• Day 1: Fly overnight to the Netherlands

• Day 2: Amsterdam

  Meet your Field Director at the airport

  Take a self-guided walking tour of Amsterdam 

  With your Field Director you will see:

  • The 13th-century dam built to prevent the Zuiderzee Sea from flooding the city
  • The Begijnhof, a lovely 14th-century sanctuary for the Catholic sisterhood of Begijnhofites
  • Waterlooplein Square, known for its market

  Enjoy dinner in Amsterdam

• Day 3: Amsterdam

  Take a guided tour of Amsterdam

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Koninklijk Paleis (Royal Palace), once the home of the Dutch Royal Family
  • Westerkerk (West Church), where Rembrandt is buried
  • Dam Square, bustling central meeting point

  🔹 Guided learning: Visit the Anne Frank House and reflect on themes that range from conflicting fundamental and human rights, to discrimination, and more

  Visit the Rijksmuseum and admire works including Rembrandt’s The Night Watch

• Day 4: Amsterdam

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  🔹 Cultural engagement: Volendam and Zaanse Schans

  Today, enjoy an excursion to the heart of the Dutch countryside. Visit the picturesque fishing village of Volendam and the living and working neighborhood of Zaanse Schans, re-created to look like an old Dutch village. Make your way down the winding, cobblestone streets, past charming shops and crooked houses. Enjoy cheese and clog-making demonstrations as well as a visit to a windmill. 

• Day 5: Amsterdam • Paris

  Travel by train to Paris

  🔹 Guided learning: Take a guided tour of Paris

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Place de la Concorde, a major public square
  • Champs-Élysées, an elegant boulevard packed with high-fashion boutiques 
  • Arc de Triomphe, a monument honoring those who fought for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 
  • Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 World's Fair and an iconic symbol of Paris
  • Hôtel des Invalides, a grand hospital commissioned by Louis XIV 

  Enjoy dinner in the Latin Quarter

• Day 6: Paris

  🔹 Cultural engagement: Take a walking tour of the Latin Quarter, so named because the language was once commonly spoken by the Sorbonne students that populated the area

  See Notre-Dame Cathedral, known for its sculptured facade, stained-glass rose windows, and seemingly weightless vaulted ceilings, and see the progress of its restoration following the 2019 fire which damaged much of the building

  Explore art from around the world at the Louvre, home to over 35,000 objects including Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa

  Enjoy a scenic view of Paris as you sail along the iconic Seine River 

• Day 7: Paris

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  Versailles

  Welcome to the world headquarters of decadence—the grand palace of Versailles. The enormous estate was built to keep commoners far from its gilded doors and expansive gardens—but fortunately, you won’t have to win Louie or Marie’s notoriously fickle favor to get in. After spending the day in a maze of manicured shrubbery and the staggering Hall of Mirrors, continue the theme of indulgence by treating yourself at a local patisserie nearby.

• Day 8: Depart for home

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• Day 8: Paris • London

  Travel by Eurostar train to London

  Take a walking tour of London

  With your Field Director you will see:

  • The Strand, London's major thoroughfare
  • Trafalgar Square, a bustling central square
  • Leicester Square, a square lined with theaters and other events
  • Covent Garden, a vibrant and charming shopping area

  Tour the Tower of London with an expert local guide and see this former prison, where Henry VIII banished two of his wives, and the jaw-dropping collection of Crown Jewels

  Enjoy a fish and chips dinner in London

• Day 9: London

  Take a guided tour of London

  With your expert local guide you will see: 

  • Big Ben, an iconic London bell at the Palace of Westminster
  • Houses of Parliament, home to England's governing body
  • Piccadilly Circus, a five-way intersection 
  • St. Paul’s Cathedral, a domed church which has hosted many royal events
  • Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace (if scheduled)

  🔹 Independent exploration: Spend a half day exploring London on your own

• Day 10: Depart for home