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Andrea's European Adventure
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Andrea's off to spend a semester in London with the San Diego State University - University of London, London Partnership Programme. As she said "How cool is that?!" The adventure starts with an optional (yeah, right) 2-week tour which includes Amsterdam, Brussels, Brugge, and Paris. In fact they spend New Years Eve in Paris. So Christmas this year was luggage, camera, maps, and Uncle Jim's English - British translation dictionary. Which was quite popular at Christmas because now we all know how to properly flip folks (blokes) off in London. Well hopefully she won't have to use that part. Uncle Tom provided several Sprint phone cards. Hopefully she will use those! Annie is traveling with a friend from SDSU. They don't yet know if they will be rooming together, they find that out when they get back to London after their tour. They do, however, have several trips and spring break activities planned already (first things first ya know). The school is in Kensington right behind the British Museum. She will also be living in Kensington (I think). Hopefully she will keep her parents informed, send us a picture every now and then, maybe a call. |
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And they're off…
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Dec 26/27 |
Oakland to LAX to Heathrow |
Coach to the Grafton Hotel, Kensington; drop off the excess luggage not needed for the tour, lunch and explore London, stay overnight at The Grafton Hotel. |
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The 2 Week Tour
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Dec 28 |
London to Amsterdam |
Coach from London to Dover, Hoverspeed Seacat to Oostend. Coach from Oostend to Hotel Tulip Inn Tropen Amsterdam. |
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Dec 29 |
Amsterdam |
Half-day sightseeing tour of Amsterdam via glass-sided canal boat. Rijks Museum collection of Dutch masters. Afternoon trip to The Hague. |
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Dec 30 |
Amsterdam to Brussels |
Guided tour of Brussels. Overnight at Hotel Tulip Inn Brussels. |
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Dec 31 |
Brussels to Paris (via Brugge) |
Travel to Brugge. Guided tour of Brugge. Travel to Paris staying at Hotel Flora Paris for 3 nights. New Years Eve in Paris!! |
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Jan 1, 2001 |
Paris |
Morning "free", afternoon "panoramic" sightseeing tour of Paris; Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, Palace de la Concorde... |
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Jan 2 |
Paris (Versailles) |
Versailles Palace, Musee d'Orsay |
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Jan 3 |
Coach from Paris to Calais, Calais to Dover via P&O Stena Line Ferry. Coach to London, collect luggage, Kensington student residence. |
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The semester begins…
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University of London |
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Study, study, study… Well classes are 4 days a week, to allow time for travel. If Andrea keeps us posted I'll up date this page… |
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- April 6 |
Heading home. |
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more nonsense?