2015 Stanford Family AdventuresSTANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY

Galapagos Tanzania Montana A egean The buzz about Stanford Family Adventures

“Such an “What a treat! amazing experience! Stanford put together This was my first time a fun family-friendly to Europe and Stanford itinerary with wonderful This was Nature at Family Adventures made “ guides. We feel so “ one of the best of the its best, humans of everything so easy lucky to have had this 20-plus Travel/Study all ages, creature and such a blast! adventure together. ” trips I’ve been on. ” comforts at their most Alyssa Mickelson, age 15, A joyful and memorable Gretchen Wyatt ’92, comfortable and Tuscany Family Adventure, 2014 Mediterranean experience for Family Adventure, 2014 intellectual stimulation both my granddaughter worthy of Stanford— and myself.” who could ask for more? Wendy Yager ’59, ” Tanzania Family Adventure, 2013 Ann Hamilton, Galápagos Family Adventure, 2013 Galápagos The buzz about Stanford Family Adventures Ready to JUNE 22 TO 30, 2015 laugh, learn Pages 8 & 9 and simply love life with your entire Tanzania family? JULY 3 TO 15, 2015 Pages 10 & 11 Grab the kids (or the grandkids) and head out on an incredible adventure with Stanford! Our exciting lineup for 2015 includes destinations as diverse as Tanzania, the Galápagos Islands, the Aegean Sea, Montana and—new this year—New Year’s Eve in St. Petersburg. Montana JULY 5 TO 12, 2015 What sets Stanford Family Adventures apart? Our nimble and nutty Pages 12 & 13 Young Explorer leaders and witty and wise faculty leaders are fresh from the Farm, offering a uniquely “Stanford” experience for travelers from age 6 to 96. Read on and then take your pick of our 2015 Family Adventures. You can also find more details about our Family Adventures online at Aegean alumni.stanford.edu/goto/familyadventures. Or better yet, call us at JULY 15 TO 25, 2015 (650) 725-1093—we’d be happy to talk with you about our programs. Pages 14 & 15 Or if you can’t join us on a 2015 Adventure, check out our Private Editions programs on page 18, which allow you to travel in groups of 10 or more anywhere, anytime. Best wishes for a year filled St. Petersburg DECEMBER 26, 2015, TO JANUARY 3, 2016 with adventure, Pages 16 & 17

Brett S. Thompson, ’83 Director, Stanford Travel/Study Private Editions CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE Pages 18 & 19 Young Explorer Program! WHY DO KIDS LOVE STANFORD FAMILY ADVENTURES?

IDS GIVE OUR FAMILY ADVENTURES And you can look forward to incredible kids-only an enthusiastic thumbs-up because each adventures, tours and meals. By trip’s end, you’re K trip features our outrageously cool Young sure to have several new FFLs (friends for life)! Explorer program! You’ll be grouped with travelers your own age for awesome activities that are both Our Young Explorer leaders are pros at under- educational and fun. standing and adapting to the personalities and interests of each Young Explorer, which means You’ll get to channel some of your boundless that everyone has a great time. energy playing games and doing craft activities in your Young Explorer group. You’ll also challenge Plus our faculty leaders and local guides love your mind during thought-provoking discussions kids! There are plenty of opportunities for kids and mind-bending games that promise to fuel to test the know-how of our expert guides your creativity and spark your inner genius. during tours. Kids can also look forward to hanging with our faculty leaders during a special lecture prepared just for them. This is why kids love Stanford Family Adventures.

“The Young Explorer leaders were all amazing! The Young Explorers program was my favorite part of the trip…it made learning fun in a way that was truly memorable. Best trip ever.”

Kathryn Hetzendorfer, age 12, China Family Adventure, 2012 4 “A wonderful group of smart, engaged, Young Explorer Leader interesting people NOUN: \yuhng ek-splôr’- r le¯ d’- r\ in a gorgeous place with delicious food. My A recent Stanford grad and Stanford Sierra Camp counselor teenagers were in heaven.” A razor-sharp, slightly silly, enthusiastic person who digs Wendy Buffett, hanging out with families Mediterranean Family Adventure, 2011 A kid aficionado—one who effortlessly creates an atmosphere of friendship and fun during hands-on educational activities and games (and for teens, plenty of hang-out time)

A know-it-all for creative, age-appropriate, laughter-guaranteed programs Yo u ng Explo re r HIGHLIGHTS Fun for the whole family! How many kids After swapping stories of the day’s tours, families are invited to a leader? to get their “Bingo!” on during game night and face off against other clans in the Stanford Family Olympics. Make sure to bring your togas and get your blue-footed boobie impressions ready—you’ll have ample opportunity to put them to use! 5

Stanford Faculty Leaders Learn from the experts! In addition to guided tours and site visits in the company of our expert local guides, enjoy the opportunity to interact with and hear lectures by Stanford faculty and scholars who are absolute masters at bringing our destinations to life.

“It is a particular “While lecturing on family privilege and joy to trips, I have discovered share my love of that I often learn more nature in a place of from exchanges with such remarkable the kids than I do from beauty and historical those with adults…kids significance.” continually ask, ‘Why?’.”

Bob Siegel / Galápagos Scott Pearson / Tanzania Dr. Robert “Bob” Siegel, ’76, MA ’77, MD ’90, is an Scott Pearson grew up in a small town in avid traveler, photographer, Stanford Dish walker and Wisconsin, where he dreamed of becoming self-proclaimed “dromomaniac.” He is also a profes- a history professor. After a life-changing stint sor in the Stanford School of Medicine’s department teaching with the Peace Corps in Nigeria, he of microbiology and immunology, holds multiple dedicated his career to alleviating poverty in appointments throughout the university and is the emerging economies by researching, teaching recipient of numerous teaching awards. Dr. Bob’s and advising about agricultural development. courses cover a wide range of topics from virology to Since retiring as a Stanford professor 12 years photography and from global health to Darwin. He has ago, Scott has revived his childhood dream by led multiple Stanford Travel/Study trips and credits his teaching history to world travelers. Of the more first Stanford Travel/Study trip to the Galápagos with than 40 trips he’s led with Stanford over the years, teaching him to “see the world with new eyes.” A true he ranks his Family Adventures at the top. Stanford enthusiast, Dr. Bob was a founding mem- ber of Stanford’s Ultimate Frisbee team and was the 6 second Stanford Tree.

