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2009February 26 - March 8, 2009 |
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Day 1 |
Depart from the USA. |
Day 2 |
HONG KONG Arrive in Hong Kong.Meet your tour manager and get settled in your hotel. |
| Day 3 2/28/09 |
HONG KONG Enjoy a morning island tour which includes Victoria Peak, the Central District, the floating community at Aberdeen, Repulse Bay and Stanley Market. After a dim sum lunch, take the Star Ferry from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon and stroll along the waterfront. Meet your coach at the Cultural Centre and head to Wong Tai Sein Temple for your last visit of the day. |
| Day 4 3/1/09 |
GUILIN Transfer to the pier to take a ferry to Shenzhen. Upon arrival, transfer to the airport for a flight to Guilin. |
| Day 5 3/2/09 |
GUILIN You'll board a boat this morning for a Lijiang River Cruise. After the cruise, enjoy a cycle tour and stop in the lively Yangshuo Bazaar. |
| Day 6 3/3/09 |
XI'AN Visit Reed Flute Cave with its stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations. You will also see Elephant Trunk Hill, regarded as the symbol of the Guilin landscape. This afternoon fly to Xi'an. |
| Day 7 3/4/09 |
XI'AN Enjoy an excursion to the World Heritage Site of the life-size Terra Cotta Warriors. Then you're off to the Banpo Museum, an excavated Neolithic village, and the Wild Goose Pagoda with its many figurines of Buddha. Your tour also takes you to the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, which exhibits relics of past dynasties and displays precious art treasures and stone carvings of the Han and Tang dynasties. Dinner tonight is at a local restaurant. Today you may choose an optional Tang Dynasty Show ($75). |
| Day 8 3/5/09 |
BEIJING This morning visit the City Wall, the largest and most intact castle of the Ming Dynasty, then participate in a joint activity with local students at a school in Xi'an (if not available, another cultural visit will be substituted). In the afternoon board your flight to Beijing. |
| Day 9 3/6/09 |
BEIJING Start your day with the popular Taiji exercises before visiting the majestic Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the chance to practice Chinese with the help of your guide when you purchase and eat lunch. This afternoon you will visit the Forbidden City, a maze of buildings also known as the Imperial Palace that was off-limits to the public for 500 years. In the evening, experience the flag descending ceremony in Tiananmen Square before enjoying a Peking Duck dinner at a local restaurant. |
| Day 10 3/7/09 |
BEIJING Take a morning excursion to the Great Wall, the world's largest manmade structure, and see the Olympic site en route. Delve into Old Beijing this afternoon and tour the Hutong area to see how the Chinese live in a close community. You will visit with a local family, learn the creation of Chinese dumpling and enjoy a dumpling dinner. |
| Day 11 3/8/09 |
Depart for the USA. |
Spring Break Trip 2009
CHINA OLD AND NEW
February 26-March 8
11 Days
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 Great Wall |
EARN COURSE CREDIT
AR/HI 391 CHINA: OLD AND NEW (3 cr)
An overview of Chinese history and culture from ancient times to the present. This course will introduce students to major events in the history of China and to the unique and diverse aspects of Chinese art, literature, and other cultural elements. Included is an 11 day trip to China and a tour that will focus on significant elements of Chinese culture and history.
NOTE: The China trip is required in order to receive credit for the course.
Registration Fee |
$95.00 (non-refundable) |
Base Trip Fee |
$3179.00 |
Departure and Fuel Tax |
$377.00 |
| Weekend Surcharge | $40.00 |
Visa fee for China |
$80.00 |
| TOTAL | $3771.00 |
| STIPEND (NDC Community Only) | -$500.00 |
TOTAL |
$3271.00 |
INCLUDES:
- ALL INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
- ALL INTERNAL FLIGHTS and HONG KONG FERRY
- ALL MEALS
- DOUBLE ROOM OCCUPANCY
- PRIVATE BUS
- PORTERAGE OF LUGGAGE
| FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: | |||
| Trip Logistics: | Roz Scheer-Mc Leod: rmcleod@ndc.edu 216-373-5265 |
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| Academic Credit: | Rachel Morris: rmorris@ndc.edu 216-373-5320 |
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Greg Moore: |
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| Travel Website: | ACIS www.acis.com |
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Spring Break Trip 2008
Contrastes Del Norte
February 21-March 1 10 Days
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La Sagrada Familia |
The Hellenic Republic
Spring Break Trip for 2007
March 1-10, 2007 10 days
The Plaka in Athens
Select this link to see pictures of the trip.
Archdukes and Emperors
2006 Spring Break
March 2nd - 11th, 2006
The group made stops in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Select this link to see pictures of the trip.
Switzerland and Italy
Spring Break, 2004
During Spring Break 2004, 15 NDC students, faculty, alumni, staff, and friends traveled on an educational, fun- filled trip through Switzerland and Italy.
The itinerary included Zurich, Lake Lucerne, Lake Garda, Verona, Venice, Florence, Pisa, San Gimignano, Assisi, Rome, Pompeii, Sorrento, Naples, and Montecassino. Select this link to see pictures of the trip.
Paris, Provence
and the Cote d'Azur
Spring Break, 2003
For the Spring Break of 2003, 12 Notre Dame College students, faculty, alumni, staff, and friends traveled on an invigorating and educational trip through France.
The itinerary included Paris, Provence, Avignon, Nîmes, Aigues-Mortes, Aix-en-Provence, Nice, and Monaco.
WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?
See photos of past trips by selecting the
links below:
Renaissance
Italy - '02
Great
Britain/ British Isles - '01
Spain -
'00
Glory of the Habsburgs
- '99
Paris and French Countryside - '98
Grecian Trip
-'97