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Studenti,

Here is a quick look at the first week. (If you did not receive the first note on beginning to prepare, please email me or see Prof. Teeter's blog.)

June 23: We will leave for Rome from Atlanta. The first leg of our trip will be an overnight flight to Frankfurt; the second, a two hour flight from Frankfurt to Rome. In addition to your checked luggage, bring a good book, an I-pod or music device, warm and comfortable clothes for the overnight flight, and a carry-on bag with at least one pair of clothes. If you are bringing a laptop, you must do so in your carry-on. Also, wear clothes, such as slip-on shoes, that will get you through security quickly and easily. Most importantly, have your passport on your person (in a pocket).

June 24: Arrive in Rome. A bus will pick us up in Rome.

June 24: Arrive in Montepulciano and get settled. (Generally, a small van picks us up at the bottom of the hill to take us to our apartments. The process, once in Montepulciano, will take one to two hours.)

June 25: Breakfast and tour of Montepulciano. (We will gather for breakfast. After breakfast, we will give you a tour of Montepulciano, including a stop by the food market and the school.)

June 26: Dinner.

June 27: Morning and Afternoon Classes, a meeting, and dinner. At the conclusion of the afternoon class, we will have a group meeting to discuss the upcoming week and to reiterate the rules. Dinner will follow.

June 28: Vatican Museum, lunch and dinner. You will need to be at the bus by 6:50 A.M. (The bus leaves no later than 7:00. On the June 25 tour, we will show you where the bus leaves. If you are not on, you will miss this fieldtrip, and your morning class grade will drop a letter.) For this trip only, you will be given a paper sack lunch. Once in Rome, we will break into our morning classes to tour the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peters. We will return from Rome for dinner.

June 29: Morning and Afternoon Classes, dinner.

June 30: Uffizi and Academia, dinner. You will need to be at the bus by 6:50 A.M. We will leave for Florence for a tour of the Uffizi Art Museum (one of the great art museums of Europe) in the morning and a tour of the Academia to see Michaelangelo's David in the afternoon. (You will see these museums with your afternoon classes.) Students can either leave from Florence to weekend destinations or travel back to Montepulciano for dinner. Dinner will only be available to those who travel back to Montepulciano.

July 1-3: This is the first weekend to travel. Most students arrange to leave Florence during the late afternoon (do not arrange anything earlier than 4:30, and do not ask your professor if you can leave early!). Students generally travel to places easily accesible from Florence, namely Venice, Milan, Turin, Genoa. (If you are planning to travel to Cinque Terra, your best bet is the Thursday we are in Pisa, July 14.)

July 3: Dinner. Remember, you need to be back for classes on Monday. The safest option is to arrive back in Montepulicano mid-afternoon or before on Sunday, July 3.)


Dr. Harper