“Science is exploration. “I think one “As a lecturer Stanford Faculty Leaders I love unearthing parcels of new of the best aspects on these trips, I have the understanding and adding of these trips privilege of working them to our bank of comprehension. is the opportunity to with the kids as well as with Geologists are doubly fortunate share information their parents and relatives. in that their data collection often involves and experiences with Multi-generational learning is expeditions to the wilderness.” other parents.” stimulating and magical.”

David Dinter / Montana Ed Steidle / Aegean Norman Naimark / David Dinter, ’82, MS ’82, is a professor of geology at Raised in Europe, Ed Steidle came to the States to the University of Utah. He discovered the magnificent pursue a degree in the ancient and medieval litera- St. Petersburg mountain scenery of the American West and became tures of Europe and the Middle East. He joined the Professor Norman Naimark, ’66, MA ’68, PhD ’72, intrigued by its stratigraphic and structural history as Stanford faculty in 1984. Ed believes that “travel is is the director of the Stanford Global Studies Divi- an undergraduate at Stanford during a 10-week sum- both the best and the most delightful way of learning sion, as well as the Robert and Florence McDonnell mer field geology course. His interest endured and, about the world” and that the study of history is a Professor of Eastern European History and a senior through years of research, went in the direction of the close second. “The past,” he says, “prepares us for fellow of both the Hoover Institution and the Free- tectonic evolution and natural hazards of the western the future and, as has often been pointed out, those man-Spogli Institute. A former director of Stanford’s U.S. mountain ranges. He has taught summer field who fail to know the past are doomed to repeat its Bing Overseas Studies Program and former chair of geology to undergraduates in this region for the last errors.” Sailing the Aegean Sea, the cradle of so the history department, Professor Naimark is widely 15 years and eagerly anticipates the opportunity to many vibrant cultures and so rich in legendary sites, recognized by students and colleagues alike for his explore and discuss with Stanford travelers the geo- is a wonderful way of combining both approaches. warmth, wit and dedication to the Stanford commu- logic stories behind the spectacular scenery of the Ed looks forward to getting everyone as fascinated nity. He is a veteran faculty leader of more than 20 Gallatin Mountains, Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness by the Aegean’s fabulous past as he is. past Travel/Study programs. and nearby Yellowstone National Park. 7 Galápagos Galapagos Take a Walk on the Wild Side WAITLIST ONLY!

JUNE 22 TO 30, 2015

Experience the ultimate outdoor classroom cruising among the enchanted islands of the Galápagos aboard the intimate Santa Cruz. Visit six of the Galápagos volcanic islands, snorkeling with sea lions and mingling among some of the world’s most unusual creatures as they amble about their native habitat.

MONDAY, JUNE 22 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 THURSDAY, JUNE 25 foot crabs, hawks, penguins disembark at Urbina Bay and U.S. / Quito, Ecuador Quito / Baltra Island / Isabela Island / and flightless cormorants. SANTA snorkel just off the beach to Depart the U.S. on flights bound Embark / North Seymour Fernandina Island CRUZ (B,L,D) admire corals, shells and many for Ecuador. Upon our late- Island As we explore the coastline other calcareous organisms that evening arrival in Quito, transfer Transfer to the airport to board of Isabela Island by panga, FRIDAY, JUNE 26 lie exposed above water. SANTA to our hotel. HILTON COLON our flight to Baltra Island in the our naturalist guide explains Isabela Island CRUZ (B,L,D) Galápagos. Upon embarking its dramatic geology. Rich in This morning land at Tagus TUESDAY, JUNE 23 our ship, stop at North Seymour marine life this area is seasonally Cove on the northwest side of SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Quito Island, a wonderful introduction visited by green sea turtles and Isabela Island—a cove that has Santa Cruz Island Walk the streets of colonial Quito, to the islands and their wildlife oceanic sun fish (mola mola). provided a favorite anchorage Disembark on Santa Cruz Island stopping at Independence Plaza, and full of bird colonies (including Weather permitting, snorkel for pirates and whalers over to visit the Charles Darwin the Presidential Palace and the blue-footed boobies, two species along the cliffs. This afternoon the centuries. Hike uphill to the Research Station and its giant Monastery of San Francisco, one of frigate birds and swallow-tailed explore the youngest island of the rim of Darwin Crater, which is tortoise pens, located in an of the most impressive religious gulls), as well as sea lions and archipelago, Fernandina, which filled with salt water and offers impressive giant prickly-pear buildings in the New World. Enjoy marine iguanas. SANTA CRUZ (B,L,D) has no introduced mammals and dramatic views. After our walk, cactus forest that’s home to a welcome reception and dinner thus boasts a very high density of take a panga ride to spot local many land birds. The research at our hotel. HILTON COLON (B,L,D) marine iguanas, who share their wildlife and perhaps find time to station is the headquarters space with sea lions, Sally light- swim or snorkel. This afternoon of scientific investigation, 8

