Harris to lead tour of Europe

Rod Harris, director of the Columbia Jazz Series, will lead a trip to Europe in May 2016.

The trip will include concerts, art museums and cultural sites in several European cities. The two-week trip is a customized tour developed by Harris with EF college study tours and will include all transportation, hotels and sites.  

The trip will depart May 12 and return May 26.

Cities to be toured include Paris, Bruges, Amsterdam, Rhineland Germany, Medieval Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Austrian Alps and Venice, Italy.  

Some of the historic sites will include Notre Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, Bruges canal boat tour, Anne Frank House, a boat tour of Amsterdam, Beethoven's House Museum, a Rhine River Cruise, Medieval Walled-City and Night Watchman tour, Neuschwanstein Bavarian Castle, a luge ride in the Alps, the "Iceman" Archeological Museum in Bolzano, Italy, the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice and guided walking tours in each city.

Evening concerts and jazz clubs will be available in Paris, Amsterdam and Venice. The tour will visit some of the world's greatest art museums, including the Louvre and Musee D'Orsay in Paris, Flemish art museums in Bruges, the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh museums in Amsterdam, and the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.

Before the trip, Harris will teach a Community Education course at Columbia College on Sundays in April to cover the art, music and cultural history of all the tour sites.

The land-only cost of the trip is $2,490 for double occupancy, plus an additional (optional) $1,308 to include transatlantic flights. EF offers a discount student land price of $2,190 for triple or quad occupancy. The trip is already two-thirds full, and travelers must enroll with EF tours before Oct. 1.

An informational meeting to discuss trip details will be held at 5 p.m. Sept. 9 in the Columbia College Aspen room.  

For more information, call Rod Harris at 588-5211 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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