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Dear Yale Traveler,
Follow in the wake of the ancient Vikings and immerse
yourself in the rich history of Scandinavia on this eight-day
adventure in Norway and Denmark, highlighted by four nights
aboard the extraordinary Sea Cloud II. Delve into the region’s
seafaring heritage during visits to several unique and fascinating
museums on the Bygdøy Peninsula near Oslo. Then embark the
exquisite Sea Cloud II and cruise through the picturesque Skagerrak
and Kattegat straits that connect the Baltic and North Seas, ending
in Kiel, Germany, for disembarkation and flights home.
This itinerary is packed with excursion options designed
to allow you to focus on the seafaring theme or combine it with
visits to top art museums and historic sites. In addition, since
cruise dates coincide with Midsummer’s Eve, a traditional
Scandinavian holiday celebrating the longest day of the year in
the Northern Hemisphere, you will enjoy an evening of bonfires
and singing along with the Danes on the beaches of Skagen, when
extended hours of sunlight and mild temperatures are particularly
welcome after long, cold winters.
A journey aboard the Sea Cloud II is a memorable
experience on one of the most luxurious vessels afloat. Whether
relaxing on deck beneath 30,000 square feet of billowing canvas,
all hand set by the crew, or enjoying the spacious accommodations, superb cuisine, and excellent service of the staff, you will
feel part of a bygone era of seafaring elegance that the Vikings
never could have imagined. During the program, Yale Professor
James Hepokoski will be joined by Smith College astronomy
professor James Lowenthal in presenting an outstanding lecture
program. Optional pre- and post-tour extensions, to Norway’s
fjordlands and Berlin, respectively, are also available.
Yale travelers are sharing this memorable adventure with travelers
from Princeton, National Trust for Historic Preservation, and
Smith College, and the Sea Cloud II accommodates just 78 guests.
Please visit www.yaleedtravel.org/scandinavia15 to reserve
your space today. If you have any questions, feel free to email
[email protected] or call (203) 432-1952.
Happy travels,
Kathy Edersheim ’87
Senior Director, International Alumni Relations and Travel
Association of Yale Alumni
wwwyaleedtravel.org/sca
Immerse yourself in
Scandinavia’s long and storied seafaring history—
from the Vikings to Thor Heyerdahl;
explore fascinating art and open-air museums;
and enjoy long, light-filled summer evenings and
a delightful Midsummer Eve’s celebration
as you sail from Oslo to Copenhagen aboard
the luxurious Sea Cloud II.
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James Hepokoski
James Hepokoski, Professor of
Music at Yale, has taught there
since 1999 and now serves as chair
of the Department of Music. He
is a specialist in operatic, symphonic, and chamber music from the 18th to the 20th
centuries, particularly its political and cultural implications. His courses range from Mozart, Beethoven,
and European Nationalism to American Music, 1920s
Blues, and Cole Porter songs. For this program he will
explore music’s important role in the construction of
the Scandinavian national identity.
Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze, Barton M. Biggs Professor of History, teaches modern
history at Yale. He is English by
birth, was raised in Germany, and
taught for 13 years at the University
of Cambridge. He has published extensively on both
World War I and World War II, most notably his
books Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking
of the Nazi Economy and The Deluge: The Great War
and the Remaking of the Global Order. At Yale Professor
Tooze is co-director of the Institute for Security Studies
and a regular contributor to the Brady-Johnson Grand
Strategy Program.
James Lowenthal
James Lowenthal is Professor of
Astronomy at Smith College. In
his research he explores the origins
of galaxies by using the world’s
largest telescopes to peer more
than 90 percent of the way back in time to the Big Bang,
and he also leads student projects on exoplanets. After
earning a PhD from the University of Arizona, he did
postdoctoral work at Johns Hopkins, NASA’s Space
Telescope Science Institute, and UC Santa Cruz before
joining the astronomy faculty at UMass Amherst in
1997 and moving to Smith in 2002.
Yale Educational Travel, Association of Yale Alumni
Box 209010, New Haven, CT 06520-9010
Reservations: contact 203-432-1952 or [email protected]
your rainbow panorama,
aros museum
ITINERARY
Note: Several days offer participants
a choice of excursion options, noted
as such in the daily descriptions.