G ALÁPAGOS d I SLANDS Tower What’s Included ECUADOR 5-night cruise aboard the Santa Cruz, 2 nights of hotel The Shi ! Galápagos accommodations; 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 6 dinners; Our ship, the intimate, 237-foot-long Equator Bartolomé Islands and all the Stanford extras (see page 21) Santa Cruz, offers accommodations SOUTH North in 43 outside cabins, each appointed Santiago Seymour AMERICA Group Size/Age 80 participants / minimum age: 6 with windows and ranging in size Fernandina Baltra Program Cost* from 125 to 250 square feet. The ship Santa South Plaza Cruz Per Adult** Per Child features air conditioning throughout, Isabela Category 1 $5,995 $5,195 an elegant dining room, sun deck Santa Fé San Category 2 with bar, Jacuzzi, library and obser- Cristóbal $6,295 $5,495 * Association non-members Floreana Category 3 $6,595 $5,795 add $200 per person. vation deck. Go to our website for ** Rates are per person Category 4 additional ship information and cabin P a a n $6,895 $6,085 and based on double c i f i c O c e Española occupancy. Limited single descriptions. Category 5 $7,495 $6,695 and triple occupancy cabins are available. Contact our Category 6 $8,195 $7,395 office for more information. “This was amazing! The staff was great and the wildlife was out of this world! The best ever!”

Josh Marchand, age 11, Galápagos Family Adventure, 2013

conservation and the National Park snorkeling spots in the archipelago. administration in the Galápagos. Continue to Cormorant Point, From here board buses for lunch in making a wet landing on the the cooler highlands, a completely olivine-crystal beach for an easy Yo u ng Explo re r different ecosystem of the island. walk to a brackish water lagoon This afternoon opt to hike, bike, where bird species such as greater HIGHLIGHTS kayak or explore an organic coffee flamingos, herons, sandpipers and plantation. SANTA CRUZ (B,L,D) others gather. SANTA CRUZ (B,L,D) Watch in delight as marine iguanas spray salt from their SUNDAY, JUNE 28 MONDAY & TUESDAY, nostrils Floreana Island JUNE 29 & 30 Near Post Office Bay, explore the San Cristóbal Island / Sit face to face with a giant north shore of Floreana Island Quito / U.S. tortoise in the Santa Cruz and its narrow channels teeming After breakfast, disembark our with life. Following lunch and a ship and transfer to the airport for Highlands siesta, travel by pangas and glass- our flight back to Quito, where we Learn the dances of the bottom boat to volcanic Champion connect with overnight flights to the blue-footed boobies and Islet, regarded as one of the best U.S., arriving home on Tuesday. (B) waved albatrosses Learn more: alumni.stanford.edu/trip?galapagosfam2015 9 Tanzania Tanzania Jambo Means Hello!

JULY 3 TO 15, 2015

Rekindle your spirit of exploration as a family with an exciting, thrill-of-a-lifetime safari in Tanzania. Begin in Arusha and continue to Tarangire National Park. Explore the Great Rift Valley, the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti to observe thousands of fascinating creatures up close in their natural habitat. ANDY BIGGS ANDY

FRIDAY & SATURDAY, as the Momella Lakes, where buffalo to a variety of colorful THURSDAY, JULY 9 FRIDAY, JULY 10 JULY 3 & 4 great numbers of flamingo can birds. On Tuesday, enjoy a full Ngorongoro Conservation Ngorongoro Crater U.S. / Arusha, Tanzania be seen. Return to our lodge for day of wildlife viewing in Tarangire Area Early this morning descend Depart the U.S. for Tanzania on our welcome dinner. LAKE DULUTI National Park. TARANGIRE SAFARI Drive across the Great Rift down onto the floor of the overnight flights. Arrive in Arusha SERENA HOTEL (B,L,D) LODGE (B,L,D—BOTH DAYS) Valley escarpment and through magnificent 102-square-mile on Saturday and transfer to our the Ngorongoro Highlands. wildlife haven of Ngorongoro lodge, located amid lush coffee MONDAY & TUESDAY, JULY 6 & 7 WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 Visit a local school and meet Crater to observe an plantations. LAKE DULUTI SERENA Tarangire National Park Great Rift Valley with teachers and students to unforgettable spectacle: a HOTEL On Monday morning head Depart Tarangire and head up see firsthand what education is teeming world of elephants, to Tarangire National Park, a the escarpment of the Great like in Tanzania—and perhaps rhinoceroses, lions, hyenas, SUNDAY, JULY 5 geologic landscape as diverse Rift Valley, where we take in the play a quick game of soccer. zebras and wildebeests living in Arusha National Park as the wildlife, with nine distinct stunning views of Lake Manyara Visit the home of Daniel Tewa, harmony in this self-contained After a safari briefing, head to vegetation zones ranging and the plains beyond. We arrive a local historian, storyteller and environment. Later, opt for a visit Arusha National Park for our from grassland to woodland at our lodge around lunch time respected member of the Iraqw to a Maasai boma, a village of first taste of wildlife viewing. The to scattered rocky hilltops. and have the afternoon at leisure people, and his wife, a skilled cow dung huts located not far park’s unique inhabitants and The Tarangire River attracts to relax or go for a dip in the artisan. NGORONGORO SERENA from the crater rim. NGORONGORO natural wonders include the an abundance of wildlife, from lodge’s pool. LAKE MANYARA SERENA LODGE (B,L,D) SERENA LODGE (B,L,D) exquisite colobus monkey as well elephant, lion, cheetah and LODGE (B,L,D) 10 Lake Victoria y KENYA What’s Included e l “Thirty minutes 10 nights of lodge and camp accommodations; l a 1 day room on July 14; 10 breakfasts, 10 lunches SERENGETI V into Tarangire our and 9 dinners; and all the Stanford extras NATIONAL t (see page 21) PARK f NGORONGORO Mt. daughter turns i R CONSERVATION Kilimanjaro to me and says, Group Size/Age t AREA 55 participants a Ngorongoro e ARUSHA Minimum age: 6 r Crater Arusha NATIONAL ‘This is the best day G PARK Mt. Kilimanjaro Lake of my life!’.” Program Cost* $8,995 per adult, double or triple occupancy Manyara TANZANIA Tom Rotkis, ’69 $8,595 per child, double occupancy $8,495 per child, triple occupancy Dar es TARANGIRE Tanzania Family Adventure, 2013 Salaam T ANZANIA NATIONAL $9,995 per person, single occupancy PARK * Association nonmembers add $200 per person.

