Depart Continental Airlines # 70 depart Newark at 6:40pm
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The Netherlands
France
Switzerland
Kleine Scheidigg
Italy
Italy
Italy
Hungary
Poland
The Czech Republic
Germany
Denmark
Denmark/Ship to Harwich, England
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| May 22 | Depart Continental Airlines # 70 depart Newark at 6:40pm |
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| May 23 | Arrival in Amsterdam at 8:15am The Netherlands |
3 |
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| May 26 | Train to Paris France |
4 |
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| May 30 | Train to Interlaken Switzerland |
2 |
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| May 31 | Trains to the top of the Alps Kleine Scheidigg |
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| June 1 | Train to Florence Italy |
3 |
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| June 2 | Full day in Rome Italy |
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| June 4 | Train to Venice Italy |
2 |
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| June 6 | Train to Budapest Hungary |
3 |
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| June 9 | Train to Krakow Poland |
3 |
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| June 12 | Train to Prague The Czech Republic |
2 |
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| June 14 | Train to Berlin Germany |
3 |
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| June 17 | Train to Copenhagen Denmark |
2 |
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| June 19 | Train to Esbjerg Denmark/Ship to Harwich, England |
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| June 20 | Arrival in England, Train to London | 4 |
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| June 24 | Train to Edinburgh,Scotland | 2 |
| June 26 | Depart Edinburgh to Newark Continental # 109 at 12:40 Arrive Newark 3:20 pm | |
Accomodations
Mostly two-star, a couple of three-star hotels with breakfast usually included.
More often than not, we have private bathrooms in each room. On board the ship,
we have four-person inner cabins with private showers and facilities in each room.
Costs
The cost of the trip is $5000 per person. This covers round trip air travel,
all train and ship travel, a day in the Alps, every hotel and transfers between
arrival and departure stations and a few group dinners. In addition, everyone
needs money for lunch and dinner, site-seeing, social expenses and various personal
expenses. In the past this extra amount has been around $2500 per person, but
varies considerably from one student to another. (If the value of the US dollar
against the euro and other European currencies drops significantly before the
tour leaves, the cost may be increased to match such a change.) Finally, those
taking a course for credit need to pay for three or four hours of summer school tuition
(the amount varies each year and of course depends on whether the course is a three or four hour course). The $150 audit fee must be paid
before departure, by everyone else. The following cost estimates apply to those taking one course for 3 hours of credit (left example) or auditing one course (right example). A four hours of credit course (like CSC 101) would cost one hour more.
| Estimated Costs with One Three Hour Course for Credit | Estimated Costs with One Course for Audit |
Trip $5000 |
Trip $5000 |
| Tuition $1740 (summer of 2007) | Audit Fee $150 |
| Meal/spending Money $2500 | Meal/spending Money $2500 |
| Total $9240 | Total $7650 |
NOTE: Since the trip costs were set in September of 2007, the dollar's value may have changed against the euro. We anticipated some of this but not all of it. Consequently, the total cost of the trip could rise slightly this spring as we get closer to paying bills.
Funding Opportunities Scales International Studies Scholarship Lowell & Anne Tillett Scholarship Extras Many choose side trips to other cities/countries during our trip (for example, Mälmo, Sweden). These excursions are quick, easy and cost
very little. They make excellent day-trips and we'll help you do them successfully.
There are many out-of-city day trips which we'll help facilitate. Some examples
include: Cinque Terre and Pisa in Italy; the coast of Normandy in France; bicycle
tours near Amsterdam; Auschwitz near Krakow; Potsdam near Berlin;
etc.
We'll give you advice on getting theatre tickets before we get to London and
how to buy Opera, Ballet, pop music, and symphony concert tickets along the
way.
If you like tennis, we may be in Paris for the French Open and in London for
the start of Wimbledon. If so, we will try to help you get affordable tickets. In case of illness during the EuroTour Because of the economies of group bookings, tickets and travel, it is very unlikely that any refunds for shortened trips due to early departures will be possible. Consequently, we suggest that families consider normal trip insurance for such situations when preparing for EuroTour 2008. Each student will be required to buy an emergency travel card from the campus International Studies office which can be used for emergency travel back to the USA. Normal health insurance for each student will be required before the trip departs. Sign-up Sign-up in B-204 of Tribble Hall on November 8th at 5:15pm if you want to take one of the three courses for credit. To audit a course (everyone must at least audit one course) sign-up in B-204 of Tribble Hall at 5:15 pm on November 29th. If the Tour does not fill up after these sign/up dates, it will remain open until all places are taken. Basically, the tour is equally open to any Wake Forest undergraduate. Students
from other universities can only go, if Wake Forest students fail to fill up
the trip. We have room for up to 37 students. We have room for ten students in each of the courses.
A $100 deposit is required for all sign-ups and is fully refundable until we
have to spend it to pay for various trip components (normally after February
15th) A check written to Wake Forest University is required for the deposit.
Based on all of our past experience, we reserve one-third of the trip places
for the minority gender. So, for example, if mostly men are signing up this
year, we'll limit them to 25 places and save the remaining spots for women.
We will keep a waiting list to replace those who find out in the Spring that
they cannot go. There are always changes in people's lives which cause them
to cancel their plans to go with us and allow us to make offers to most people
on the waiting list.
We will give graduating seniors first priority on the waiting list if more
people want to join the tour than we have places for.
To see who has already signed up for EuroTour summer 2008, go to our Participants Page
Leadership William H Turkett, Computer Science Department turketwh@wfu.edu
Wake Forest University Scholarship for Study Abroad
Scholarships $1,000 for summer are available to students
with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Students may not be graduated at the time of their
study abroad and they may not have received a WFU Scholarship previously. Applications
may be obtained in the Center for International Studies. Contact the International
Studies Office for the deadline for summer study abroad.
Scholarships are available for all students, including seniors who wish to do
post-baccalaureate study. Selection will be based on academic ability, financial
need and the originality of the project. The grants may be used for either independent
study or an academic program already in existence. Applications may be obtained
from the Center for International Studies. Contact the International Studies
Office for the deadline for summer study abroad.
These scholarships are available for students wishing to study in Eastern Europe
or the former Soviet Union. Awards are based on merit and need. Applications
may be obtained from the Center for International Studies. Contact the International
Studies Office for the deadline for summer study abroad.
Some of us can usually deviate on the return from London
without a large additional charge.
Mary Wayne Thomas, Theatre Department wayne@wfu.edu