Crown
Jewels
Home / Oslo, Norway
Friday–Saturday, June 19–20
Depart home on an overnight flight
to Oslo, arriving in time for an afternoon walking tour of the city center
on June 20. Tonight enjoy a welcome
reception and dinner at the hotel.
Continental Hotel (R,D)
Cruising / Aarhus
Wednesday, June 24
This morning call at Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city and principal port located on the eastern side
of the Jutland peninsula.
Den Gamle By (The Old
Town), an open-air museum displaying original buildings from
Aarhus and several other cities in
Denmark, and the Moesgaard Prehistoric Museum, which has the
world’s best-preserved bog body—
2,300-year-old Grauballe Man—on
display.
Option 1:
Oslo
Sunday, June 21
Take a short ferry ride to Oslo’s
Bygdøy Peninsula for a full day of
fascinating museum visits.
Option 1: The Viking Ship Museum,
with exquisitely preserved Viking
Age ships; the Fram Museum,
dedicated to Norwegian polar exploration; and the Kon-Tiki Museum,
which houses vessels and maps from
Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 Kon-Tiki
expedition.
II. This notable event in Drøbak’s
history allowed the Norwegian royal
family, parliament, and cabinet to
evacuate from Oslo ahead of
German occupation. Return to Oslo
and embark. Sea Cloud II (B,L,D)
viking ship
museum
Option 2: The Viking Ship Museum
and the Norwegian Folk Museum,
with its wonderful collection of
historic rural buildings and churches.
Cruising / Skagen, Denmark
Regroup to spend time at Vigeland
Sculpture Park, which displays more
than 200 works by native son Gustav
Vigeland. Continental Hotel (B,L)
Stave Church
Oslo (Embark)
Monday, June 22
Today explore the seaside village of
Drøbak, traditionally Oslo’s winter
harbor, and the Oscarsborg Fortress,
which was responsible for sinking
the German cruiser Blücher in the
Drøbak narrows during World War
oslo
Tuesday, June 23
Enjoy a full day at sea, with time to
experience the ship under sail (conditions permitting) and enjoy the
lecture program. This evening call
at Skagen, Denmark’s northernmost
town and main fishing port. Join the
Danes in celebrating Midsummer’s
Eve with bonfires and singing on the
beach as twilight extends far into
the night. Sea Cloud II (B,L,D)
Ny Carlsberg
Glyptotek
Sculptures
Aarhus Cathedral, dedicated to St. Clemens, the patron
saint of sailors, and Denmark’s
tallest and longest church; and the
ARoS Museum of Modern Art, with
permanent collections on Danish
Golden Age, Danish Modernism,
and Contemporary art and a circular
skywalk called “Your Rainbow Panorama.” Sea Cloud II (B,L,D)
Option 2:
Copenhagen
Thursday, June 25
Arrive in Copenhagen this morning
for a choice of excursions.
Option 1: A guided tour of the Na-
tional Museum, Denmark’s largest
museum of cultural history housed
in a classical 18th-century mansion,
and a walking tour of Copenhagen’s
historic center.
Visits to Ny Carlsberg
Glyptotek’s sculpture and painting
collections and Rosenborg Castle’s
crown jewels and coronation regaliaa.
Option 2:
Depart Copenhagen for Kiel this
afternoon end enjoy the captain’s
farewell dinner this evening.
Sea Cloud II (B,L,D)
Kiel, Germany (Disembark)
/ home
Friday, June 26
Disembark the ship in Kiel and
transfer to the Hamburg airport
for flights home. (B)
Optional Pre-Tour Extension
Norway’s Fjordlands
June 14–20
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Explore Norway’s exquisite fjords and mountain
scenery on a rail journey from Oslo to Flåm,
including a spectacular mountain descent
aboard the Flåm Railway. Enjoy one night
in Oslo, two nights at the historic Kviknes
Hotel along a remote arm of the Sognefjord,
and two nights in the coastal city of Bergen.
Fly back to Oslo for the main program.