ANDY BIGGS ANDY

SATURDAY, JULY 11 SUNDAY & MONDAY, TUESDAY, JULY 14 Serengeti National Park JULY 12 & 13 Serengeti National Park / PEN PAL PROGRAM Stop at Olduvai Gorge, where Serengeti National Park Arusha / Depart for U.S. What’s it like to live in Tanzania? Yo u ng Explo re r major paleontological discoveries Enjoy two full days of wildlife After a final morning of wildlife We can’t think of a better have helped to answer important viewing in Serengeti National viewing in the Serengeti, fly back way to teach kids about the questions about human Park. At the end of each day to Arusha for a festive farewell HIGHLIGHTS evolution. Visit the Gorge enjoy the spectacular colors of lunch. This afternoon shop or world than to provide them Museum before continuing on an equatorial African sunset from take a swim; a day room is with the opportunity to see Spend three nights “in the to the great Serengeti, where the cozy comfort of our camp. available for showering or foreign, faraway places through wild” at our tented safari camp we see wildebeests, zebras, On Monday evening, celebrate resting before we transfer to another’s eyes. On this program inside Serengeti National Park gazelles, giraffes and many other our last night in the Serengeti the airport for flights home. kids can exchange letters with a species moving across the vast relaxing around the campfire MOUNT MERU HOTEL—DAY ROOM (B,L) Tanzanian pen pal in the months Keep your eyes peeled for the open spaces. SERENGETI NYUMBA and gazing up at the millions leading up to the trip and then “Big Five”: the lion, elephant, CAMP (B,L,D) of stars overhead. SERENGETI WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 meet their new friend when our black rhinoceros, Cape buffalo NYUMBA CAMP (B,L,D—BOTH DAYS) Arrive U.S. Arrive back in the U.S. and group visits the pen pals’ school and leopard during our Tanzania adventure. connect to flights home. Swap stories with your Tanzan- ian pen pal on our visit to a 11 Learn more: alumni.stanford.edu/trip?tanzania2015 local school 11 Montana Montana Big Sky Country

JULY 5 TO 12, 2015

Located just south of Bozeman, Montana, on the Taylor fork of the Gallatin River near Yellowstone National Park, our home for this adventure is a real dude ranch that’s been in operation since the 1800s. Enjoy a casual, relaxed atmosphere while soaking up the sprawling, unspoiled beauty of Big Sky country.

SUNDAY, JULY 5 operated the ranch for the past the Nez Perce War in 1877 while room for board or card games, THURSDAY, JULY 9 Home / Bozeman, Montana / 60 years. NINE QUARTER CIRCLE attempting to reach Canada with lounging in front of the big stone Nine Quarter Circle Ranch Nine Quarter Circle Ranch RANCH (D) a band of his people. NINE QUARTER fireplace or participating in rousing Today the adults take an all-day Depart from home on flights CIRCLE RANCH (B,L,D) activities for the whole family led guided horseback ride though bound for Bozeman, Montana. MONDAY, JULY 6 by our Young Explorer Leaders. Montana’s high country while our Upon arrival, transfer to the Nine Nine Quarter Circle Ranch TUESDAY, JULY 7 NINE QUARTER CIRCLE RANCH (B,L,D) Young Explorers travel up the Quarter Circle Ranch, tucked After a hearty breakfast, head to Nine Quarter Circle Ranch Taylor Fork Valley to a game-filled away in a beautiful valley near the the barn for horse assignments Today choose either a half-day or WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 picnic led by our intrepid Young northwest corner of Yellowstone and riding instruction from all-day guided horseback ride on Nine Quarter Circle Ranch Explorer Leaders and the ranch National Park and up 7,000 our wranglers. This afternoon a ranch-bred Appaloosa. Those Today either spend the day staff. Later today, play a game feet on the eastern slope of the dive into ranch activities such who opt to stay close to the ranch rafting the Gallatin River, take of volleyball or give horeshoes a Continental Divide. After settling as horseback riding, hiking, can hike among the wildflowers a guided tour of Yellowstone whirl. Tonight we take a hayride in to one of the ranch’s cozy log swimming or fishing with the or head to the trout-stocked National Park or hang back and and do some star-gazing. NINE cabins, enjoy a welcome dinner ranch’s fly fishing guide. Perhaps pond for some fishing or to the enjoy life on the ranch with a day QUARTER CIRCLE RANCH (B,L,D) tonight where we meet the Kelsey a ranch hand will relate how the swimming hole for a cooling dip. full of horseback riding, hiking or family, who have owned and noble Chief Joseph, leader of Share stories about the day’s just relaxing with a book in a big the Nez Perce Nation, passed activities tonight over dinner and outdoor chair. NINE QUARTER CIRCLE through these ranch lands during then gather in the lodge’s trophy RANCH (B,L,D) 12 CANADA What’s Included U NITED S TATES 7 nights of accommodations; 7 breakfasts, “A wonderful 6 lunches and 7 dinners; and all the Stanford extras (see page 21)

MONTANA three-generation Group Size/Age 60 participants travel Minimum age: 6 experience!” Program Cost* Bozeman $3,995 per adult, double occupancy Nine Quarter $3,795 per child, double occupancy Circle Ranch Kim Michaud, ’89 $4,435 per person, single occupancy YELLOWSTONE Washington, D.C., Family Adventure, 2013 * Association nonmembers add $200 per person. IDAHO NATIONAL PARK WYOMING

TRUE WESTERN-STYLE COMFORT IN OUR OWN LOG CABIN… This family-oriented dude ranch offers genuine Out-West accommoda- tions: log cabins featuring wood-hewn furniture and comfy quilts made right on the ranch. Cabins have from one to four bedrooms and each has its own private bathroom. Most cabins are heated by a wood-burning stove. Bring your laptop (if you must!) as there is wireless internet access in the main lodge, but you can put texting on a back burner—no cell phone service in these parts!

