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F U L F I L L S C U L T U R E TOTAL COST A S L O W A S 5 (Europe) $3200 $1200 R E Q U I R E M E N T S W I T H G P S S C H O L A R S H I P T H E T R A V E L L E R 0 2

LEARN IN SOUTHERN EUROPE

ABOUT THE TRIP ACCOMODATIONS This term abroad allows students to return Students will be staying in hotels with one to antiquity. Led by professors in other student. Both locations are very Philosophy and Literature, the course central to the cities they are residing in. highlights the history of Greek and Roman With the course in the fall, preceding cultures in regard to their relevance in January term, accommodations will be modern contexts. There is a preparatory discussed in regard to roommates. course in the fall, preceding the term abroad, in which students will encounter texts and pieces of art which will come to GLOBAL POET SCHOLARSHIP life when wandering the streets of Greece Whittier College students accepted to WC and Rome. Students will have the study abroad courses are eligible for a opportunity to visit art exhibitions, dine in $2000 Global Poet Scholarship to help authentic Southern European spaces, and cover travel-course fees. To be eligible for engage with the peoples and cultures of this one-time scholarhip, course travel Greece and Rome. should happen after the student's third full-time semester. Visit us for details. T H E T R A V E L L E R 0 2 Rome and Greece Itinerary DAY 1 Arrive in Rome, check into the Hotel Smeraldo 5:00 p.m. (or alternative time TBA): meet in hotel lobby for optional orientation tour of the area around the hotel Day 2 Depart 8:30 a.m. (return approximately 4:00 p.m.): Theater of Pompey, Campo de’ Fiori, Palazzo Farnese, Statue of Giordano Bruno, Palazzo della Cancelleria, Piazza Navona (with Epiphany festival), Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, Stadium of Domitian, S. Agostino, Ara Pacis, Mausoleum of Augustus, Piazza di Spagna, lunch stop (bring money!), Spanish Steps, Trinita dei Monti, Capuchin Crypt, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Colonna, Palazzo della Borsa, Della Palma (gelato stop), Pantheon, S. Maria sopra Minerva, Via dei Cestari, Area Sacra Largo Argentina DAY 3 Depart 8:30 a.m. (return approximately 3:30 p.m.): bus 492 to Piazza Risorgimento, Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel (get something to eat in the museum cafeteria) Meet 1:00 p.m. at Vatican Museums exit and walk together to St. Peter’s for guided tours of the excavations underneath the basilica at 1:30 and 1:45 DAY 5 Depart 8:30 a.m. (return approximately 3:00 p.m.): Circus Flaminius, Ghetto, Tiber Island, Great Synagogue, Portico of Octavia, Theater of Marcellus, Temples of Apollo and Bellona, S. Nicola in Carcere, Vico Jugario, Sant’ Omobono, House of Crescenzio, Temple of Portunus, Round Temple, S. Maria in Cosmedin, Bocca della Verita, Arch of Janus, Arch of the Argentarii, S. Giorgio al Velabro, Clivus Capitolinus, Campidoglio, Auguraculum, S. Maria in Aracoeli and the Santo Bambino, Roman insula at foot of Arx, Trajan’s Marketplace and the Imperial Fora, lunch break, Parco Traiano, Ludus Magnus, S. Clemente, return by bus 87 DAY 6 Departure time TBA (early!): all-day bus trip to the archeological sites of Cumae and Pompeii (bring sack lunch) DAY 7 Day Free Optional: Prof. Furman-Adams has offered to take interested students to the Galleria Borghese today (see her for further details) DAY 8 Depart 9:00 a.m.: High Mass at St. Peter’s (10:30 a.m.), papal address in piazza, visit the basilica and ascend to top of dome Afternoon Free DAY 9 Depart 9:00 a.m. (return approximately 2:00 p.m.): Il Gesu, Ss. Cosma e Damiano, Forum Romanum, House of the Vestals, Basilica Nuova, Arch of Titus, Palatine Hill, Temple of Magna Mater, House of Livia, Palatine Palaces & Museum, Arch of Constantine, Colosseum, return by bus 87 4:15 p.m. (meet in hotel lobby): Capitoline Museums T H E T R A V E L L E R 0 3

