ABAC OFFERS TRIP TO LONDON, PARIS, & THE CHATEAUX

Anyone planning a vacation during the summer of 2004 may be interested in the London, Paris, and Chateaux trip offered by Abraham Baldwin College’s Public Service & Business Outreach Center.

The trip is open to anyone who would like to attend. A $95 non-refundable deposit reserves a place. Within 30 days after the initial deposit, a minimum payment of $400 is due. The deadline for full payment is March 15.

For more information about the trip or to request an application, contact Debra McCrary, Office Manager in ABAC’s Public Service & Business Outreach Center and coordinator of the trip, at (229) 386-3267, or e-mail her at dmccrary@abac.edu.

The nine-day trip is a tour package designed by CHA (Cultural Heritage Alliance) Educational Tours. Projected dates of the trip are June 23 – July 1. SDU (Staff Development Unit) credit is available. The total cost of the trip is approximately $2,538. The fee is based on double occupancy for adult travelers and Atlanta departure.

During their stay, members of the travel group will visit several famous places and landmarks in London, including Trafalgar Square, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Piccadilly Circus, No. 10 Downing Street, Kensington Palace, Royal Albert Hall, Hyde Park, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Buckingham Palace. Travelers will also visit Stonehenge and then board a ferry and cross the channel to Northern France.

In France, tourists can connect with American history on the D-Day beaches, where Allied troops invaded occupied France during World War II. They will also visit the Arromanches Invasion Museum, the island of Mont St. Michel off the Normandy coast, the Loire Valley, with visits to Chenonceaux, and the massive castle Chambord. En route to Paris, travelers will visit Gothic Chartres Cathedral and King Louis XIV’s Versailles Palace. Sightseeing tours in Paris will highlight the Place de l’opera, the Place de la Concorde, the Champes-Elysees, with its massive Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Louvre Museum.

  “June of 2004 is a perfect time to visit the Normandy beaches because this year marks the 60^th anniversary of the D-Day invasion,” McCrary said. “The opportunity to visit this site as well as other historic sites in France and England made planning our 2004 trip fun and easy.”

The price for the trip covers round-trip air transportation, seven nights’ accommodations in selected three and four star hotels, the full-time services of a professional, multi-lingual tour director, all on-tour transportation services, two meals daily (usually breakfast and dinner), guided city sightseeing tours, walking tours as per itinerary, and taxes.

Other ABAC trips have included visits to Greece and the Greek Islands; London, Paris, and the Alps; Italy; England and Ireland; and England, Ireland, and Scotland. Last summer, ABAC sponsored a trip to the Hawaiian Islands.

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