never-Never Land and all the places these authors imagined. The Prince of Cities Music Fest has made Edinburgh a famed cultural center, but its shops, stately homes and polite manner all add to the city's glory. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

DAY 8 (EDINBURGH)

Noble and historic capital of Scotland, you will tour its main sights this morning. "The Royal Mile" includes Edinburgh Castle, the medieval fortress perched above the city, John Knox's house, St. Giles Cathedral and the Palace of Holyrood, all associated with Mary Queen of Scots. Continue along Princes Street to the Sir Walter Scott Memorial. You have the afternoon free to do more sightseeing, relaxing or shopping. Inviting stores along Princes Street offer you tweeds, woolens and authentic tartans. This evening you will perform at an Edinburgh High School. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

DAY 9 (EDINBURGH/U.S.A.)

Today you bid farewell to Edinburgh, as your motorcoach transfers you to the airport for your return flight to the United States. (B)

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