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Beat the mid-winter blues and find out if you have the “luck of the Irish” on this Saint Patrick’s week overnight getaway to both Mohegan Sun & Foxwoods. We will overnight at 4-diamond Mohegan Sun, and you’ll love their beautiful, spacious rooms, the indoor 7-story waterfall, glowing crystal mountain, and décor. Not feeling lucky? There are many shops to visit, a 10,000 square- foot solarium with a pool and whirlpool, and a full-service spa (offering facials, manicures, pedicures, and stone therapy or Swedish massages). There are many casual and fine dining restaurants to choose from – including

Seasons Buffet, Bobby Flay’s Bar America, Todd English’s Tuscany, and Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse. You’ll receive a casino bonus from Mohegan Sun for an all-you-can-eat buffet dinner (or use voucher towards dinner at one of the other restaurants), breakfast buffet and a $ 10 slot bonus. The next morning, we’ll head to Foxwoods, the largest casino in the world, with 340,000 square feet of gaming space comprised of six connected casinos that collectively offer over 7,000 slot machines, an incredible 400 tables for 17 different types of table games, and the world’s largest Bingo hall. Your casino package from Foxwoods includes all-you-can-eat buffet lunch and keno bonus. Package Includes: one night’s accommodation at Mohegan Sun, dinner & breakfast buffets, casino bonus, Foxwoods buffet lunch, keno bonus. $ 185 per person, double occupancy, $ 245 single occupancy

Travel to historic Washington DC to see, with Mother Nature’s co-operation, the beautiful Cherry Blossoms in full bloom. This year marks the 100^th Anniversary of Japans gift of 3,000 cherry blossom trees, and they are gorgeous in the springtime! We will break up our drive with a late afternoon stop at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for shopping and dinner (on your own), and overnight just outside Washington, DC at the Holiday Inn in Greenbelt, MD. Our licensed guide will take us on a tour of Washington DC, including the World War II Memorial, the FDR Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Iwo Jima Memorial, US Capitol, Korean War Memorial, and the new Martin Luther King Memorial. You’ll have time to explore independently some of the eight Smithsonian Museums that line the national mall, such as the National Air & Space Museum, the Museum of American History, National Gallery of Art and the Museum of Natural History. We’ll take the tram through Arlington Cemetery, stop at the Kennedy gravesites, and we’ll witness the changing of the guard. We’ll visit Ford’s Theater, where a National Park Ranger will tell us about President Lincoln’s assassination, and we’ll also visit the Ford Theater Museum and Petersen House, where Lincoln was brought after being shot. We’ll visit the new Center for Education and Leadership (due to open February 2012), where you will learn about the immediate aftermath of the assassination and the evolution of Lincoln’s legacy. We’ll take in the beauty of Washington on our illumination tour, including a tour of th

e Kennedy Center that ends with the spectacular view of DC from the rooftop. We’ll take a walk back in time on our guided tour of Old Town Alexandria, where we’ll walk the cobblestone streets and visit historic Christ Church, where George Washington and Robert E Lee were regular worshipers. We’ll enjoy a delicious dinner at Gadsby’s Tavern, a historic tavern where George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams gathered to talk politics. Package Includes: Three nights at the Holiday Inn Greenbelt, three full breakfasts, two dinners (including one at Gadsby’s Tavern), monuments & memorials tour of Washington, illumination tour of DC with a tour of the Kennedy Center, free time at the Smithsonian Museums, Ford Theatre Ranger presentation, Ford Museum, Peterson House, the Center for Education & Leadership, Arlington Cemetery, Old Town Alexandria tour with Christ Church. $ 585 per person, double occupancy, $ 749 single occupancy

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“Ghost the Musical” opens on Broadway in March, direct from the London stage, and is destined to be the runaway hit of the year. We’ll be among the first in the US to see this timeless story about the power of love, based on the Oscar winning film, which features new music and lyrics as well as the classic Unchained Melody. Original London cast members Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy will re-create their London roles in the Broadway production, directed by Tony Award-winning director Matthew Warchus. Portraying a disembodied spirit as one of the main characters provides plenty of opportunities for their stunning special effects and 'illusions,' and reviewers say that “Caissie Levy takes to the role of Molly effortlessly with her vocals offering shivers to the spines of the audience.” Besides the new musical, we’ll also enjoy tours of some of the best-known icons of New York City – NBC Studio, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts & Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall, and the Waldorf Astoria. On the NBC Studio Tour through 30 Rockefeller Plaza, you will visit the NBC Sharp Globe Theater, Broadcast Operations, the Make-up Room, and get a backstage look at some of their most famous studios: The Nightly News, Saturday Night Live, the Today Show, Late Night with

