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 | | | Join CBC broadcaster and author Ted Barris and be a part of history! It's Merit's 2010 Holland Liberation 65th Anniversary Tour, including historic sites National Liberation Museum and cemetery Groesbeek, "Bridge Too Far" site at Arnhem, and | | | Walcheren Island where Canadians completed liberation of the Scheldt. With lodgings in Amsterdam and Nijmegen, attend "Silent March" ceremony, and VE Day parade at Apeldoorn. It's a springtime journey when tulips bloom and the Dutch pay homage to their Canadian liberators. | |  | Host: Ted Barris
Ted Barris is an accomplished author and broadcaster. As well as hosting stints on CBC Radio and and TV Ontario, he regularly contributes to the Globe and Mail and National Post, and various national newsmagazines. Barris has authored 15 non-fiction books, including bestsellers Juno: Canadians at D-Day; Days Of Victory: Canadians Remember 1939-1945; and Victory at Vimy: Canada Comes of Age, April 9-12, 1917. His 16th book Breaking the Silence: Veterans' Untold Stories from the Great War to Afghanistan will be published this fall. Barris is also a full-time professor of journalism at Toronto's Centennial College. He resides in Uxbridge, Ontario. This will be the seventh sold out tour that Ted has hosted for Merit guests. | | | | Includes: return air, airport transfers, 5 nights hotel accommodation in Nijmegen and 4 nights hotel accommodation in Amsterdam based on 4 star hotels, hotel service charge, local taxes & baggage handling fees, daily breakfast, 5 dinners including welcome and farewell dinner, touring coach and experienced touring guide for duration of tour, excursions, entrance fees as mentioned in the itinerary, escorted by Ted Barris, Merit Tour Host, gratuities | | | | | | 9 nights
Toronto
$3,960
Departs: May 1, 2010 | 9 nights
Vancouver
$4,600
Departs: May 1, 2010 | | | | | | | | | | | Prices are in CDN$ per person, double occupancy. Additional: taxes $400. Single supplement $1300. Other gateways available. | | | Here is a link to a blog from our last tour June 3 13/09 as we traveled to France for the 65th Anniversary | |  | |  | | | | | | |  |  | |
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