Civics and Careers in Canada and the United States Included on Tour

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Civics and Careers in Canada and the United States Included on tour

Full time Coach bus; full-time Tour Director; weShare, EF’s personalized learning experience; hotels with private bathrooms; breakfast and dinner daily; customary tips and gratuities; overnight security at your hotel

Sightseeing: Guided sightseeing of Ottawa; Guided sightseeing of Montréal by a step-on tour guide or your Tour Director; Guided Sightseeing of New York City

Entrances: Self-guided visit of the Canadian War Museum; Mosaika - Sound & Light Show; Guided Tour of the Parliament Buildings including Peace Tower; Cinerobotheque Workshop; Visit Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal; Top of the Rock Observatory; Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island; Guided Tour of St. Patrick's Cathedral; Baseball Game in New York; Tour of the United Nations; Visit to the Guggenheim Museum; Visit the 9/11 Memorial; Wall Street Insider Tour; Broadway Show

Overnight stays: Ottawa, (1) Montreal, (2) New York, (3)

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Arrive in Ottawa and meet your tour director Transfer to Montreal

Self-guided visit of the Canadian War Museum Group Dinner in Montreal Learn about Canada's involvement in conflict, both here and abroad. Enjoy a group dinner at one of Montreal's popular restaurants. Covered in the museum exhibitions are disputes ranging from those involving the First Nations peoples during the formation of the country, Explore Old Montréal with your Tour Director through the two World Wars and our more recent role as On a tour of the Old City, learn about Montréal's 350-year peacekeepers. The museum emphasizes the devastating human cost French-influenced history, which began with the founding of a of war. Christian mission. Glance at the clock on the nearby Sulpician Seminary; it's the oldest public timepiece in North America. Stroll Dinner in Ottawa through Ville-Marie, site of Montréal's original European settlement, and into the Old Port of Montréal Harbor. End up amidst the festive Mosaika - Sound & Light Show bustle of Place Jacques Cartier. Named after the French navigator Come and experience the all-new sound and light show! This exciting who first sailed down the St. Lawrence River into Canada, it is the site new show uses music, spectacular lighting effects and giant images of the city's oldest market. projected onto the Parliament Buildings to provide a glimpse into the soul of our country, along with a few pages from our history. Board your bus for your accommodation

Board your bus for your accommodation Hotel in Montreal (downtown)

Check in to your accommodation (University of Ottawa) Night Security in Montreal (10pm - 5am)

Night Security in Ottawa (10pm - 5am) Overnight in Montreal

Overnight in Ottawa Day 3

Day 2 Downtown Breakfast Montreal

Breakfast at Central Residence Board your bus to begin your day

Board your bus to begin your day Cinerobotheque Workshop Take part in a group workshop at Montreal's Cinerobotheque, a Free Time for Mass in Ottawa centre for the National Film Board of Canada.

Guided Tour of the Parliament Buildings Supervised free time for lunch in groups - rue Ste. Catherine Get ready to spend some time exploring the place where the most Saint Catherine Street is the primary commercial artery of Downtown important functions of government take place, the Parliament Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Connected underground by a series of Buildings! See where the fiery debates between the parties take place pathways and malls known is the Underground City (the largest in the and just think of all the important Canadian history that's occurred world). The easiest way to access the underground would be to enter here since the buildings began functioning as a government centre in through of the many shopping malls on St Catherine Street. From 1859. Ascend to the top of the 302-foot tall Peace Tower in a unique their bottom floors you can connect to the other malls without ever elevator that actually travels on a 10-degree angle for a stretch. Just having to go outside. Educational institutions located on or near Saint think, you'll be one of more than 3,000,000 people that visit Catherine Street include Concordia University, McGill University, Parliament Hill each and every year! Université du Québec à Montréal, Dawson College and LaSalle College. Guided sightseeing of Ottawa Today, you'll discover Canada's capital with your Tour Director. Head McGill University Tour over to Sussex Drive for spectacular views of the city and the Ottawa Tour the grounds of McGill University and learn with life is like as a and Rideau rivers. Here, you'll see the Prime Minister's residence. student. You'll also see the impressive Ambassador's Row and tour the striking copper roofed Gothic Parliament buildings. The heart of Canadian political life, Parliament houses the Senate and House of Commons. Then pass by Dow's Lake and the 1,200-acre Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa's home to numerous farm animals, an ornamental flower garden and an arboretum.

