2006 International Study Program Provisional Itinerary May
Updated:
May 10, 2006
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PARTICIPANTS: Make sure you bring your
passport, > information available at
http://travel.state.gov/ <, ATM card, and student ID. Keep a photo copy of your passport and
credit cards in a separate location from the originals. Once you receive your airline ticket you are
responsible for keeping it safe. Remember to pack light (remember, you may
end up carrying your bags a long way if we get caught in a transportation strike
in one of the cities in Europe); your bag should be between a total of 45-60 inches (width + length + height)
and weigh no more than 35 pounds!!! Stuff a roll up duffel into your luggage if
you plan to buy a lot of gifts in Paris to take home. Bring a small
carry-on bag (eg. school back pack) for initial travel needs. Wear your "Program"
pin on your black golf shirt to the St
Louis and Chicago Airports. Always be on time. Carry a copy of this schedule with
you at all times. We have some tips about your trip and packing for it (Please read
Tips) Remember, you
need to be very flexible on this program. I can assure
you that meetings and schedules will change as we progress on this trip. There will be a
lot of
experiences significantly different (etiquette,
behavior,
governments, foods, people, languages, customs,
airline travel,
weather etc) than you are
accustomed to at your home institution. As an additional point of consideration,
it is suggested that you purchase some type of travel insurance for this program.
While the choice is yours, a couple of companies that specialize in this type of
travel insurance of which we are aware, include the following:
Cultural
Insurance Services International CISI at 800-303-8120 or Travelex
Insurance Services at 1-800-228-9792. PACK LIGHT 30-35 POUNDS
MAX; BRING Wind up ALARM CLOCK; KEEP VALUABLES (PASSPORT, CREDIT CARDS, ATM
CARD, MONEY) SAFE; Wear comfortable shoes;
see Britain
UK France
Europe;
Check your European Geography
knowledge
To find some useful
information about the countries we are
visiting, click
CNN,
World,
world information,
BBC News,
French News,
London Times,
World Newspapers
Get the latest
Exchange Rate information;
Metric
measurement conversion
See the movies National Lampoon's European Vacation;
Notting Hill;
An American in Paris; Amelie;
See
photos at Dr. Joe's web site or
Dr.
Peter's
How will you be graded? Click here
(note pre-departure assignments are due two weeks before departure)
Click here on the course
for which you are getting credit, and your assignment will pop up.
UI343 (Transcultural Experiences: University Studies), MK560
(International Marketing),
MG560 (International
Management), MK483 (Marketing
Practicum);
BA560 (International Business
Study: Graduate course)
Plus, everyone
should plan to do Retail
Assignment during
the time they are in Europe (a handout will be provided at departure and info
collected by email upon return to campus). Remember, you will be keeping a daily log
(diary) of your experiences and observations while in Europe. It will
be reviewed on the plane and returned to you.
Emergency Cell Phone Number- for day of departure; Kenneth Heischmidt
(573) 275 4615
Cell Phone Numbers - for emergencies while in UK- 07913939601; 07913789708
While we are going to safe locations, there are no perfectly safe environments,
so you should never go anywhere on their own.
ALWAYS BE WITH SOMEONE ELSE FROM OUR GROUP.
| DATE | Program A - 10 day program: ALL TIMES LISTED ARE BASED ON A 24 HOUR CLOCK | Overnight |
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Sunday May 14 |
SEMO, CMSU,
students 9:15 Depart Cape Girardeau (for local students that want to depart to STL with Dr. Heischmidt; Dr. Heischmidt is not returning to Cape in 10 days; plan accordingly); 11:30 Meet at Saint Louis airport at United Airlines ticket counter area (wear your black shirt and EU pin) 13:40 (1:40pm) United Airlines flight 6836 Depart STL;1505 (305pm)Arrive Chicago terminal 2 16:15 (4:15pm) United Airlines flight 958 Depart Chicago terminal 1; Dinner on plane(7:40 flight time) WIU Group 14:15 (2:15pm) Meet at the Chicago O'Hare airport at United Airlines ticket counter so indicated by Dr. Dobson (wear your black shirt and EU Pin) 16:15 (4:15pm) United Airlines flight 958 Depart Chicago terminal 1; (7:40 flight time) (Dinner on plane) (entertaining airline announcements) |
To Europe London Attractions |
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Monday May 15
|
555 Arrive London Heathrow (Breakfast
on Plane) terminal 3;
airport arrival; (clear
customs and immigration) cash travelers checks at airport lobby if you want; use ATM's if needed;
coach pick up by Grayline; 9:30 Group goes to visit Westminster Abbey; leave bags on coach Group visit Tower of London; tube: tower hill; Visit Tower Bridge on your own, Remainder of day free (there are a lot of restaurants in the area at which to eat) You will be given a pass that will allow you to ride all city center underground trains and buses. Leave to visit London sights 1730 Group Dinner Meet in hotel lobby; go to the Swan 1am curfew to be in hotel and be quiet; get rested for a long week ahead of you |
London, England
(3 Nights) |
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Tuesday
May 16 |
7:00 Breakfast;
