The dates and itinerary have been finalized and are outlined below. Booking and pricing is also listed below. For complete details check our website at www.cefbooks.ca or contact Angela Biene-Lewis at Marlin Travel in Ottawa at 1-888-225-3289 or 613-728 1616; email:
angela.bienelewis@marlintravel.ca. A brochure will be sent out in the next 10 days.

Norm will be running two First & Second World War tours in 2010.
The Dates are:

July 15-29, 2010;
Price for Double occupancy is $3699.00; (price on single occupancy is available from Marlin Travel). A $300 deposit is required on booking, with the balance to be paid by May 5.
Airfare Extra.

October 7-21, 2010:
Price for Double occupancy is $3499.00; (price on single occupancy is available from Marlin Travel). A $300 deposit is required on booking, with the balance to be paid by August 2.
Airfare Extra.

Contact information: Angela Biene-Lewis, Marlin Travel, 175 Richmond Road, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 6W3; 1-888-225-3287 or 613-728-1616; angela.bienelewis@marlintravel.ca

Each Tour will be restricted to 25 persons maximum. Special requests are always a unique part of Norm's Tours, and they will be accommodated whenever possible. Email Norm to see if the special requests can be included in the itinerary.
The itinerary will include the Canadian battlefields of Ypres, Passchendaele, Mount Sorrel, Vimy, Arras, Cambrai, The Somme, Breskens Pocket, Channel Wall, D-Day, Falaise, with visits to the extra special museums associated with the battles; AND, AS ALWAYS, SHRAPNEL BALLING!! AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
Norm Christie's Battlefield Tours are personalized journeys to the old Canadian Battlefield's of the First and Second World Wars. They are more of a Pilgrimage than a tour, as Norm, using his expertise, adds and alters each tour to accommodate the personal interests of each Pilgrim. The focus is on remembering and honouring the sacrifice and courage of Canadians who earned tremendous respect and a reputation for efficiency and victory.
The Tours are made up of Canadians from across the Country and are usually 50% women.

TO VIEW AN INTERESTING BLOG FROM THE 2009 TOUR, VISIT RICKY RYAN’S BLOG AT: http://ricky-ryan.blogspot.com/2009/10/belgium-france-trip-2009.html

SPECIAL NOTE: THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID A DEPOSIT TO RESERVE A PLACE ON A TRIP WILL HAVE THEIR DEPOSIT DEDUCTED FROM THE TOTAL COST OF THE TRIP.

SCHEDULE (MAY VARY DEPENDING ON SPECIAL REQUESTS)
Day One: Depart Canada; overnight flight to Paris.
Day Two: Arrive Paris, drive to Ypres/Ieper; Night Ypres
Day Three: Visit Second Ypres, Passchendaele and Mount Sorrel Battlefields; Night Ypres
Day Four: Visit In Flanders Fields Museum in am; afternoon visit McCrae's Bunker, Poperinghe, etc. Night Ypres
Day Five: Visit La Coupole V1/V2 Museum, Atlantic Wall, John McCrae's grave at Wimereux; Night Ypres
Day Six: Drive to Adeghem, visit Canada Museum, Canadian Cemetery and South Scheldt Canadian Battlefield in Holland, return to Ypres with a visit to Bruges (option for some to stay full day at Bruges). Night Ypres.
Day Seven: Drive south to Arras, visiting Ploegsteert, Fromelles (Hitler's Bunker), and Hill 70 Battlefields; Night Arras
Day Eight: Visit Vimy Battlefields and Memorial Park. Night Arras
Day Nine: Visit Somme Battlefields, Beaumont Hamel, Courcelette, Albert. Lunch at Avril Williams. Night Arras
Day Ten: Arras Market Day in am; afternoon visit Canadian Battlefields of 1918 between Arras and Cambrai. Night Arras
Day Eleven: Drive to Dieppe (with stops along the way); visit Dieppe Battlefield and Cemetery; continue to Normandy. Night Bayeux, Normandy.
Day Twelve: Visit Juno Beach, Canadian Cemetery at Beny, Courselles, Authie, Brettville; Night Bayeux, Normandy
Day Thirteen: Visit Point du Hoc, US Cemetery, German cemetery; afternoon in Bayeux (or option of going to Mont St Michel; Night Bayeux, Normandy
Day Fourteen: Visit Canadian Battlefields south of Caen; Verrieres, Falaise, Brettville Cemetery, and Mont Ormel, Vimoutiers Tiger; and on to Paris. Night Paris
Day Fifteen: Go to airport, and Home Again, Home Again.

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