Cultural Debris Excursions are headed to Bavaira the first two weeks in July!
Alan Cornett and I are building on the success of our Genoa Excursion from October 2022 and leading intimate small group trips to Salzburg, Austria and Oberammergau, Germany the first and second weeks of July 2023. Each week is limited to six guests.
Salzburg, the ancient city on the Salzach River with the castle of the Prince Archbishop on the hilltop in the middle of the city, Mozart’s Birthplace and setting for the Sound of Music is dead center in the Cultural Debris wheelhouse. It is a place filled with culture, visited by those who know where to find the best hidden gems, but mainly overlooked by the masses of foreign tourists.
We will be staying in the center of town in a Seminary guesthouse within walking distance of all the important sights. We will spend a day walking the city and exploring the castle. We will take the Sound of Music tour, visiting the filming locations and seeing the gazebo. We will go to the underground salt mine in Berchtesgaden from which the city takes it name and we will visit the prettiest alpine village in Austria when we go to Hallstadt. Each day will start with a delicious breakfast together and each day will conclude with cocktails and a dinner together at a wonderful restaurant with long discussions on the days topic and reading.
The week on Oberammergau will be based out of the truly delightful and intimate Gastehaus owned and operated by Tom’s friends whose family is a centuries old anchor of the village. We will walk the town and visit the woodcarver shops. We will visit the Neuschwanstein Castle which is Disney’s model for their own centerpiece. We will take the gondola to the top of the mountain above the village and those wishing to can hike to the top of the mountain opposite another day. We will learn about the Passion Play and how the village put it on over 500 years ago and why it continues to do so for international crowds ever decade since.
You are welcome to select either week or both! As we mentioned, each week is limited to six guests to keep it intimate and easy to manage around a dinner table. Please contact me at tom.ruby@bgcts.com or culturaldebrispodcast@gmail.com for details and to reserve your spot. Visit @culturaldebris on Twitter as well as @alancornett and @bgcts to see more about these Cultural Debris Excursions.
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