FRIDAY, JULY 10 a chance to shine in the Nine Quarter Circle Ranch Gymkhana (games on Spend the morning horseback horseback) Family Rodeo— Yo u ng Explo re r riding, swimming, hiking or casting a fun activity for the whole about with the ranch’s fly fishing family. After our farewell guide. This afternoon, saddle up dinner, we’ll kick up our HIGHLIGHTS and ride with the whole family to heels at a square dance an outdoor dinner on the ranch in the hayloft. NINE QUARTER Saddle up your horse and property. The ranch’s hearty CIRCLE RANCH (B,L,D) hit the trails on optional rides home-cooked spread and outdoor offered twice a day barbecue really hit the spot after a SUNDAY, JULY 12 rollicking afternoon in the saddle. Nine Quarter Circle Ranch Go fishing in the ranch’s well- NINE QUARTER CIRCLE RANCH (B,L,D) Bid farewell to the Kelsey stocked trout pond or fly fish family, our horses and on the Gallatin River SATURDAY, JULY 11 wranglers. Depart for the Nine Quarter Circle Ranch Bozeman airport after breakfast Ride the rapids on an optional Today, our newly acquired for return flights home. (B) river-rafting excursion horeseback riding skills give us 11 Learn more: alumni.stanford.edu/trip?montana2015 13 Aegean A Land of Gods and Heroes egean JULY 15 TO 25, 2015

Uncover the past and present of this fabled region on our memorable voyage from Istanbul to Athens aboard the m/v Tere Moana. Visit the spectacular island of Santorini, the medieval walled city of Rhodes, the iconic island of Mykonos and other glorious sites of the classical world.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, palaces, fortresses and old SUNDAY, JULY 19 to the Temple of Artemis, one Ancient World. On the Acropolis JULY 15 & 16 wooden summer homes that Canakkale / Ancient Troy of the Seven Wonders of the at Lindos, see the Great Stoa, U.S. / Istanbul, Turkey were built for the city’s wealthiest Canakkale is the gateway for our Ancient World. Proclaimed the the 4th-century Temple of Athena Depart the U.S. on an overnight residents during the Ottoman era. visit to ancient Troy, site of the capital of the Asian Province by Lindia, the ancient theater flight to Istanbul. Upon arrival, After lunch, visit Hagia Sophia great battle recounted by Homer Emperor Augustus in 27 B.C.E., and the ruins of the Temple of gather with fellow family and the Blue Mosque. HILTON in the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Ephesus became one of the key Dionysus. TERE MOANA (B,L,D) adventurers for a welcome ISTANBUL HOTEL (B,L) ancient city resounds with mythic settlements in the expansive reception at our hotel. HILTON names and events, including Roman Empire. TERE MOANA (B,L,D) WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 ISTANBUL HOTEL (7/16) SATURDAY, JULY 18 Ulysses, Achilles, Agamemnon, Santorini Istanbul / Embark Paris, Hector, Helen and, of TUESDAY, JULY 21 Sailing into the caldera of Santo- FRIDAY, JULY 17 Explore the resplendent Topkapi course, the infamous Trojan Rhodes rini—which we do this morning— Istanbul Palace, which was the primary Horse. TERE MOANA (B,L,D) Today explore the 3,000-year is an unforgettable experience. This morning take a cruise on residence of the Ottoman sultans history of Rhodes. In antiquity, Adults visit Akrotiri, the “Pompeii the Bosphorus, the majestic for nearly 400 years. After lunch MONDAY, JULY 20 it was believed to be under the of Greece,” with its well-preserved strait that passes by some of the on our own, transfer to the Tere Kusadasi / Ephesus protection of Helios, the sun god, houses, squares and staircases most scenic parts of Istanbul and Moana. We’ll have time to get Tour dazzling Kusadasi, which whose colossal statue at the that were covered under a thick links the continents of Europe settled in our staterooms before dates to prehistoric times, and mouth of the harbor was another blanket of pumice during the mas- and Asia. The strait is lined with our ship sails. TERE MOANA (B,L,D) continue to Ephesus, once home of the Seven Wonders of the sive eruption of Santorini’s volcano 14

Black Sea Istanbul d What’s Included Marmara

A 2 nights of deluxe hotel accommodations; 7 nights Our Shi ! Sea aboard the Tere Moana; 9 breakfasts, 7 lunches and e Çanakkale Tere Moana offers accommodations

g 7 dinners; and all the Stanford extras (see page 21) Troy in 45 suites, each with sea views and e

G REECE a Group Size/Age elegantly furnished. Spacious public n 80 participants / Minimum age: 6 areas include a restaurant, elegant T URKEY S Program Cost* lounge, library, gym, outdoor grill e a ADULT** CHILD** and sun deck with Jacuzzi. Go to our Athens Ephesus website for additional ship informa- Piraeus Category C $7,9 9 5 $7,495 Mykonos Kusadasi tion and cabin descriptions. Category B $8,995 $8,495 Delos Category A $10,395 $9,895

*Association nonmembers add $200 per person. Santorini Rhodes **Rates are per person and based on double occupancy. Limited single and “What a treat! triple occupancy cabins are available. Contact our office for more information. We feel so lucky to have had this adventure together.” Gretchen Wyatt, ’92