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$4,690/person, single occ.
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fjordlands
Optional Post-Tour Extension
Berlin
June 26–29
Copenhagen
After a special behind-the-scenes tour of
Hamburg, travel by high-speed ICE train
to Berlin for a three night stay. Explore
some of Berlin’s great cultural and historic
venues: the masterpieces at the Kulturforum’s Gemäldegalerie, the ancient treasures of the Pergamon Museum, Checkpoint
Charlie, and the Holocaust Memorial.
$2,490 per person, double occupancy
$3,090 per person, single occupancy
Aarhus
Old Town
*Special offer is 50% off per person from one extension or the other, but not both. Please call for details.
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providing transportation, hotel accommodations, restaurant, and other services connected with this tour.
YET/CT assume no liability for any injury, damage, loss, accident, delay, or other irregularity which may be
caused by the defect of any aircraft or vehicle or the negligence or default of any company or person engaged
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or safety of the tour participants. They reserve the right to withdraw this tour without penalty. The right is also
reserved to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of the tour, or to substitute another qualified
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price of the program is given in good faith based on current tariffs and rates and is subject to change. Any
tariff, exchange rate, airfare, or fuel increases will be passed onto participants. YET/CT accept no liability
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Mosaic,
Bardo Museum
Reader’s Corner
Want to learn more about Scandinavia?
Here are some selections to get you started.
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard
The first volume of Norwegian literary star Karl Ove
Knausgaard’s acclaimed six-volume autobiographical
novel is composed of the narrator’s interwoven
memories of his coming-of-age in Norway.
Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings by John Haywood
A thorough history of the Vikings as told through a
series of innovative maps and excellent photographs
of Viking artifacts, tracing the routes of ninth-century
Viking merchants and explorers throughout Europe and
on to the New World.
Recommendations from Longitude Books.
sea cloud II
Christened in 2001, the Sea Cloud II is perhaps the most luxurious three-masted sailing
yacht on the seas today. The sister ship of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s legendary Sea Cloud,
she combines the seafaring elegance of a bygone era with the highest modern standards
of luxury. In the grand tradition of the world’s finest sailing vessels, guests experience this
marvelous ship under sail (weather permitting), as the skilled crew hand-sets more than
30,000 square feet of canvas. The Sea Cloud II offers an intimate setting of just 47 beautifully
appointed cabins, gracious common areas, world-class service, and five-star dining. Note:
There is no passenger elevator between decks.
Lido Deck
category 6 cabin
Promenade
Deck
category 5 cabin
Cabin Deck
Program Rates (including VAT and taxes)
Rates are per person, based on double occupancy Double unless otherwise specified.
Single category
1 / 129 sq. ft. upper & lower twin beds, 2 portholes, shower
$5,495$7,295
category
2 / 172 sq. ft. forward, twin beds*, 2 portholes, shower
$6,795$10,195
category
3 / 172 sq. ft. midship, twin beds*, 2 portholes, shower
$7,495
$11,245
category
4 / 204 sq. ft. twin beds*, 2 portholes, shower
$7,995
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category 5 / 204 sq. ft. $8,295
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category 6 / 247 sq. ft., twin beds* $8,995
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category 7 / 290 sq. ft. $9,995
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queen bed*, panorama windows, shower
panorama window, bath tub/shower combination
king bed*, panorama window, bath tub, separate shower
*In categories 2, 3, 4, and 6, twin beds can be kept separate or pushed together to form one larger bed,
with the exception of cabins 224 and 226, where beds are fixed together as one larger bed. Note that
queen and king beds in categories 5 and 7 are made up of two mattresses, side-by-side.
Air Arrangements
U.S. domestic and international airfare is not
included in the program rates. Round-trip
economy-class airfare from New York to Oslo
with return from Hamburg is approximately
$1,003 per person as of August 2014 and is
subject to change without notice.
Group Size
This program is limited to 78 participants,
including travelers from Yale, National Trust
for Historic Preservation, Princeton, and
Smith.
Fuel Costs
Program rates are based upon the prevailing
fuel rates at the time of brochure printing.
