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September 16 - 29, 2010

Menno Simons Monument, Witmarsum

With tour leaders John Ruth and Audrey Voth Petkau

This classic European Heritage tour includes the world-famous Oberammergau Passion Play which is performed every ten years by the villagers of Oberammergau because of a vow made in 1634. It will feature our usual sites of Anabaptist/Mennonite heritage in Friesland, The Netherlands, the Palatinate in Germany and the Emmental region of Switzerland. There will be many other highlights including an afternoon cruise on the Rhine River, the Aalsmeer Flower Auction, a cog rail mountain experience, climbing into the foothills of the Swiss Alps to the Cave of the Anabaptists, and much more. John Ruth, Harleysville, Pennsylvania, our premier Anabaptist/Mennonite storyteller who has led many European Heritage tours, and Audrey Voth Petkau from TourMagination, who will look after the tour logistics, will be the tour leaders.

Click here to read what tour participants have said about the Oberammergau experience.

Click here to read past blogs about Oberammergau.
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Thursday & Friday, September 16 & 17

The tour departs from Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, and Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario, on overnight flights to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It will be Friday morning when we arrive in Amsterdam and are met by our coach driver. Our first stop will be at Zaanse Schans, an unspoiled village with typical Zaan Region houses, where we will see a working windmill and a craftsman making wooden shoes. Before going to our hotel, we will make a stop at the Volendam dike. Saturday &

Sunday, September 18 & 19

In Amsterdam this morning, we will go to the Rijksmuseum, the Singel Mennonite Church which dates back to 1608, and take a canal boat ride on Amsterdam’s canal system. We will cross the 22-mile Afluitsdijk that has linked North Holland and Friesland since 1932, and make stops in Pingjum and Witmarsum to learn about the Menno Simons’ story in Friesland. Tonight we will be hosted by families in their homes in Berlikum. After worshipping with the Berlikum Mennonite Church on Sunday morning, we will travel on to Münster, Germany, to learn about a darker side of the Anabaptist story.

Monday & Tuesday, September 20 & 21

The Deutsches Eck at Koblentz
The Deutsches Eck at Koblentz
This is the day for a cruise on the scenic stretch of the Rhine River with many castles and vineyards on the hillsides. First we will go to the Deutsches Eck at Koblentz to view the confluence of the Mosel and Rhine rivers before going to Boppard where we will board the ship for Bacharach. We will visit the town of Bad Kreuznach before going to our hotel for the night. Tuesday we will spend time in the Palatinate area to visit the Weierhof, a semi-communal Mennonite village, and then visit Worms to see the Reformers’ Monument and hear the Martin Luther story. We will travel through the Black Forest to Offenburg, where we will stay tonight.

Wednesday & Thursday, September 22 & 23

Today we will visit Strasbourg, France, with its magnificent cathedral. We will drive through France’s wine region to Colmar. Here we will visit the museum to see the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald. Lodging in Bern, Switzerland for three nights. On Thursday, our coach driver needs a break so we will stay in Bern for the day. In the morning, we will have an Anabaptist walking tour and you will have a free afternoon to explore, visit a museum, shop, rest, etc.

Friday & Saturday, September 24 & 25

Emmental Landscape
Emmental Landscape
In the Emmental (Emme Valley), we will visit Langnau to see the oldest continuous Mennonite church and other important sites related to Anabaptist/Mennonite history. Then we will go to Erlenbach, where Jacob Amman was born. On Saturday, we will have a mountain-top experience! If the weather cooperates, you will enjoy a beautiful ride up the Brienzer-Rothorn on a cog rail train. After lunch in Meringen, we will walk through the scenic Aareschult gorge for another kind of scenic beauty. We will stay at a hotel along the picturesque Vierwaldstättersee for two nights.

Sunday & Monday, September 26 & 27

Sunday morning we will take a walking tour in Zürich to see sites of importance in our Anabaptist history and hear the stories that took place here. In the afternoon, we will hike to the Cave of the Anabaptists and have a worship service there. We will then travel to the cathedral in Einsiedeln where, hopefully, we will hear the monks sing. On Monday, we will visit Appenzell and St. Gallen, two more beautiful Swiss towns, before we travel on to Oberammergau in Germany where we will stay for two nights.

Tuesday, September 28

This morning you will have free time to explore the village of Oberammergau, home to the world-famous passion play. Over half the citizens of Oberammergau will be involved in the play that you will see this afternoon and evening, with a break for dinner. This will be a day to be long remembered in years to come as you think about the Good Friday and Easter stories. Wednesday, September 29 It’s time to return home so we will drive to Munich to get our flight back to North America. You will have many new memories and stories to take home with you, as well as new friendships made.


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