Week-Long Excursion in Germany (Fall only)

Included in program fee

Explore Germany during an exciting mandatory trip that includes:

• Accommodations
• Round-trip transportation
• Breakfast throughout
• Entrance fees and professionally guided tours
• Accompanying representative from Freie Universität Berlin
• Students have a choice of two excursions, each of which travels to two German cities and their surrounding towns. Exact locations are announced prior to the start of the semester; detailed information will be posted when available.

Week-Long European City Excursion (Spring only)

Included in program fee

Explore Europe during an exciting mandatory trip that includes:

• Accommodations
• Round-trip transportation
• Breakfast throughout
• Entrance fees and professionally guided tours
• Accompanying representative from Freie Universität Berlin
• Students have a choice of two excursions, each of which travels to two European cities. Exact locations are announced prior to the start of the semester; detailed information will be posted when available.
• Spring 2022 offers choices between Munich and Vienna, or Cologne and Strasbourg.
  • Munich and Vienna: Trip usually includes visit of Neuschwanstein palace (inspiration for the Disney logo) and Hofburg (royal palace in Vienna), museum visits, walking tours.
  • Cologne and Strasbourg: Museum visits and walking tours, side trips to different towns in the area, gaining insight to the political institutions of the European Union. Zipping between Germany and France students discover this border region during the trip.

Potsdam (day trip)

Included in program fee

Take a trip to the royal city of Potsdam, a UNESCO World Heritage site and former summer residence of the German Emperors. Visit includes:

• Round-trip transportation
• Guided tour and entrance fees

Dresden (day trip) (Fall only)

Included in program fee

Visit the well-known and picturesque city of Dresden (which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site), situated near the Czech border in a valley on the River Elbe. You will visit in November to experience the famous Christmas markets. Visit includes:

• Round-trip transportation
• Entrance to a museum
• Famous sites in the old city such as the opera house “Semperoper,” and the reconstructed church “Frauenkirche”
• Striezelmarkt Christmas markets
  

Quedlinburg (day trip) (Spring only)

Included in program fee

Discover the quintessential medieval German town of Quedlinburg. Visit includes:

• Accommodations
• Round-trip transportation
• Guided walking tour
• Entrance to castle and cathedral
• Free time to explore

Weekend Excursion to the Baltic Sea (2 days) (Fall only)

Included in program fee

Spend two days in Stralsund and Rügen during a trip from Berlin that includes:

• Accommodations
• Round-trip transportation
• Breakfast throughout
• Sightseeing and walking tours
• Entrance to the Oceanographic Museum
  

Weekend Excursion to Leipzig and Weimar (2 days) (Spring only)

Included in program fee

Enjoy two days in Leipzig, located in the heart of Germany, on a trip that includes:

• Accommodations
• Round-trip transportation
• Breakfast throughout
• Guided walking tour
• Visit to Weimar and Duchess Anna Amalia Library, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Free time to explore
  

Optional Excursion to Hamburg (3 days – $225) – Spring only

Spend a weekend in Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany, on a trip that includes:

• Accommodations
• Round-trip transportation
• Breakfast throughout
• Guided boat tour
• Museum entrance
• Free time to explore

Dates and itineraries of all excursions are tentative and subject to change. Students must enroll and pay for the optional excursions in the U.S. by the final payment deadline. Once paid for excursions are nonrefundable except in the event of cancellation by AIFS.