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MUSEUMS, MONUMENTS AND BLACK MADONNAS: EUROPE'S AFRICAN HERITAGE TOUR
A GROUP TOUR HOSTED BY RUNOKO RASHIDI AND PAULETTE SHEARD
OCTOBER 17 TO OCTOBER 26, 2013
$3450.00 DOUBLE OCCUPANCY, $500.00 ADDITIONAL FOR SINGLE OCCUPANCY
20 seats available: first come, first serve.
$200.00 deposit required to hold your seat.
When you make your deposit you must say that you are a friend of Runoko Rashidi.
October 17.  Fly from Newark Liberty Airport to London
October 18.  Check into our 4 star hotel, meet and greet, half-day city tour including Thames River Embankment, Big Ben, Parliament House, Hyde Park, Westminster Abbey Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Brixton, lunch at a Caribbean Restaurant.
October 19.  Half day tour of the British Museum by Runoko Rashidi.  London at an African restaurant.  Lecture by Runoko Rashidi
October 20.  Free day in London.
October 21.  Early morning flight to Amsterdam.  Check into our 4 star hotel.  African centered canal boat and walking tour of Amsterdam.  Lunch at a Surinamese restaurant.
October 22.  Early morning train to Brussels.  City tour of Brussels including a Black Madonna site, Royal Museum of History and Art, Natural History Museum guided by Runoko Rashidi.  Lunch at a Congolese or Rwandan restaurant.
October 23.  Half day trip to Luxembourg to visit the Black Madonna at St. John's Church and the Central African Museum in Belgium.  Lunch at a Central African restaurant.  Lecture by Dr. Rashidi.
October 24.  Early morning train to Paris and day tour of Notre Dame Cathedral, the Pantheon to visit the burial place of Alexandre Dumas, pere, the Ramses Obelisk, Eiffel Tower, Arch of Triumpth, Presence Africain bookstore, the Black Virgin of Paris.  Lunch at a Senegalese restaurant.
October 25.  Half day tour of the Louvre guided by Runoko Rashidi.  Lunch at a Cameroonian restaurant.  Lecture by Runoko Rashidi.
October 26.  Flight back to USA.
HOTELS:
3 nights hotel accommodation Holiday Inn Kensinghton London or similar. 1 night Savoy or similar Amsterdam. 2 nights HUSA Brussels or similar. 2 nights Concorde Montpanasse or similar.
R/T coach transfers from airport and train stations Private coach Tours + lunch in each city
R/T flights  UNITED-EWR/LHR/CDG/EWR   BRITISH AIRWAYS O/W flight  LON/AMS
Deposit:
In order to maintain blocked space and confirmed rates, an initial deposit of $200pp per seat booked is due no later than FEBRUARY 5 2013.  Payments made to Vacation Klub, LLC. 
All major credit cards accepted. Payments by check made payable to Vacation Klub, LLC. Credit card authorization form will be forwarded to the individual for signature; which should be mailed back along with copies of the credit card back & front & a copy of driver’s license or passport. 3% surcharge will be added to credit card payments
Betty Ray c/o Vacation Klub, LLC 244 5th Avenue, Suite 2968 New York, NY 10001 Tel: (646) 308-1232, (800) 972-5212, Fax: (212) 368-3150 Email: betty@accessafrica.com

28.  Black Virgin and Child statue in Saint John's Church, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.  Photo courtesy of Runoko Rashidi.J