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Sponsored by East European Politics.
On Sunday evening, join us for a drinks reception in the courtyard of the Nikolakloster, the 18th century monastery, now at the heart of the University of Passau’s campus.
Sponsored by the Journal of Common Market Studies.
On Monday evening, join the Editors of the JCMS as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of the journal with a drinks reception.
On Sunday afternoon, join us for a 90 minute walking tour of historic Passau.
The City of Three Rivers throughout the ages
What was life like for the people of Passau during the past centuries? What did they make, what products did they trade? What was life like living between the rivers, at first under the power of the Prince Bishops and later in the Kingdom of Bavaria?
The tour is free of charge, but pre-booking with UACES is required. If you are flying into Munich Airport on the Sunday, you would need to be landing before 10:30 in order to join this tour. To book, just send an email to admin[a]uaces.org after you have booked your travel. We can accept bookings for the walking tour until Thursday 23 August 2012.
We will email the meeting point on 24/8 to all those who have signed up for the walk.
On Wednesday afternoon, there is an opportunity for a half-day excursion across the border to upper Austria.
The tour includes a visit to Schärding, known as Austria’s most beautiful Baroque town, and a visit to the Reichersberg Monastery.
The tour costs 16 GBP (or 20 EUR) and we recommend that you buy lunch before the tour.
Update 24 August 2012: Pre-booking has closed although there may be some places remaining. Please see Luke Foster at the UACES desk on Monday 3 September.
The tour departs at 13:30 from the University (boarding from 13:15), the return time of 17:30 is approximate and depends on traffic.
Departing Wednesday afternoon.
On Tuesday evening, step aboard the Crystal Ship for the conference dinner and a cruise down the Danube to Austria and back. The Lifetime Achievement Award will also be presented at this dinner.
The dinner costs 45 GBP and should be pre-booked. We can accept bookings until Thursday 23 August 2012.
