Banat Tour September 2024
Stasa Cvetkovic is running a Banat tour this September following a similar format to the ones I ran several years ago. It will begin in Frankfurt with travel by bus through Alsace-Lorraine, the Haus of the Donauschwaben in Sindelfingen, the ancestral departure point on the Danube at Ulm, Schildgebirge, Budapest, and on to the Serbian and Romanian Banat, returning from Vienna. Stops in the Banat and Batschka will be as requested by tour members. Contact Stasa at synergia@gmail.com.
Here is Stasa’s message:
Dear friends and fellow researchers,
Prepare yourself for an exciting journey through the ancestral lands! This September 2024, we’re setting off on a new Banat Tour after six years!
Join us for 18 days of camaraderie, learning, and sightseeing, starting in Frankfurt and traveling through Lorraine, the Palatinate, Sindelfingen, Ulm, Schildgebirge, Budapest, and on to the Serbian and Romanian Banat, Bačka, and back via Vienna (tentative itinerary).
We’ll travel in a brand-new luxury Mercedes minibus with space for just 18 travelers. We’ll include every place you wish to visit in our itinerary.
Interested? Get in touch at synergia@gmail.com
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