7:45 Leave hotel We will go on a long walking tour (if it is not raining) past Kensington Palace, Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Albert Memorial; walk past Imperial College, Natural History Museum, Science Museum (10 - 17:50; free after 16:30); Victoria and Albert Museum, to See Harrods on Brompton Road (Knightsbridge Tube): Britain's largest department store (closes at 1900) or Selfridges on Oxford Street (Bond Street tube) Orientation to tube system; 10:00 Business Group Visit Bank of England/Museum (business dress and wear comfortable shoes for the day); film/short Q &A; about 60 minutes; Rest of the day is free Some people may go see Buckingham Palace to See Changing of Guard @ Buckingham Palace @1130 Suggest you go to National Gallery at Trafalgar Square and National Portrait Museum, British Museum, or Camden Town Market; Tate Modern Gallery; Other Things to see: Greenwich; HMS Belfast; Imperial War Museum, Cabinet War Rooms (close1800); We suggest you visit St Paul's Cathedral (open 8:30am) for visit, stay for evening song at 16:15 (17:00 on Wednesday May 17) if you want; A suggested dinner location is in Covent Garden London Theatre: Check the Half Price Booth (in Leicester Square) for tickets for the evening and Matinee shows 1500 Business Group (WIU and others who are interested) presentation Kuehne and Nagel (Logistics) in hotel meeting room 19:00 Les Miserables theatre tickets to Group; play starts promptly at 19:30. Queen's theatre (Piccadilly Circus or Leicester SquareTube) Pick up tickets at front of theatre; if late ask at front ticket office for your ticket under Heischmidt or Southeast Missouri State University |
ATT direct access
number out of England to USA BT 0800-89-0011 Mercury |
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Wednesday May 17 |
07:15 Breakfast;
7:45 Leave Hotel (wear comfortable shoes); 9:00 Group to Parliament; Speaker: Parliament Member House of Lords Baroness Cox; Parliament Tour of House of Lords, Houses of Parliament; (Tube-Westminster station); Three sub groups for Parliament tour; then visit to Jewel Tower (20-30 minutes); Free afternoon to sightsee on your own; Walk Whitehall past 10 Downing Street & Horse Guards to Trafalgar Square & Nelson's Column; Consider lunch at Cafe-in-the-Crypt basement of St Martin- In- The- Fields Church by Trafalgar Square or if you want, go to Hard Rock Cafe by Japan Embassy on Piccadilly on north side of The Green Park; Group to Accenture UK (Consulting) Presentation (cancelled 5-9-06 meeting conflict) 1am curfew to be in hotel and be quiet |
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Thursday May 18
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0640 Breakfast, 7:00 Load coach, Depart Hotel and Travel by Coach To Canterbury 0900 Group Lecture by Professor McCulloch, Head of History and American Studies in Canterbury at Christ Church University in Canterbury on Local History of Canterbury; 1015 Group walk to Canterbury Cathedral for visit; 1215 Students collect to return to Christ Church University for quick lunch in the Food Hall (self pay) 1315 Group Lecture on EU Business by business faculty 1515 Depart University for loading on coach to go port for Ferry crossing 1800 Ferry from Dover, England to Calais, France Ar 2010 2130 Arrive at hotel in Brugge (Bruges), Belgium 1am curfew to be in hotel and be quiet |
Canterbury, UK Brugge, Belgium IBIS, Brugge Centrum Katelijnestraat 65 a 8000 Brugge T: 011 32 50 33 75 75 F: 011 32 50 33 64 19 ATT direct access number out of country to USA 0-800-100-10 |
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Friday May 19 |
08:15
Breakfast (Bring luggage down for storage, we need to check out prior to
departing late afternoon) Open day to enjoy this wonderful town (pray for sun) 16:00 Load coach and depart Brugge for Brussels (Pack for carry on only for the overnight 18:30 Arrive at Brussels Hotel ; See Manneken Pis and spend the evening at the Grand-Place in Brussels, PLEASE BE QUIET in the hotel!!!! |
Belgium
Brussels, Belgium Hotel Le Dome Bd. du Jardin Botanique 9-12-13 1000 Brussels T: 011 32 2 218 06 80 F: 011 32 2 218 41 12 |
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Saturday
May 20 |
0715 Load
coach; 730
Excellent Buffet Breakfast, please enjoy and fill up for
the day 0800 Depart Hotel 12:30 Arrive Paris France hotel take your Metro Visite Pass a 3 day travel card good on all city center Metro and buses. Bring your Carte Musee Monuments Pass take your three day pass to admit you to most museums Paris Museum pass Group Metro to D'Orsay Museum (900-1800; R until 21:15 closed Monday) (use group entrance on side opposite River, SW corner of building...by pass the large line to get in 20:00 Group Tour Eiffel Tower (Metro line 6 at Bir Hakeim; or RER line C at Champs de Mars Tour Eiffel) on a clear day watch the sun set and the lights of Paris come on; NOTE: we need to see what the weather is on this evening, if bad we will go up the following night. There are nice restaurants and good social life close to the hotel; be very quiet when you come back to the hotel |
Paris Attractions PARIS Paris, France (3 nights) Hotel Kyriad , 19, rue du Baron le Roy 75012 Paris Tel: 011 331 44677575 Fax 011 331 44677677 Metro Cour St Emillon L14 |
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Sunday May 21 |
08:30 Breakfast; |
ATT direct access number out of France to USA 0800 99 00 11 |
| Monday May 22 |
0715
Breakfast; take your Metro
Visite Pass
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Tuesday
|
Breakfast 0815 Depart for Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris 1115 WIU group United FLT943 Depart Paris Aerogare 1; 9hr 30 min flight; Dinner/snacks on planes 1345 Arrive Chicago terminal 5 (clear customs and immigration) 1300 SEMO group United FLT 915 Depart Paris Aerogare 1: 8hr 25 min flight:Dinner/snacks on planes 1525 Ar Wshington Dulles (clear customs and immigration) 1815 Depart Dulles United Flight 8025 2hr 25min flight; 1940 Arrive STL main terminal |
NOTE: All times, cities and business visits are subject to
change.
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS: Southeast Missouri State - Marketing Dept. (573) 651-2914; Fax
(573) 651-2909
MBA/International
Business Office (573) 651-5116; Fax (573) 651-5032; mba@semovm.semo.edu