Jimmy Fallon, msnbc, and the Doctor Oz Show. There are no guarantees of what, or who you might see on the tour, as these are working studios. On our guided tour of Lincoln Center, the world’s premier performing arts center, we’ll see the Revson Fountain, the newly transformed Alice Tully Hall and the Metropolitan Opera House. We’ll go behind the scenes, and may sit in on a rehearsal, walk out onto a stage or meet a star – each tour is unique. We’ll also experience the magic of Carnegie Hall, the concert hall that his inspired artists for over a century on our guided tour. We’ll enjoy an insider’s view of this great hall, and learn about the story of the Hall’s construction and the legacy of the great artists who have performed there. We’ll enjoy a delicious luncheon buffet at the historic Waldorf Astoria, widely recognized as one of the most significant examples of Art Deco art and architecture in the world. This impressive New York luxury hotel is a living museum of

design and decorative ornamentation, filled with unusual paintings and striking motifs. Enjoy a fascinating guided tour of the hotel, focusing not only on the Waldorf's unique historic and architectural heritage, but also on its legacy as a host to the world, unparalleled culinary innovator and gourmet destination. We’ll overnight at the Hampton Inn Meadowlands, NJ, just 15 miles outside the city. Package Includes: one night accommodation at the Hampton Inn Carlstadt, breakfast, baggage handling, orchestra seating for “Ghost,” NBC Studio Tour, Lincoln Center & Metropolitan Opera House Tour, Carnegie Hall tour, Waldorf Astoria tour & lunch buffet.

Enjoy 3 nights at the all-suite ocean-front Holiday Inn Hotel, centrally located on the boardwalk in Ocean City. Each room is equipped with a full kitchen, sitting room, bedroom, bathroom and private patio or balcony; and the hotel has both indoor & outdoor pools, lounge and restaurant. We’ll take a tour of Ocean City, and visit the Asseteague Visitor Center and view the introductory film and learn about the wild ponies that roam the island, decedents of the grazing horses that the colonists brought to the island in the 1600s. Our Park Ranger will take us on a guided motorcoach tour of Asseteague Island to see the wild ponies and learn about the barrier island. We’ll take a 90-minute Eco-Boat Cruise aboard the Discovery to explore salt marshes, observe the wild ponies, ospreys, pelicans and other unique marine birds as we learn about Maryland’s unique eco-system. We’ll visit the fascinating Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art to see beautifully carved wooden decoys from early settlers to contemporary decoys – some so lifelike you would mistake them for real birds! We’ll also stop by the Country House store – the largest country store in the East and mail-order giant with nearly 24,000 square feet of retail space. We’ll visit the seaside village of Saint Michael’s, MD and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's waterfront campus that was once the site of a busy complex of seafood packing houses, docks, and boats. Now it is a working waterfront museum complex and site of the historic Hooper Strait Lighthouse. Since we’re in Maryland, we have to try some of their famous crabs, so we’ll enjoy a delicious Eastern Shore Crab Feast (chicken entrée available) in Saint Michaels. We’ll stop at the Ocean City Lifesaving Museum, and then we’ll take the Cape

May-Lewes Ferry to the countries’ oldest seaside resort, Cape May, NJ, where we will enjoy a delicious dinner at Althea’s Restaurant and overnight at the ocean-front La Mer Beachfront Inn. Cape May is noted for its large number of well-maintained Victorian gingerbread houses, second only to San Francisco, and we’ll take a narrated trolley tour through the town as our guide points out landmark buildings, architectural features, and entertain us with stories of Cape May's reign as "Queen of the Seaside Resorts." We’ll step back in time when we stop at the Emlen Physick Estate for a guided tour of this beautiful Victorian mansion, built in 1879, which features many of the original furnishings, textiles, and artwork. We’ll take time for lunch (on your own) & shopping in the historic downtown area before returning to the Cape. Package Includes: Three nights at the Holiday Inn Oceanfront, one night at La Mer Beachfront Inn, four full breakfasts, three dinners, tour of Assateague Island, Assateague Visitor Center, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum & Hooper Strait Lighthouse, Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Discovery Eco-cruise, Cape May-Lewes Ferry, trolley tour of Cape May, Emlen Physick Estate