Rome and Greece (Cont'd) DAY 10 Check out of Hotel Smeraldo, share taxis to airport where we’ll board our flight to Athens. Private bus transfer to downtown Athens, check into Hotel Herodion DAY 11 Depart 9:00 a.m.: Lysikrates Monument, Plaka district, Roman Agora, Library of Hadrian, Ancient Agora site and museum, new excavations of the Stoa Poikile, lunch break in Monastiraki, Starbucks stop, Mitropoleos, Syntagma Square, National Gardens, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Arch of Hadrian DAY 12 Depart 9:00 a.m.: all-day bus trip to Brauron (Sanctuary of Artemis and museum), lunch stop, Thorikos, Monastery of St. Paul at Laurion, Sounion (Temple of Poseidon) DAY 13 Depart 9:00 a.m.: New Acropolis Museum, Theater of Dionysos, Acropolis (Parthenon, Erectheum, etc.), walk along north slope of the Acropolis DAY 14 Depart 8:00 a.m.: all-day trip to island of Aegina (bus to Piraeus, ferry to Aegina, bus to Temple of Aphaia, time to explore and eat lunch in Aegina Town, return by ferry and bus to hotel) DAY 15 Depart 7:30 a.m.: all-day bus trip to Delphi (museum, archeological site at the Sanctuary of Apollo, prepaid group lunch in the town of Delphi) and the Monastery of Hosios Loukas DAY 16 Depart 9:15 a.m.: walk to Aereopagus, Pnyx, Kerameikos, metro to National Archeological Museum (snack or lunch in museum café), metro back to hotel DAY 17 Depart 8:00 a.m.: check out of Hotel Herodion, bus to Eleusis (Sanctuary of Demeter), Corinth Canal (lunch stop), Nemea (or Isthmia, if the stadium at Nemea is closed), winery tour, continue on to Nauplion and check into Hotel Marianna; walk into town for gelato at Antica Roma DAY 18 Depart 9:00 a.m.: morning bus trip to Tiryns, the Sanctuary of Hera, Mycenae (archeological site and Treasury of Atreus), Argos, return to Nauplion DAY 19 Depart 9:00 a.m.: morning bus trip to Epidauros (Theater, Sanctuary of Asclepius), return to Nauplion Recommended: climb the 999 steps to the Palamidi Fortress DAY 20 Depart 9:00 a.m.: check out of Hotel Marianna, bus to Corinth, visit archeological site and museum, hike around Acrocorinth, lunch stop at Corinth Canal, return to Athens and check into Hotel Herodion for the night 6:30 p.m. (meet in hotel lobby): farewell dinner tonight! DAY 21 Check out of Hotel Herodion, private bus transfer to airport for our flight back to Rome. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS PASSPORTS, VISAS, AND TRAVEL

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ARRANGEMENT INCLUDES: The course fee COSTS: You can do this. Whittier wants you covers all required activities, from your to study abroad and each international trip arrival at your hotel in Rome on January 7th in January or May usually includes your to your return to the Rome airport on tuition and a GPS scholarship (one-time January 26th. This includes only). Most trips are incredible bargains for accommodations (with breakfrast) in Rome, WC students and all you need to do is pay a Athens and Nafplion; public transportation modest fee and airfare. Some trips even in the cities, private buses to sites outside include airfare! We will work with you on a the cities, air travel between Rome and payment plan and help you think about Athens, the ferry to Aegina; all museum and money and travel incidentals. Pay attention site admission fees; and two group dinners. to your trip as every trip includes/excludes With the exception of those two dinners, it some items. Note that prices may change at does not include lunch and dinner expenses, any time due to changes in currency, and it does not include air travel from the itinerary, etc. Be aware that international U.S. to Europe. travel comes with uncertainties!

NOT INCLUDED: ► Air tickets from / to USA DEPOSITING: If you are accepted to a ► Admission fees to sites are NOT included. trip, you will receive an acceptance email There is 50% discount on all entrance fees with a request for deposit. Only a deposit to sites and museums ONLY IF THE secures your spot on the trip, and depositing STUDENTS HAVE WITH THEM valid student late may mean losing your slot and College ID Card waitlisting you. Once deposited you are ► Tips/Gratuities to bus drivers/guides are agreeing to follow all rules and policies, both NOT included (Suggestion: 2-3€ per person written and oral. per day each T H E T R A V E L L E R 0 6

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