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| Don't YOU wanna see it FOR REAL??? |
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| Advanced Latin Italy Trip 2010 |
ALL students who are currently enrolled in an upper-level Latin class (Latin IV Prose Survey, Latin IV AA Poetry Survey, or Vergil AP) OR are in Archaeology are eligible to participate in this amazing field trip experience!
Students who have already completed any of these courses (including Latin Lyric AP / Catullus & Ovid) are also eligible to participate.
The company with which we will be travelling again this year (YAY!!) is ACIS, a highly-reputable multinational with its US headquarters in Boston.
We have had *good* experiences when travelling with ACIS- the slightly higher cost than the last two years' trips with EF is more than compensated by the increase in the customer service both before and after the trip, for you students and parents as well as for Mr Pogoni and myself; the increase in the quality of the accomodations (including their location as well as location, amenities and size) and the meals included in the program fee.
The two years we travelled with EF, most of our group ended up eating breakfast in a bakery AFTER the meal for which we'd already paid through the EF program fee was inadequate or nearly inedible. Dinners were much the same- while you should plan on having gelato (mmm) at least once most days- it's part of the trip experience!- ice cream should not be a substitute for "real food" at dinnertime!
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| The Itinerary |
This year's trip will be taking place over Spring Break; due to the length of the tour, the kids and I will probably be missing the last 2 days of classes prior to the break (Thursday and Friday, March 18-19). The final dates for departure will be decided by ACIS about 6 weeks prior to departure.)
The current itinerary is as follows:
Mar 18- departure
Mar 19- arrive Rome; travel to Sorrento; afternoon and overnight in Sorrento.
Mar 20-Capri! including Villa Iovis (Tiberius' house) Overnight in Sorrento.
Mar 21-Pompeii! Travel to Rome; overnight in Rome.
Mar 22-Rome overview; The Vatican (museums and basilica); Centro storico (ancient city centre: Colosseum and Forum); pizza dinner.
Mar 23- Free day in Rome (not Florence, additional $275); specific items TBD
Mar 24- Rome and Tivoli! Hadrian's Villa and Renaissance Villa d'Este; overnight in Rome
Mar 25- Free day in Rome; specific items TBD
Mar 26- return to Cincinnati |
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| Contact us! |
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs Ligon at ligonta@cps-k12.org (phone 363-8518 but less swift of return-honesty is good!)
Please check out the online information from acis (www.acis.com) : our trip/group ID number is 44108.
Prospective 2010traveller meeting Wednesday September 9, 7.00 PM in room 234 |
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