This schedule is TENTATIVE. Expect changes to this schedule
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Switzerland
Sep 3- Minneapolis/Newark Continental 2470 10:56 am Arrive Newark, meet those coming from other cities at the Continental 80 departure gate.
Sep 4- Arrive in Geneva, Switzerland at approx. 7:45 am City tour of Geneva and check in at John Knox center
Sept 5 – Free day
Sept 6- United Nations
Sept. 7 – United Nations
Turkey
Sep 8 Geneva/London British Air 727 12:00 pm-12:40 pm
London/Istanbul British Air 680 5:25 pm-11:15 pm
September 8: Arrive via British Airways 680 at 11:15 pm
September 9: Full day Istanbul city tour
September 10: Whirling Dervish
September 11: Full day tour to Bursa
September 12: Full day bus only to Sile
September 13: Lecture with Term in Middle East Group: M 1 Turkish Foreign
Policy: Historical Development (#17) M 2 Turkey and the Middle East (#18)
September 14: Depart via Egypt Air 738 at 2:00 pm
Egypt
September 14: Arrive Cairo via Egypt Air 738 at 4:10 pm
September 15: Full day bus tour of Cairo with John Swanson (Tentative)
September 16: Full day bus to AUC new campus
September 21: Morning bus and guide for Giza Pyramids
September 22: Full day bus and guide to Memphis and Saqqara
September 23: Overnight train to Luxor
September 26: Train to Hurghada
September 28 Late return to Cairo
September 29: AM Tour of Cairo Museum
October 1 & 2: Excursion to Alexandria and El Alamein (only one overnight)
October 5 & 6: Excursion to Sinai (only one overnight)
October 9: Morning bus and guide to Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Gayer Anderson Museum, Madras Set El Sultan Hassan
India
Oct 13 Cairo/Mumbai Egypt Air 968 11:10 pm-8:40 am (Oct 14)
October 14: Transfer from airport to YMCA. Half day guided tour.
October 15: Morning visit to Elephanta Cave - Free afternoon
October 16: Visit to Rizvi Law College
October 17: Transfer to airport to depart.
Oct 17 Mumbai/Bangalore Jet Lite 629 10:30 am-12:05 pm
Schedule for Banaglore is still pending.
Nov 14 Bangalore/Delhi Jet Lite 234 10:25 am-1:10 pm
November 14: Arrive and transfer to Hotel
November 15: Full day tour to Taj Mahal
November 16: Morning free. Half day guided tour of Delhi and then deliver to the airport.
Thailand
Nov 17 Delhi/Bangkok Kingfisher Air 25 1:30 am-7:05 am
November 17:
- Transfer to hotel
- Breakfast at hotel
- Full Day Royal Grand Palace, Wat Po, Wat Arun, Canal Tour and Muang Boran with lunch
- Dinner at hotel
November 18:
- Breakfast at hotel
- Check out
November 18-23: Fall Break
November 23 :
- Check in at Hotel
November 24 :
- Breakfast at hotel
- Check out of hotel.
Hong Kong
Nov 24 Bangkok/Hong Kong Emirates Air 384 1:20 pm-5:10 pm Check in hotel
Nov 25 – Thanksgiving Day. Campus tour
Nov. 26 – Lectures
Nov. 27 – Boat Trip
Nov. 28 – TBA
Nov. 29 – Arts of China briefing
Dec. 6 – Lecture
Dec. 23 – Depart Hong Kong
China
Dec 23 Hong Kong/Shanghai China Eastern 502 11:15 am-1:45 pm. Visit Shanghai Museum and check in at East China Normal University.
Dec. 24 – Suzhou: Gardens and Temples. Christmas Eve dinner.
Dec. 25 –Christmas Celebration. Overnight train from Shanghai to Tai'an CITS national guide meet the group at ECNU in the afternoon -evening train for Tai’an
Dec. 26- Arrival in Tai'an Meet and transfer to hotel. Breakfast at hotel Full day tour to Taishan Mountain
Dec. 27- Tai’an-Qufu-Jinan by Coach + late afternoon train to Beijing Morning tour to Qufu, visit Confucius Residence, Family Temple and Family Mausoleum Transfer to Jinan and take train to Beijing. Arrival Beijing, transfer to hotel
Dec. 28- Arrival Beijing (BL) Tour to Tianamen Square, Great Hall of the people, Mao Zedong Memorial, the National Theater, and Temple of Heaven
Dec. 29- Beijing Tour to Forbidden City, Coal Hill, Behai Park, Hutong tour with pedicab to see ancient local residence
Dec. 30- Beijing Morning tour to Olympic Venues (Bird Nest & Water Cube) Afternoon free at leisure
Dec. 31- Beijing Tour to Great Wall (Badaling Section) Peking Duck Dinner for this evening as the group's New Year's Eve celebration
Jan. 1- Beijing Full day tour to Summer Palace
Jan. 2 - Transfer to airport for international flight.
South Korea
Jan 2 Beijing/Seoul China Eastern 8374 11:45 am-2:40 pm
Schedule for Seoul stay still being determined.
Jan 26 Seoul to your next destination.
