IMMEDIATE                                                                                                            FEBRUARY 10, 2004

DEADLINE FOR TRIP TO LONDON, PARIS, & THE CHATEAUX MARCH 15

TIFTON--The deadline for final payment for the trip to London, Paris, and the Chateaux offered by Abraham Baldwin College’s Public Service and Business Outreach Center (PSBOC) is March 15. The trip is open to anyone who would like to attend.

            Debra McCrary, Program Coordinator in ABAC’s PSBOC and Tour Coordinator of the trip, said anyone who has not already registered must submit an enrollment form and full payment by March 10 to allow for processing by the March 15 deadline. The total cost of the trip is approximately $2,538. The fee is based on double occupancy for adult travelers and Atlanta departure.   

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.

During their stay, members of the travel group will visit several famous sites 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 to 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.

“As Tour Coordinator, I am certainly looking forward to visiting some special places in these two countries,” McCrary said. “I am especially excited about the opportunity to visit the site of the D-Day invasion during the 60th anniversary.”

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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. 

For more information about the trip, contact McCrary at (229) 386-3267, or e-mail her at dmccrary@abac.edu. 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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