Dates: July 18, 2024
Meets: Th from 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM
Location: MCC Sarpy Center Parking Lot
Registration Fee: $159.00
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Spend a special day in northwestern Iowa creating wonderful memories of German and Dutch culture. Manning, IA is the first destination for a guided tour of an authentic 1660’s Hausbarn which was shipped from Germany and carefully reassembled. The huge thatched-roof barn was once a shared living quarters for farm animals and German families. For your midday meal, enjoy a delicious catered German-style luncheon at the Konferenz Centre on the Heritage Park grounds after touring the beautifully preserve Trinity Lutheran Church. In the afternoon, feel a Danish vibe with visits to a full-sized replica of “The Little Mermaid” statue of Copenhagen harbor, the Museum of Danish America, and the Bedstemor’s House, restored to its original 1908 period in Elk Horn, IA. End the day you will have the opportunity to relax at the Danish Countryside Vines and Wines sampling their wide select of wines. The winery is located among
the rolling hills of western Iowa. Selections include white, blush, and red wines. Or you might like to try the selection of fruit wines - Pretty Belle Peach, Blueberry Delight, or MillHouse Cran. Your motorcoach will departure directly back to campus after the wine sampling.
The cost paid to MCC is for motorcoach transportation, the Heritage Park/ Hausbarn fee, the catered German-style group luncheon (including tax and gratuity), the Museum of Danish America fee, the Bedstemor’s House tour, and wine sampling at Danish Countryside Vines & Wines. Bring money, including cash, for other food and shopping. Feel free to bring coffee/beverages/snacks aboard the motorcoach for the morning drive as there will be no stop before arriving at our morning destination. Our deluxe motor coach departs promptly at 8:00 a.m. from Sarpy Center; park and meet the bus in the northeast parking lot. Return is approximately 6:30 p.m. The trip leader is Kevin Kowskie. No refunds within 14 days of the trip. Ages 21+
Notes:
The cost paid to MCC is for motorcoach transportation, the Heritage Park/ Hausbarn fee, the catered German-style group luncheon (including tax and gratuity), the Museum of Danish America fee, the Bedstemor’s House tour, and wine sampling at Danish Countryside Vines & Wines. Bring money, including cash, for other food and shopping. Feel free to bring coffee/beverages/snacks aboard the motorcoach for the morning drive as there will be no stop before arriving at our morning destination. Our deluxe motor coach departs promptly at 8:00 a.m. from Sarpy Center; park and meet the bus in the northeast parking lot. Return is approximately 6:30 p.m. The trip leader is Kevin Kowskie. There will be no cash/check/ credit card refunds allowed within fourteen days of the trip. Ages 21+
| Fee: | $159.00 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | 10.50 |
| CEUs: | 1.05 |
MCC Sarpy Center Parking Lot
Kevin Kowskie
Kevin Kowskie is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is passionate about travel and art. His artwork has been displayed at the College of St. Mary’s, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Durham Museum and has been included in a group show at the Joslyn Art Museum. Kowskie’s love for foreign travel and cultural enrichment goes back as far as he can remember. While traveling with his family to Rocky Mountain National Park as a child, he developed a keen desire to expand his journeys to distant lands, and the rest was history. After traveling through much of the United States as he got older, this ambition drew him to expand his travels on an international scale—discovering destinations in Canada, Mexico and a dozen European nations. In his early thirties, Kevin and a friend devoted two weeks every year to backpacking through Europe and visiting different nations and destinations via train. He loves encountering new cultures and meeting people from diverse backgrounds. After someone suggested to him that Omaha would appreciate seminars on European travel, Kowskie followed his passion to become a noncredit instructor on the subject for MCC. Planning, organizing and leading group tours are part of his favorite pastimes. Kowskie is currently a trip leader and coordinator for MCC’s Traveling Classrooms, sharing his experience and knowledge as part of the motivated Continuing Education staff.