While we will do everything possible to
maintain the published rates, if fuel costs
increase significantly, it may be necessary to
institute a fuel surcharge. In that case, we will
notify participants in advance of departure.
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May 8–20, 2015
featuring Professor Harold
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Terms & Conditions
Reservations, Deposits & Final Payment
To reserve a space on this tour, please register
online or mail a deposit of $1,000 per person
payable to “CRITERION TRAVEL,” along with
the completed reservation form, to: Yale Educational Travel, Association of Yale Alumni, P.O.
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Program Rates Include Educational program
of lectures and discussions with Yale Professor
James Hepokoski; All accommodations and
meals as specified in the itinerary; All excursions, including entrance fees, as specified
in the itinerary; Full program of briefings,
lectures, and presentations; Group transfers
for all participants on group arrival and departure days; Baggage handling at hotels and
ship; Gratuities to porters, wait staff, guides,
drivers, and shipboard personnel for all group
activities; Port charges; Welcome and farewell
wine receptions; Wine, beer, and soft drinks
with welcome and farewell dinners and with
lunches and dinners aboard ship; Bottled water
on excursions; Complete packet of pre-departure information; Professional tour manager
throughout
Cancellations & Refunds All cancellations
must be in writing to Yale Education Travel.
Refunds, less a cancellation fee of $300 per
person, are made if we are notified in writing
on or before February 20, 2015. No refunds
are made after that date. There are no refunds
for unused meals, accommodations, or other
trip features.
Program Rates Do Not Include U.S. domestic
and international airfare; Passport/visa expenses;
Medical expenses and immunizations; Airport
transfers for those not arriving or departing on
designated dates; Travel insurance; Optional
excursions or deviations from the scheduled
tour; Excess baggage charges; Meals not specified in the itinerary; dishes and beverages not
part of the included meals; liquor or soft drinks;
Laundry or dry cleaning; Telephone, email and
fax charges; Room service; Other items of a
personal nature
What to Expect This is an active program
that is at times physically demanding and
busy. Daily activities involve up to two miles
of walking, often on cobbled streets, uneven
terrain, or up and down hills, and may include
extended periods of standing in museums and
churches. Participants must be in physically
fit and in active good health. The weather will
generally be mild with rain showers possible.
Average temperatures range from the low-60s
to the mid-70s F. If you have any questions
about your ability to participate fully on this
itinerary, please call Yale Educational Travel
at (203) 432-1952.
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in order to include certain provisions including
pre-existing conditions. Neither the Association of Yale Alumni nor Criterion Travel accepts
liability for any airline cancellation penalty
incurred by the purchase of non-refundable
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Scandinavian Seafaring
A Midsummer’s Eve Voyage aboard the elegant Sea Cloud II
June 19–26, 2015
James Hepokoski / Professor of Music
Highlights of Scandinavian Seafaring
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Experience an outstanding educational program with Yale Pro-
fessor of Music James Hepokoski
and additional expert lecturers
and guides.
Sail aboard the magnificent,
three-masted Sea Cloud II, com-
bining the seafaring elegance of a
bygone era with the highest modern standards of luxury, including
incomparable service, deluxe amenities and five-star cuisine.
Celebrate Midsummer’s Eve
alongside the Danes, with evening
Midsummer’s Eve
Bonfire
bonfires and singing on the beaches
of Skagen; and throughout the
program delight in the long days of
summer in the northern latitudes,
when sunlight extends late into the
evening and temperatures are mild.
CRUISE
LAND
AIR
OSLO
NORWAY
Enjoy ample time at sea to ex-
perience the ship under sail, with
a full day at sea at the start of the
cruise, plus two full afternoons of
sailing.
SKAGEN
Tailor the itinerary to personal
interests with a choice of included
Jutland
tours in each destination, focusing
on the seafaring theme or combining it with visits to top art museums
and historic sites.
Learn about the remarkable
history of Scandinavia seafaring
with visits to unique museums,
including one that features three
of the best-preserved Viking ships
in existence along with exquisite
artifacts that were buried with
them.
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AARHUS
COPENHAGEN
DENMARK
KIEL
GERMANY
HAMBURG