Cultural Study Tour: Experience Germany Differently!
Experience three of Germany’s historic cities with professional guidance and a personalized itinerary: Berlin, Hamburg, and Lübeck. Click here for more details about the preparatory class.
We are offering these tours by request. In Dr. Gerlind’s capacity as the lead German guide and JB as co-tour guide, we offer our experienced travel guidance and arrange meetings with local experts, adding a unique and personal touch to your trip. Contribute your wishes to the creation of an extraordinary itinerary. Together, we’ll plan times for joint adventures and individual explorations. You can expect to join a small group of fellow travelers (8-10 participants) with compatible interests.
We plan to spend the first week in Berlin, and the second week in the lesser-known gem Hamburg (Dr. Gerlind’s hometown), including a day trip to Hansestadt Lübeck, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, close to the Baltic Sea. As participants can attest, previous trips were educational, personal, fun, and unforgettable.
A preparatory six-week, once-a-month class precedes the trip. You will be an informed traveler and get to know your companions. This prerequisite course will significantly enhance your travel experience. See our class page for more details.
Trip costs include class tuition and 14 days of travel, professional facilitation, local lodging with breakfast, all local travel, and site admissions. You make your international travel arrangements. The study tour is tentatively planned for two weeks in September 2025. An information meeting will be held in January 2025 with a trip registration deadline in February 2025.
Contact Marion to reserve your spot and with questions about costs, as space is limited. Read more about Berlin, Hamburg, and Lübeck.
A member of our 2017 tour, Carol Picciotto, put together this video montage of our trip!
“Thanks!
Marion, JB, Just want to say thanks so much to you both for putting together such an excellent trip to Berlin and Hamburg. We had a incredible time —we’ll remember this trip for years to come. It was a perfect way to celebrate our 25th year anniversary! Thanks to your diligence and excellent management of all the details, the trip went so smoothly for us all and everyone seemed to be having a fantastic time. I enjoyed the individual group members and the group dynamic that ended up working so well.
The speeches and guided tours/exhibits were all enlightening and thought-provoking. And especially, it was great to have so much time with you both. …At any rate, once again, thanks for all of your tireless work on this trip. I hope you both were able to enjoy it as much as we all did.
Take care, - Peter”
Photos on this page © JB:
Top: Tour group at the Brandenburg Gate
Middle right: Hamburg Main Train Station
Lower right: Tour group at the Eastside Gallery (Berlin Wall Museum)