Sunday, November 2, 2008

Preliminary Program Itinerary (pending approval)

May 21, Thursday
Depart RDU to Heathrow

May 22, Friday
Arrive Heathrow in Early AM; London Underground into London; Check into housing
PM Trip on the London Eye; Walking tour of Central London; Dinner together (cost not included)

May 23, Sat
AM Walking Photo Gallery Tour of London (contemporary photography)
Lunch on your own (cost not included)
PM Early dinner together – Indian Food (cost included); visit to the Tate Modern Museum (open until 10:00 PM)

May 24, Sun AM
(9:00) visit to the Tower of London
lunch (cost not included)
PM (by 3:00 pm arrive) visit to the Design Museum

May 25, Mon (Bank Holiday)
Independent Study Day or Optional Day Trip to Brighton (1 hour each way on the train – cost not included)
PM Group Discussion/Critique

May 26, Tues AM
(10:00 AM): visit to the Victoria & Albert Museum; arranged study of collections
lunch nearby – Fish and Chips (cost included)
PM Visit to the British Library (see the Lindisfarne Gospels)

May 27, Wed AM
(9:30 AM): tour of Westminster Abbey
lunch along the Thames in the Square Mile of London
PM Visit to St. Paul’s Cathedral

May 28, Thurs
Independent Study Day or Optional Day Trip to Bath
(1 hour 30 mins each way on the train – cost not included)

May 29, Fri
AM Depart London to Glasgow via train (travel time 5 hrs 45 mins. on train)
Check into housing; Afternoon walking photography tour of Glasgow
PM Dinner (cost not included)

May 30, Sat
AM Glasgow – House for an Art Lover (10 AM tour)
PM Glasgow School of Art (tour at ~ 3 PM)

May 31, Sun
AM (depart ~ 10 AM) Glasgow to Edinburgh (travel time approx 1 hour on train) drop bags at hostel
PM The Royal Mile

June 1, Mon
AM (9:30) Edinburgh Castle
Lunch (Try the Haggis!) (cost not included)
PM tour of the Modern Art Galleries; Dinner on your own (try a ghost tour of Edinburgh)

June 2, Tues
Independent Study/Research Day in Edinburgh
PM Dinner together with discussion/critique (cost not included)

June 3, Wed
(8:00 AM) Depart for Tour of Highlands; Glencoe, Fort Williams, Ben Nevis
Overnight in Fort Augustus on Loch Ness

June 4, Thurs
Tour of Highlands; Visit to the Isle of Skye; Overnight in Loch Ness

June 5, Fri
Tour of Highlands; Culloden Moor, Pitlochry, Dunkeld, Perth
Return to Edinburgh by 7 pm

June 6, Sat
AM Return Train to London (4 hours 30 mins. on train)
PM Dinner on your own (cost not included)

June 7, Sun
Day trip to Avebury and Lacock Abbey; Visit the Fox Talbot Museum

June 8, Mon
Independent Study Day or Leicester Square to purchase optional West End Tickets (cost not included) then Consumer Culture in London Tour (Covent Garden, Harrod’s, Harvey Nichols, Liberty)
PM Group Dinner – Discussion of Travels/Critique (cost included); Optional West End Show

June 9, Tues
Return Travel Heathrow to RDU
Travel on the London Underground from housing to Heathrow

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