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STEM DISCOVERY: LONDON 8 or 11 days | England
Let STEM be your guide during your exploration of London. Uncover secret messages at Bletchley Park, the birthplace of modern information technology. Practice your sleuthing skills during a CSI-inspired forensics workshop. And plant your feet on two different hemispheres at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, with the English capital as your backdrop. Make a special visit to Pax Lodge in Hampstead where you will participate in unique Girl Scout programming.
EVERYTHING YOU GET:
Full-time Tour Director
Sightseeing: 2 sightseeing tours led by expert, licensed local guides (3 with extension)
Entrances: London Eye, Science Museum/Natural History Museum, Tower of London, theater show, National Museum of Computing, Thames River Cruise, Royal Observatory; with extension: Louvre; Notre-Dame Cathedral
Experiential learning: Forensics workshop, Stonehenge activities, Bletchley Park interactive workshop
WAGGGS Centre visit: Pax Lodge
All of the details are covered: Round-trip flights on major carriers; Comfortable motorcoach; Eurostar high-speed train with extension; 7 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms (9 with extension); European breakfast and dinner daily DAY 1: FLY OVERNIGHT TO ENGLAND
DAY 2: LONDON – Meet your Tour Director at the airport in London, a city that has become one of the world’s great melting pots while maintaining a distinct character that’s all its own. – Take a walking tour of the city and ride the London Eye, a large Ferris wheel along the River Thames that offers panoramic views of the city.
DAY 3: LONDON – See St. Paul’s Cathedral, Big Ben, and Buckingham Palace on an expert-led tour of England’s capital. – Choose to visit either the Natural History Museum or the Science Museum. – Follow in the footsteps of London’s famous 19th-century serial killer, Jack the Ripper, on a walking tour.
DAY 4: LONDON – Channel the spirit of CSI while you explore forensic science. Learn criminal investigation skills—such as fngerprint analysis and crime scene assessment—during an interactive workshop. Then get your questions answered by local forensics experts who are driving important innovations in the feld.
DAY 5: STONEHENGE | LONDON – Visit Stonehenge, the United Kingdom’s most mysterious prehistoric landmark, with an expert local guide. – Complete an activity that lets you create your own version of the famous circle as you learn about the challenges involved in moving and arranging the heavy stones.
DAY 6: PAX LODGE | LONDON Visit Pax Lodge WAGGGS Centre in the leafy North London area of Hampstead. Share in the sisterhood of Girl Scouts, participate in a pinning ceremony and experience unique Girl Scout programming. – Visit the Tower of London, a medieval castle and former prison, now home to the Crown Jewels. – Explore the city before attending a theater performance. EF Tours for Girl Scouts gives girls the confidence to work toward a significant goal and the courage to try DAY 7: BLETCHLEY PARK | LONDON new things while traveling. They return with character – At Bletchley Park, home of British code breaking, learn about and want to make their world a better place. the role math can play in the world of secrets and spies, and how it affected the outcome of World War II. Try your hand at Kim H., Group Leader cracking codes during an interactive workshop, and see the giant Colossus computer that broke the Enigma code. DAY 8: LONDON – Cruise along the Thames to Greenwich, where you’ll visit the Royal Observatory. Stand on the Prime Meridian, dividing the world’s hemispheres, and see astrological attractions that include a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite and an octagonal room designed for stargazing.
DAY 9: DEPART FOR HOME
EXTENSION DAYS
DAY 9: PARIS – Travel by Eurostar train to Paris, the City of Light. – Take an expertly guided tour of Paris: Place de la Concorde; Champs-Élysées; Arc de Triomphe; Les Invalides. – Stop for a photo of the Eiffel Tower.
DAY 10: PARIS – Take a walking tour of Paris: Latin Quarter. – Visit Notre Dame Cathedral. – Visit the Louvre.
DAY 11: DEPART FOR HOME
Itinerary subject to change. For complete fnancial and registration details, please refer to the Booking Conditions.
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