Here's the schedule of activites (except I won't be coming back to the States until July 8th).
I'll be more excited once finals are over and I have time to process all of this zany information.
NOTE: B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner
Tue May 12: Leave Atlanta
Beijing:
Wed., May 13: Arrive Beijing, a tour guide will meet the group at the Beijing International Airport, transfer to the Hotel. (D)
Thur. May 14: Great Wall. After tour, drop the group at Wangfujing/Qianmen shopping district, take taxi back to hotel on your own, bus will return to the hotel, you can explore the city on you own, or participate in your class field trip. (BL)
Fri. May 15: Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City. Take a hutong tour in the afternoon (include a ride with Rickshaws and residences of a hutong family and a Qing dynasty official residence). Visit some Olympic Game sites. After the tour, drop group at Shichahai lakeside entertainment district, bus will return to the hotel. (BLD)
Sat. May 16: Summer Palace
Overnight train to Xi’an. Dinner on the train on your own, transfer to the Hotel. (BL)
Xian:
Sun. May 17: Xi’an City Tour in the afternoon. Big Wild Goose Pagoda, City Wall (bicycle ride on your own), (L)
Mon. May 18: Terra-Cotta Warriors’ Museum. Visit a terra-cotta reproduction factory and Huaqing Hot Springs during the trip. Tang Dynasty Dinner Show in the evening in Xi’an. (BLD)
Tue. May 19: Free morning, visit Provincial Museum, Grand Mosque and adjacent Ancient Culture Street with a faculty member, Train to Zhengzhou, dinner on the train on your own, arriving in the evening, take the group to students resident hall on Zhengzhou University (ZU) new campus. Distribute on-campus meal cards.(B)
Zhengzhou:
Wed. May 20: Program on-campus orientation meeting in the morning, meet your ZU buddies in the afternoon, take a campus tour with ZU students, have a meal on campus or visit downtown Zhengzhou or nearby restaurants.
Thur. May 21: Class day
Fri. May 22: Class day, afternoon cultural enrichment class 1, evening party with Chinese students
Sat. May 23: Yuntai Mountain Geological Park (on UNESCO World Geological Park list) (L)
Sun. May 24: Free day
Mon. May 25: Class day, afternoon cultural enrichment class 2
Tue. May 26: Class day, afternoon field trip to a media agency (COMM class) or a firm (BUSA class)
Wed. May 27: Class day, afternoon field trip to a public/private sector site (e.g., new city district,
the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, bank, or manufacturing site).
Thur. May 28: Class day, afternoon cultural enrichment class 3
Fri. May 29: Class day, afternoon cultural enrichment class 4
Sat. May 30: Shaolin Temple and Pagoda Forest. visit Yuan Dynasty Astronomy Observatory, Watch kongfu performance inside the temple. (L)
Sun. May 31: Free morning, host family visit in the afternoon, to be arranged by ZU
Mon. June 1: Visit a school in the morning to help celebrate International Children’s Day, to be arranged by ZU.
Tue. June 2: Class day, afternoon cultural enrichment class 5
Wed. June 3: Luoyang--Longmen Grotto, White Horse Temple, and Lord Guanyu's Tomb, and a Tang
tri-color pottery factory. (L).
Thur. June 4: Class day
Fri. June 5: Class day (last day of classes)
Sat. June 6: Free day, evening dinner in a Western-style restaurant (program partially subsidized).
subsidized cost in Softel or Mamamia or other place of faculty choice.
Shanghai:
Sun. June 7: Take speed Train in the morning to Shanghai, lunch on the train on your own, check in at
the hotel, early group dinner, and watch an acrobatic show in the evening. (D)
Mon. June 8: Visit Yu Garden, the Chenghuang Temple shopping district in the
morning. Free afternoon, after dinner take evening boat ride on Huangpu River. (BD)
Tue. June 9: Takes Maglev train to Pudong International Airport for flight back home. (B)
I still haven't gotten the itinerary for the intense language study :(