Supervised Free Time in the Byward Market The ByWard Market is one of the top attractions in Ottawa with over 50,000 people visiting on the weekends during the summer months. It's a huge open air market with artists, a great farmer's market, over 260 stands and 500 shops! It's also a historical area of the city, originally designed in 1826 as a public market. The streets are extra wide because they were designed to accommodate the huge amount of traffic, except back then traffic was of the horse drawn variety! day 3 continued day 5 continued

Visit Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal Guided Tour of St. Patrick's Cathedral When it was founded in 1642, the village, then known as Ville-Marie, Taking a tour of St. Patrick's is a wonderful opportunity to come to a had its first wooden chapel inside the palisade at Pointe-à-Callière, deeper understanding of the architecture, history and spirit of this today the site of Montreal's major archaeological museum. The great Cathedral. Notre-Dame Basilica possesses some of the finest Gothic Revival architecture in North America, where it was the first full example of Guided Sightseeing of New York City this major style. Come and take in the splendor of one of the most A licensed guide leads your sightseeing tour of New York City. You'll significant parts of the Catholic heritage in Montreal. explore the mosaic of Manhattan neighborhoods that make the city so unique. Drive through Greenwich Village, New York's eclectic Group Dinner in Montreal province of bohemians, immigrants and students, and pass the Enjoy a group dinner at one of Montreal's popular restaurants. cast-iron architecture of impossibly trendy SoHo (from "SOuth of HOuston Street”). And it just might feel as if you've left the States and Supervised free time in Old Montreal crossed an ocean as you take in the vibrant life of Chinatown and the personality of Little Italy. Board your bus for your accommodation Visit the 9/11 Memorial Overnight in Montreal The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of Day 4 September 11, 2001. The Memorial's twin reflecting pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood and serve as a Downtown Breakfast Montreal powerful reminder of the tragic loss of life.

Board your bus to begin your day Receive $15 to use for dinner

Transfer to New York City Baseball Game in New York

Dinner in New York City Overnight in New York

Top of the Rock Observatory Day 6 See unparalleled views of New York City from the Observation Deck on the 70th floor of 30 Rockefeller Center. Breakfast in New Jersey

Board your bus for your accommodation Board your bus to begin your day

Hotel in New Jersey Wall Street Insider Tour Professional Overnight Security at your hotel Guided by real Wall Street insiders, you will explore world-famous financial landmarks such as the New York Stock Exchange, Federal Overnight in New Jersey Reserve, and Wall Street. While meandering the narrow, winding streets of Lower Manhattan, you will hear exclusive stories from Day 5 “inside the trenches” that will entertain, inform and shock you! Breakfast in New Jersey Tour of the United Nations Board your bus to begin your day Get an insider's look at the United Nations and see the Security Council Chamber and General Assembly Hall. Subject to private tour Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island availability. Ferry to Liberty Island to marvel at the Statue of Liberty. A gift from France in honor of the French-U.S. alliance, the statue's iron skeleton Walking Tour of Central Park was designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (of Eiffel Tower fame) and Join your tour director for a romp through New York's backyard sculpted by F. A. Bartholdi. It was modeled on the Colossus of playground. An 843-acre rectangular oasis in the heart of the Rhodes (one of the ancient wonders of the world). Liberty Manhattan jungle, Central Park has something for everyone. Admire Enlightening the World, the statue's full title, was unveiled to much the 58 hand-carved horses parading around the Friedsam Memorial fanfare in 1888. Continue on to Ellis Island, which welcomed millions Carousel, brought to the park from Coney Island. Later, head over to of immigrants to the New World around the turn of the century. Ellis the boathouse and Tavern on the Green. Continue through Bethesda Island is now the site of a museum chronicling the history of Terrace, one of Central Park's best places for people watching, and immigration. find the statue of Alice in Wonderland at the northern end of the Conservatory Water.

Visit to the Guggenheim Museum Enjoy the extensive collection of artwork as well as the distinct structure of the museum, designed by famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. day 6 continued

Dinner in New York City

Broadway Show Enjoy your Broadway show, sure to be an unforgettable theater experience!

Board your bus for your accommodation

Overnight in New York

Day 7

Breakfast in New Jersey

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