The Plzen, Czech Republic Liberation Festival tour had been posted in “The Bulge Bugle” which is in Feb. issue of the official publication of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Inc. I mailed in my Reservation Application for myself and my son who will accompany me. I called about a week later to check on our confirmation and was informed that the trip was canceled due to lack of participants. I then called Cook Travel and talked to the owner explaining my problem and he was very helpful in locating another tour agency by the name of Linconnection USA / Czech Tours & Travel out in Lincoln, Nebraska. The owner's name is Peter Walter and he said that they have another tour starting at Omaha Beach, France continuing to Paris, Belgium, Luxembourg and ending up in Plzen. So he suggested that he could include us onto the end of that group's tour when it ended up at Plzen. I e-mailed Peter Walter my airline flight schedules so that he could coordinate the hotels with arrivals or departures. Thank God that sure took some planning, except it saved the trip. ... At the end of the tour my son Marty quotes: It was a trip of a lifetime. And I have to agree it was fabulous, exciting and beyond my expectations. As Peter Walter, Tour Director of Linconnection USA / Czech Tours & Travel hit the nail right on the head when he says: “You don't just visit the country - you experience it with us ”. Norval