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in 1630 B.C.E. Kids explore a ruins of statues and monuments; ancient and modern nearby volcanic island on their own the Agora of the Competialists, sites, including the private boat ride, then saddle up on a marketplace that dates to the Parthenon and the Yo u ng Explo re r donkeys to climb the steep cliffs to Roman era; and the island’s most New Acropolis Muse- Santorini’s main town. After lunch, famous monument, the Terrace of um. After lunch on our HIGHLIGHTS explore independently or take an Lions. On the captivating island of own, enjoy some free excursion to Oia, the most famous Mykonos, enjoy free time in its main time to take in the sights Dress up in a toga for family village on the island and one of the town, Chora, strolling its narrow of Athens. Return to our game night most photographed locations in all cobbled streets and visiting the pic- ship for a festive farewell of Greece. TERE MOANA (B,L,D) turesque Alefkandra neighborhood dinner. TERE MOANA (B,D) Stroll through the winding with its charming whitewashed streets and amid the soaring THURSDAY, JULY 23 seaside houses dating from the SATURDAY, JULY 25 mosques of Istanbul, Delos / Mykonos mid-18th century. TERE MOANA (B,L,D) Athens / Enjoy a walking tour on the island Disembark / U.S. crossroads of the East and of Delos, the legendary birthplace FRIDAY, JULY 24 Transfer to the Athens the West for millennia of Apollo and Artemis. Discover Athens International Airport the entrance to the Sacred Way, an Upon arrival in Piraeus, travel to for return flights to the Ride a donkey on the island ancient boulevard flanked by the Athens to explore a vast array of U.S. (B) of Santorini Learn more: alumni.stanford.edu/trip?aegean2015 15 St. Petersburg New Year’s Eve in a Winter Wonderland

DECEMBER 26, 2015, TO JANUARY 3, 2016

Situated at the mouth of the Neva River, St. Petersburg, Russia, is strikingly beautiful in the wintertime, with snow and ice blanketing the city’s historic buildings, streets and canals. This sparkling backdrop sets the stage for our adventure, where winter activities, historical excursions and cultural events take a starring role.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28 culture of Russian childhood. Enjoy lunch independently, in 1901. Visit the Kunstkamera (or DECEMBER 26 & 27 St. Petersburg This afternoon take part in a doll- then return to the Hermitage Chamber of Curiosities) before U.S. / St. Petersburg, After breakfast at our hotel, begin making class and visit St. Isaac’s to view its Gold Room, which returning to our hotel for some Russia our exploration of St. Petersburg. Cathedral where we can climb contains works from the 7th to free time. End the day at the St. Depart the U.S. on flights bound December in St. Petersburg is 262 steps for a view of the city. the 1st centuries B.C.E. Enjoy a Petersburg Circus, one of the for St. Petersburg. Arrive on glorious—New Year’s trees glisten ANGLETERRE HOTELL (B,L,D) performance of The Nutcracker oldest circuses in the world. Sunday and transfer to our hotel, all over town, the ballet and this evening at the Mariinsky ANGLETERRE HOTEL (B,L,D) located in the historic center of opera seasons are in full swing, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29 Theater. ANGLETERRE HOTEL (B,D) St. Petersburg and just minutes and men and women crowd St. Petersburg THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 from the city’s main attractions. the theaters and restaurants, On Nevsky Prospekt, often WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30 St. Petersburg Spend the afternoon at leisure gathering by the fireside and called the backbone of St. St. Petersburg This morning, tour Yusupov before meeting fellow travelers making the most of the waning of Petersburg, stroll by the Gostiny After breakfast, visit the Palace, whose ordinary exterior at our welcome dinner. the old year and the promise of Dvor department store, the Zoological Museum where hides an opulent interior complete ANGLETERRE HOTEL (D) the new. Today visit the Fortress Eliseyev food emporium and the more than 500,000 species are with a marble staircase, crystal of Peter and Paul, one of the first Kazansky Cathedral. Tour the displayed, including dinosaur chandeliers, gilded candelabras structures built in St. Petersburg, world-class Hermitage Museum, and mammoth skeletons, such and magnificently painted and the St. Petersburg Doll which houses one of the largest as the nearly intact Berezovka ceilings. This afternoon relax or Museum to glimpse into the museum collections in the world. mammoth, recovered in Siberia explore independently before our 16 Peter and Paul e r ST. PETERSBURG i v Fortress R What’s Included

a 7 nights of deluxe hotel accommodations; v St. Petersburg St. Petersburg e 7 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 7 dinners; and N all the Stanford extras (see page 21) Dolls Museum Zoological Museum Bolshoi “The beauty Kunstkamera Hermitage St. Peterburg Group Size/Age Museum State Circus of St. Petersburg 40 participants Minimum age: 6 St. Isaac’s Nevsky Prospekt really surprised us.” Cathedral Eliseyev Program Cost* Kazansky Gostiny Emporium Kit, ’60, and Peter,’60, Bedford $7,295 per adult, double or triple occupancy Cathedral Dvor Insider’s St. Petersburg, 2013 $6,895 per child, double or triple occupancy Yusupov $8,295 per person, single occupancy Palace St. Petersburg * Association nonmembers add $200 per person. RUSSIA Mariinsky Theatre to Shuvalovka Village, The Grand Moscow Palace, Catherine Palace, and Alexander Palace