From the deepest of purples to the purest of whites, Highland Park will be ablaze in color with over 1200 lilac bushes, and more than 500 varieties of lilacs that cover 22 acres of the park. The Lilac Festival is the largest celebration of its kind in North America, drawing visitors from around the world to savor not only the delicate fragrance of the world’s largest collection of lilacs, but to partake in an array of international foods, crafts and musical entertainment. We’ll take a guided tour of Rochester to learn about its’ neighborhoods and landmarks, and visit Rochester’s touching Vietnam Memorial. We’ll tour High Falls and Brown’s Race, which features a collection of 19^th century industrial buildings and a panoramic view of the Genesee River 96-foot waterfall and gorge, and we’ll visit an urban cultural park that highlights the industrial era, when Rochester was known as Flour City. On our tour of the George Eastman House, founder of Eastman Kodak Company, we’ll see his restored 37-room, 13-bathroom mansion and the exquisite grounds that include spacious lawns, eight flower gardens, five greenhouses, rolling pastures and an orchard. We’ll indulge our inner child on our trip to the Strong Museum of Play, which houses a world-class antique toy collection, the National Toy Hall of Fame, a 1,700-gallon coral reef aquarium, the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden, a life-size pop-up book, and a working 1918 Allan Herschell carousel. We’ll take a 3-hour cruise on the Erie Canal aboard the Colonial Belle that includes passing through the lock at Canal Park. Onboard, we’ll learn about the history of the Erie Canal, and the mechanics involved in the lock system during our pass through the lock. We will also enjoy a wine-tasting and tour at the award-winning Casa Larga Vineyards that includes a sample of ice wine and souvenir glass. We’ll stop at one of the largest garden centers on the East Coast, The Garden Factory, with 36 acres of indoor shopping area, a tropical greenhouse, and nursery. Their new Atrium is the main attraction of the newly renovated store, and they carry indoor plants, outdoor plants, and 38 varieties of lilacs (just in case you decide to take home a souvenir of the Lilac Festival - we’ll save space under the bus)! Even if you’re not an avid gardener, strolling through the 2-story atrium and store will surely brighten your day! We will stop at Sonnenberg Mansion & Gardens to tour the 40-room Queen Anne-style mansion, greenhouse complex, gardens, and Japanese Garden & tea house. You’ll find not only lilacs, but daffodils, flowering bulbs, dogwoods, pansies and many other spring blooms as you stroll the expansive garden area. We’ll also enjoy a delicious box lunch in the Carriage House, followed by a wine tasting in the wine center, featuring wines that are made with New York State-grown grapes. Package Includes: three nights’ accommodations at the Rochester Airport Marriott, three full hot buffet breakfasts, baggage, George Eastman House and Gardens tour, tour of Rochester, Strong Museum, Erie Canal lock Cruise, Casa Larga Vineyard tour & tasting with Ice Wine & souvenir glass, Rochester Lilac Festival, The Garden Factory, Sonnenberg Mansion & Gardens tour, box lunch at Sonnenberg Carriage House, NY State wine-tasting. $ 595 per person, double occupancy, $ 779 single occupancy

