Sunnyvale Branch 62

Travel


Branch 62 Travel Committee:

Chairman:   Jim Hohenshelt
Assistant Chairman:   Roy Jordan


What We Do:

Branch 62s travel committee organizes travel for members of this and other SIR branches, their spouses, siblings, children, grandchildren, also to guests and widows of SIR members. Trips may be local, distant or overseas. The trips are frequently cruises and vary from one day up to several weeks.



Upcoming Trips:

Branch 62 Travel Opportunities

Romance of the Rhine & Mosel River Cruise
July 6 - 21, 2025

We are setting up a cruise of the Rhine and Mosel Rivers from Basel Switzerland to Antwerp. Belgium. We cruise by many fine castles, towns and sights such as the Lorelei rock, with stops in Strasbourg. Speyer, Boppard, Bernkastel and Trier (on the Mosel), Cochem, Bonn, Nijmegen, Willemstad, ending in Antwerp, Belgium. Prices (pp. double occupancy) start at $6345 going to $7445 or $7645 for top deck with a balcony. Prices include round-trip air fare from SFO. Single supplement is $895. There is a 4 day pre-trip to Lucerne, Switzerland for $1295/person and a 3 day post- trip to Bruges, Belgium for $995/person available. Discounts are available for early sign-up and early payment. If you might be at all interested contact Jim Hohenshelt, 408-394-7226 or Roy Jordan, 408-735-8765 for a brochure and let’s talk, maybe we can make this happen.


State SIR – Prague to Budapest
Nov. 6 - 20, 2024

State SIR has organized a Grand Circle trip from Prague to Budapest, featuring Prague, Cesky Krumlov, Linz, Wachau Valley, Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest. Prices range from $4295 to $5095 pp/dbl. occ. depending on cabin, including air from SFO. Single Supplement is $795. Pre-trips available to Dresden & Berlin ($995) and Warsaw & Krakow ($1095) and a post trip in Budapest ($745). Contact Milt Smith at (925) 258-2897 or miltsmith549@gmail.com for information and to sign up. Contact Roy for more information.


Please contact Jim or Roy if you have interest in any trips!



Branch 32 Travel Opportunities:

Information on these trips: contact John Pletsch at (408) 504-1255 or jeplet@sbcglobal.net, or Mike Console at (408) 246-1080


State and Other Branch SIR Trips in 2024

The Travel Opportunities newsletter has more detail about these trips. Contact Roy to have the newsletter forwarded to you, or click here:
State Travel Newsletter

State: PRAGUE to BUTAPEST
Nov 6 - 20, 2024

(We recently checked with State SIR travel chairman Milt Smith and there are still openings on this trip.) State SIR has organized a Grand Circle overland trip and river cruise from Prague to Budapest. The trip features Prague, Cesky Krumlov, Linz, Wachau Valley, Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest. Prices range from $3195 to $3995 pp/dbl. occ. depending on cabin, plus $1100 air from SFO. Single Supplement is $795. Pre-trips are available to Dresden & Berlin ($995) and Warsaw & Krakow ($1095) and a post trip in Budapest ($745). Contact Milt Smith at (925) 258-2897 or miltsmith549@gmail.com for information and to sign up. Contact Roy for more information.


Branch 143: SF – ALASKA INSIDE PASSAGE CRUISE (round trip)
May 26 – June 6, 2024

$2590-$3322 pp./dbl. occ., contact John Cordoza 209-483-7722 or johncordoza@hotmail.com.


Check here for future updates to the above.




Photo Reports From Previous Trips:


2017 African Safari in November
John Dieckmans African Safari Slide Show


2016 Turkey Trip Slides
Eastern Europe to the Black Sea


France Trip Slides
Roy Jordan's trip to France
Included the Loire Valley, Normandy, cruising the Seine, and Paris.



Vietnam Trip Slides

Jim Hohenshelt's Trip to Vietnam


2019 Cambodia Trip Slides

Jim Hohenshelt's Trip to Cambodia


Monet Exhibit - de Young Museum
May 3rd, 2019

Travel Brochure

Museum Goers

It was a great time for 13 SIR members and wives at the DeYoung Musuem viewing the Monet Exhibit. Many of Monet's masterpieces were on display. The way he brought out the colors was a real pleasure to experience.





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