New Year’s Eve festivities. Adults pots. Continue to Peterhof and tonight at a farewell reception and Yo u ng Explo re r opting to attend the Tsar’s Ball tour Peter the Great’s massive dinner at a Russian dacha outside (at additional expense) depart for Grand Palace. the city. ANGLETERRE HOTEL (B,L,D) HIGHLIGHTS the Catherine Palace this evening, ANGLETERRE HOTEL (B,L,D) while those not going to the SUNDAY, Bundle up for a sleigh ride Ball may revel at a special New SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 JANUARY 3 with your family, and have fun Year’s Eve celebration at a local St. Petersburg / Pushkin St. Petersburg / restaurant that includes dinner Spend an adventure-filled day U.S. channeling a Russian kid as and entertainment. ANGLETERRE in the town of Pushkin. Visit the After breakfast, you decorate your own Russian HOTEL (B,L,D) Catherine Palace and learn about transfer to the (or Matryoshka) nesting doll the history of the restored Amber airport for FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 Room, a highlight of the palace. independent Enjoy the St. Petersburg Circus St. Petersburg Before lunch, bundle up and go flights back to and its acrobats, jugglers, high Drive to Shuvalovka Village after dashing through the snow on a the U.S. (B) wire and animal acts—it’s a breakfast to experience life as traditional horse-drawn sleigh. favorite pastime of Russians it was in centuries past. Visit a This afternoon tour Alexander craftsman’s shop to learn how to Palace, built by Catherine the Attend The Nutcracker at the decorate nesting dolls and clay Great. Celebrate our journey Mariinsky Theater Learn more: alumni.stanford.edu/trip?stpetersburgfam2015 17

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W W O R R U Trip planning checklist: L D. Y O

ü Call cheerful staff at Stanford Travel/Study. It’s really happening!

ü Vote on destination with friends and family. Rig the results—what they don’t know won’t hurt them.

ü Select trip dates that coincide with granddaughter’s boyfriend’s silent yoga retreat. It’s a shame he won’t be able to join us...

ü Pick a luxury hotel. It’s important to pamper the daughter-in-law.

ü Select “outdoorsy” day for super-active kids. Bonjour, quiet time.

ü Pepper Stanford faculty leader with questions. I’m a student again!

ü Rest easy from takeoff to touchdown. Travel/Study covered all of the details. I get to enjoy my family and our vacation.

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Family Seminars Got “kids” who aren’t exactly kids anymore? This year marks the first time we are offering a program geared specifically toward families traveling with children who have graduated from high school.

We’re pleased to announce our Cuba Family Seminar, December 26, 2015, to January 2, 2016. Cuba is a sophisticated destination that is perfect for families who have outgrown our regular Stanford Family Adventures but who still want to travel—and learn—together as a family. Learn more at: alumni.stanford.edu/trip?cubafamily2015.

Private Editions are tailor-made, luxury educational adventures for groups of 10 or more. Enjoy everything you love about Stanford Travel/ Study programs—and you get to select the dates, craft the guest list and create the itinerary! You don’t have time to trawl the Internet for restaurant ratings and hotel reviews. Let your Private Editions “travel architect” take care of the planning and the details to ensure you get the most out of your trip. The only questions you have to answer are who will join you and where will you go?

To learn more or to start planning your own Private Editions trip, contact Nick Mangini at (650) 736-0585 or [email protected]. 19

So, Any Questions?

What’s in it for the kids? create a more memorable experience than a luxury suite and What if we’ve never traveled with a group before? Our family adventures are built from the ground up, keeping that a local restaurant can provide a cultural perspective that You don’t need to be a lover of group travel to enjoy traveling families traveling with children in mind. That means that a hotel buffet cannot. Whether a safari lodge or an intimate with Stanford. On our trips you are sure to forge friend- everything, from the timing to the activities to the special cruise ship, our accommodations are ideal jumping-off points ships with a diverse group of families who are as intellectually events, is selected to enhance the overall experience for for exploring the world with your family. curious as you are. You’ll also be able to gain special access your entire family. Young Explorers Leaders—at least one for to the best guides and behind-the-scenes experiences that every 10 kids—are available throughout each trip, prepared How active are these trips? regular tourists never get to enjoy. Perhaps most with games, activities and lots of energy to keep kids Get ready for fast-paced Family Adventures! Travelers should importantly, our group sizes mean more friends for engaged and entertained. be in good health and physical condition. Schedules your kids. And that means more fun for everyone! sometimes include long days with early wake-up calls and Do adults have just as much fun as the kids? activities scheduled throughout the day (and sometimes Yes! There’s something for everyone. You will spend most into the evenings). Walking tours and hikes range from of your time on tours together as a family. On occasion one to four miles, sometimes on uneven terrain. the kids will go off adventuring with their counselors while If this doesn’t sound like enough activity grownups enjoy adults-only activities such as wine-tasting for you, rest assured that most of our excursions, extended museum tours and elegant dinners. hotels and ships have fitness centers Plus, parents and grandparents can feed their brains as and/or exercise equipment. much (or as little) as they desire during lectures led by Visit our website for specific renowned Stanford faculty and scholars while kids meet in information about what their Young Explorer groups. to expect on each of our 2015 What are the accommodations like? programs. We strive to find the perfect balance between deluxe accommodations that cater to the needs of families and great locations that cater to the thrill of discovery. We select hotels, ships and camps that reflect the local flavor but still maintain a high level of comfort. We often find that a great location can

20 We’ve Got You Covered!

What makes a Family Adventure so stress-free and carefree? What’s included in every Stanford Family Adventure: From the moment you sign up until your return flight home, we take care of it all. We send you pre-departure information with everything you need to know, — Accommodations and meals with beverages as specified in each trip itinerary from visa and immunization requirements to what to pack and when to arrive. We even send you reading lists and books for you and the kids. Once the trip — Gratuities to porters, wait staff, guides, drivers and ship crew for all group activities begins, our professional Stanford tour managers and savvy local guides are on hand 24/7 to handle all the details. You get to say goodbye to dealing with — All tours, internal flights and shore excursions as described in each trip itinerary the many snafus that inevitably arise when you travel on your own. And what — could be more hassle-free than having someone else take care of gratuities Group airport transfers on the trip arrival and departure dates and entrance fees? With all of the “extras” covered, you and your family are — Port fees and embarkation taxes on our cruises free to kick back and enjoy yourselves and each other. — Minimal medical, accident and evacuation insurance Got some lingering questions? On the fence? Call us! If you need more information, we’re happy to answer your questions or — Educational programs for adults; lecture series and Young Explorer program for kids put you in touch with a family that’s traveled with us before. You can also check out detailed itineraries and find additional trip information on our website at: — Pre-departure materials, including recommended reading list, selected books, map alumni.stanford.edu/goto/familyadventures. and travel information