Travel with us to Lancaster, PA to enjoy the beautiful countryside, see the Amish tend their farms, and munch on some PA Dutch goodies. We’ll enjoy a guided tour of the Amish countryside, and a first-hand look into their lifestyle when we stop at a few Amish shops, and enjoy dinner at an Amish home. We’ll stop at Kitchen Kettle Village, known for their delicious preserved jams, pickles & vegetables, fudge, and more; and at Roots Marketplace & Auction, a piece of Lancaster County heritage offering fresh food Amish crafts, antiques, furniture, apple-smoked meats, cheeses and plenty of bargains. We’ll also see the brand-new production “Jonah,” at the Millennium Theater – it’s most extreme fun-filled adventure yet. From the moment you walk into the theatre and experience the incredible sets, costumes, lighting, immersive scenes, and special effects, you’ll be on the edge of your seat, and in the heart of the action. We’ll also take a behind-the-scenes tour of this amazing theater, known for the phenomenal stage that envelopes the audience. In Hershey, we’ll take the chocolate-making “ride,” explore the shops at He

rshey’s Chocolate World, and enjoy a guided trolley tour through Chocolate Town USA. We’ll also stop at The Hershey Story to take an inspirational journey through the life of Milton S. Hershey, his chocolate company, the town that bears his name, and his generous legacy. We’ll also enjoy a delicious full buffet lunch in the 4-diamond circular dining room at the beautiful Hotel Hershey. We’ll stop at the Harley Davidson Factory and take a guided tour to watch the assembly line as they put together motorcycles. Your factory tour includes the factory floor where you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at the people, processes and products of Harley Davidson. We’ll take another factory tour at Snyder’s of Hanover to see a different kind of assembly line. We’ll see how pretzels and potato chips are made on this guided walking tour. We’ll visit the raw material warehouse, finished goods warehouse to see the robotics at work, and the state of the art packing room. We’ll see how potato chips are made from beginning to end, and watch as they wind their way around on conveyor belts to their next stop. In Gettysburg, we’ll stop at the Visitor Center to see the film “A New Birth of Freedom,” visit the Gettysburg Museum, and the amazing Cyclorama, which is a painting that is longer than a football field and stands 4 stories tall. Our Battlefields guide will join us and take us on a tour of the Gettysburg Battlefields to see where the critical battles that were the turning point of the Civil War took place. After our tour, we’ll enjoy a delicious dinner at the historic Dobbin House Tavern. We’ll enjoy a 45-minute train ride to Paradise and back aboard the Strasburg Railroad and we’ll visit Longwood Gardens, the world’s premier horticultural showplace that encompasses 1,077 acres of gardens,

woodlands, and meadows. Enjoy over 11,000 types of plants, ponds, fountains, woodland trails, the conservatory & greenhouses, and more before returning to the Cape. Package Includes: four nights’ accommodations at the Best Western Revere Inn & Suites, four expanded continental breakfasts, full lunches at Hotel Hershey, three full dinners (Shady Maple Smorgasbord, Dobbin House, and dinner with an Amish family), Hershey Trolley tour, The Hershey Story, Hershey Chocolate World, Amish farmlands tour, Millennium Theater behind-the-scenes tour & Jonah, Harley Davidson Factory Tour, Snyder’s of Hanover Tour, Gettysburg Visitor Center, Museum, film “A New Birth of Freedom,” Cyclorama, Gettysburg Battlefield tour, Strasburg Railroad, Longwood Gardens.

Explore the beauty of the

Canadian Maritimes on this getaway, including the Bay of Fundy, Hopewell Rocks, Peggy’s Cove, Prince Edward Island, and the scenic Cabot Trail. We will overnight in Saint John, New Brunswick at the Chateau Saint John; stop at the Reversing Falls to learn about this phenomenon and travel along the shores of the Bay of Fundy to Hopewell Rocks, where we will enjoy an included lunch and see the flowerpot rocks that were carved by the glacier and shaped by the highest tides in the world. We will travel over the longest bridge in the world, the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island, where we will stop at the Welcome Center for a bit of shopping before heading to Charlottetown. We’ll take a tour of the COWS Creamery, where we will watch them make their award-winning ice cream and cheeses and see them print their whimsical t-shirts. We will overnight for two nights in Charlottetown at the Holiday Inn Express, and meet our local guide to enjoy a tour of Prince Edward Island and learn about the history and people of the island. We’ll tour Cavendish and Charlottetown, and stop at the House of Green Gables. Our National Park Ranger will give us a guided tour through Prince Edward Island National Park, on the northernmost shore of PEI, to see the red sands and learn about the ecosystem. We’ll take the ferry across the Northumberland Strait to Nova Scotia, and then cross the Canso Causeway to Cape Breton Island, where we’ll overnight for two nights at the Silver Dart Lodge in Baddeck. We’ll stop at the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, a unique exhibit complex where models, replicas, photo displays, artifacts and films describe the fascinating life and work of Alexander Graham Bell. We’ll take a full-day motor coach tour on the Cabot Trail with our local guide, one of the most scenic ocean drives in the world, stopping along the way to enjoy the views – this is sure to be one of the highlights of your trip! Then, it’s on to Halifax, where we will overnight for two nights at the beautiful, centrally-located Lord Nelson Hotel. You’ll have free time by the waterfront for lunch & shopping before we take our guided behind-the-

