Sheffield High in the Rhineland: A Sneak Preview

Tuesday 19 March 2013

A Sneak Preview

Porta Nigra, Trier

These are just some of the places we will be visiting on our trip (including our hotel)

The Römisch-Germanisches Museum in Cologne

The Marksburg Castle on the Rhine

Deutsches Eck on Koblenz at the confluence of the rivers Rhine (foreground) and the Moselle

The Haribo Factory

Looking across the Rhine to Cologne's Gothic cathedral

Boppard - a popular tourist destination on the Rhine

Our hotel - the Weinlaube

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Our itinerary

Sunday 24 March
00:01 Assemble at Botanical Gardens, load coach
00.30 Depart school
07:30 Ferry from Dover to Calais
10:00 Arrive at Calais (local time)
17.00 Arrive at Weinlaube Hotel in Koblenz
18.00 Evening meal at the hotel
20.30 Group meeting
21.30 Bedtime

Monday 25 March
8.30 Breakfast
9.30 Depart with packed lunches to Trier
10.30 Visit to Roman amphitheatre, Roman Baths, Constantine Basilica, Porta Nigra (with workbook)
13.45 Shopping and looking round town centre of Trier (with workbook)
16.00 Depart Trier
18.30 Hot meal at hotel
20.00 Activities in hotel
(making mosaics)
22.00 Bedtime

Tuesday 26 March
8.30 Breakfast
9.30 Depart with packed lunches to Cologne
11.00 Visit to Roman museum, Cologne cathedral, chocolate museum
15.30 Depart for Bonn
Visit to Haribo factory
17.30 Depart for Koblenz
19.00 Hot meal at hotel
20.00 Activities in hotel (making posters)
22.00 Bedtime

Wednesday 27 March
8.30 Breakfast
9.30 Depart with packed lunches to a tour along the Rhein
10.30 Marksburg
14.00 Boppard (shopping and looking around the village)
16.30 Deutsches Eck in Koblenz
Shopping time in Koblenz
18.00 Depart for hotel
19.00 Hot meal at hotel
20.00 Activities in hotel (quiz and singing)
22.00 Bedtime

Thursday 28 March
06.00 Breakfast
07.00 Depart with packed lunches for Calais
15.30 Ferry from Calais to Dover (arrive 16.00 at Dover)
22.00 Arrive at Botanical Gardens