Contact Us: — Services of our professional tour managers to assist you throughout the trip To reserve space or for more information: Call : (650) 725-1093 Fax : (650) 725-8675 Email : [email protected] What’s NOT included: Web : alumni.stanford.edu/goto/familyadventures — International and U.S. domestic airfare

— Passport and visa fees

— Immunization costs

— Meals and beverages other than those specified as included in each trip itinerary

— Independent and private transfers

— Trip-cancellation/interruption and baggage insurance

— Excess-baggage charges

— Personal items such as internet access, telephone and fax calls, laundry and gratuities for nongroup activities

21 Terms and Conditions

Deposits, Payments and Eligibility Responsibility reserved to cancel any program prior to Cancellations We encourage membership in the Alumni The Stanford Alumni Association, Stanford departure in which case the entire A $1,000-per-person deposit is required Association as the program cost for University and our operators act only as payment will be refunded without further to hold space for each Family Adventure. nonmembers is $200 more than the agents for the passenger with respect to obligation on our part. The right is also Send your check or charge instructions members’ price. Families may travel on transportation and ship arrangements and reserved to decline to accept or retain any with your completed reservation form to one membership. For more information or exercise every care possible in doing so. person as a member of the program. No the address on the mailing panel or place to purchase a membership, visit alumni. However, we can assume no liability for refund will be made for an unused portion your deposit online. Final payment is due stanford.edu/goto/membership or call injury, damage, loss, accident, delay or of any tour unless arrangements are 120 days prior to departure. Child rates (650) 725-0692. irregularity in connection with the service made in sufficient time to avoid penalties. apply to children ages 18 and younger on of any automobile, motorcoach, launch Baggage is carried at the owner’s risk the date the Adventure begins. Deposits or any other conveyance used in carrying entirely. It is understood that the ship’s and any payments are refundable, less a out this program or for the acts or defaults ticket, when issued, shall constitute the $500-per-person cancellation fee, until of any company or person engaged in sole contract between the passenger 120 days prior to departure. After that date, conveying the passenger or in carrying and the cruise company. The airlines refunds can be made only if the program out the arrangements of the program. concerned are not to be held responsible is sold out and your place(s) can be We cannot accept any responsibility for for any act, omission or event during resold, in which case a $1,000-per-person losses or additional expenses due to the time passengers are not onboard cancellation fee will apply. As a condition delay or changes in air or other services, their plane or conveyance. Neither the of participation, all confirmed participants sickness, weather, strike, war, quarantine, Alumni Association, Stanford University are required to sign a Release of Liability. force majeure or other causes beyond our nor our operators accept liability for any control. All such losses or expenses will carrier’s cancellation penalty incurred by Insurance have to be borne by the passenger as tour the purchase of a nonrefundable ticket in Stanford Travel/Study provides all travelers rates provide arrangements only for the connection with the tour. Program prices who are U.S. or Canadian citizens with time stated. We reserve the right to make are based on rates in effect in September minimal medical, accident and evacuation such alterations to this published itinerary 2014 and are subject to change without coverage under our group-travel insurance as may be deemed necessary. The right is notice to reflect fluctuations in exchange policy. Our group policy is intended to rates, tariffs or fuel charges. provide minimal levels of protection while you are traveling on this program. You may choose to subscribe to optional trip-cancellation and baggage insurance. A brochure offering such insurance will be provided to U.S. residents with their welcome materials. The product offered in this brochure includes special benefits if you purchase your policy within a specified window: 14 to 21 days of the date listed on the welcome letter, depending on your destination and state of residence.

22 California Seller of Travel Program Registration #2048 523-50

Reservation Form Participants Reservation and Deposit Please reserve our places on the following host name birth date stanford class 2015 Family Adventure(s):

Galápagos JUNE 22 TO 30, 2015 (14386) guest name relation to host birth date stanford class

Tanzania JULY 3 TO 15, 2015 (14391)

guest name relation to host birth date stanford class Montana JULY 5 TO 12, 2015 (14392)

Aegean JULY 15 TO 25, 2015 (14394)

guest name relation to host birth date stanford class St. Petersburg DEC. 26, 2015, TO JAN. 3, 2016 (14438)

Here is our deposit of $ ______($1,000 per person). guest name relation to host birth date stanford class Enclosed is my check (payable to “Stanford Alumni Association”) or Charge my deposit to my: VISA MasterCard American Express

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Room Preferences (PLEASE INDICATE WHICH FAMILY MEMBERS WILL ROOM TOGETHER):

NAMES CATEGORY PREFERENCE (GALAPÁGOS & AEGEAN ONLY)

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2. ______/______/______1ST CHOICE ______2ND CHOICE ______

3. ______/______/______1ST CHOICE ______2ND CHOICE ______

SIGN UP Mail completed form to address on mail panel, or fax to (650) 725-8675 or place your deposit online at alumni.stanford.edu/goto/familyadventures. ONLINE 23 © 2014 STANFORD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. © 2014 STANFORD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Nonprofit Org. Stanford Family Adventures U.S. Postage STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY PAID Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center Stanford Alumni 326 Galvez Street Association Stanford, CA 94305-6105 (650 ) 725-1093 TIME VALUE

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