scenes tour of the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo at the Halifax Metro Centre. Over 2,000 performers from around the globe take part in this world-renowned entertainment extravaganza each July. A blend of military and civilian talents like no other - there’s bagpipes, highland dancers, la culture de l’acadie, military traditions, innovative acrobatic acts, dancing, and trampoline routines – a fast-paced show like no other, where the acts change every 3-6 minutes and you’re sure to leave with a smile on your face! We’ll take a Halifax city tour, where you will learn about the Halifax disaster, the sinking of the Titanic, the history of the Acadians, and see the changing of the guard at the Citadel. Our local guide will take us down the Eastern coast of Nova Scotia, along the lighthouse route, past Mahone Bay and quaint fishing villages to Lunenburg, where we will stop for lunch (on your own) before heading to scenic Peggy’s Cove to experience this scenic fishing village and see Peggy’s Point Lighthouse. We’ll leave Halifax and travel along the Bay of Fundy, which records the world’s highest tides, creating tidal bores, lush gardens and the beautiful scenery in the Annapolis Valley. We will learn about the deportation of the Acadians at Grand Pre National Historic Site, and then enjoy an included lunch in Digby, world famous for its Digby scallops (and they are the best!). We’ll take the Cat ferry across Fundy Bay to Saint John, where we

will overnight again before returning to the Cape. Package Includes: Two nights in Saint John, NB; two nights in Charlottetown, PEI; two nights on Cape Breton Island, two nights in Halifax, Nova Scotia; 2 expanded continental breakfasts; six full breakfasts; five dinners; two lunches; Hopewell Rocks; Green Gables House; Park fees at Cabot Trail, PEI National Park; Grand Pre Historic Site; Fundy Trail; Alexander Bell Historic Site; tours of Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton & the Cabot Trail, Halifax, Mahone Bay, Peggys Cove, and Lunnenberg; ferry from PEI to Nova Scotia, CAT ferry from Digby to Saint John; driver and guide gratuities.

Join us at Tanglewood for the matinee performance of the Boston Pops with Bernadette Peters. Broadway superstar Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences with performances on stage and screen. With Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, she returns to Tanglewood with her singular style, presenting selections such as Let Me Entertain You, Fever, and Some Enchanted Evening. You’ll have free time before the show to explore Tanglewood and enjoy lunch (on your own). After the show, we’ll head to Jiminy Peak, where we will overnight. A delicious dinner and breakfast the following morning at John Harvard’s are included. We’ll visit the Norman Rockwell Museum, which houses the most significant public collection of Norman Rockwell’s work in the world. This collection includes such well-known paintings as The Problem We All Live With, Christmas Homecoming, The Art Critic, and Girl Reading the Post. Your admission also includes entrance to Norman Rockwell’s Stockbridge studio, which is on the museum grounds, and its contents include the artist’s materials and equipment; his personal art library of approximately 500 volumes; furnishings; decorative objects; ethnographic objects collected on his

travels; mementos; hundreds of prints; and artwork sent by fans and admirers. Enjoy free time in downtown Stockbridge for shopping and lunch, then we’ll step back in time as a lively Village guide in traditional Shaker garb escorts us on a walking tour of Hancock Shaker Village that highlights three of the most dramatic and significant of their historic buildings: the Brick Dwelling, the renowned Round Stone Barn, and the Laundry/Machine Shop. You’ll learn about the Shaker’s way of life in each of the buildings and gain insight into their traditions of community, farming, innovation and technology. Package Includes: One night accommodation at Jiminy Peak, dinner, full breakfast, Tanglewood shed seats, Norman Rockwell Museum, Shaker Village.