Europe 08 – Travel Itinerary

The 2006 study abroad team poses on the walls of Carcassonne, a medieval fortified city.  Amber interacts with a street performer.

Below is the basic itinerary for SSU’s upcoming study abroad term in Europe. Students will be exploring museums, galleries, significant pieces of architecture and historic sites throughout the eight-week journey. For a more informative  itinerary, visit the following page enhanced with relevant local information and media links.

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Basic Itinerary 

May 21 depart for Madrid via Montreal and Frankfurt

May 22 arrive Madrid, transit to campsite
May 23 Valle de los Caidos (Madrid)
May 24 Segovia and Avila (Madrid)
May 25 Sun. Madrid city day
May 26 transit Barcelona
May 27 Barcelona city day
May 28 driver day off (Barcelona)
May 29 transit Carcassonne
May 30 transit Nice
May 31 transit Florence

June 1 (Sun.) Florence city day
June 2 Sienna (Florence)
June 3 transit Rome, visit Orvieto on way
June 4 driver day off (Rome)
June 5 driver day off (Rome)
June 6 transit Sorrento, visit Monte Cassino on way
June 7 Pompeii (Sorrento)
June 8 Sun. Naples or Almalfi (Sorrento)
June 9 transit Assisi
June 10 Assisi
June 11 transit Venice, visit Ravenna on way
June 12 driver day off (Venice)
June 13 transit Salzburg
June 14 Salzburg
June 15 Sun. transit Vienna
June 16 Vienna
June 17 Vienna
June 18 transit Prague
June 19 driver day off (Prague)
June 20 driver day off (Prague)
June 21 transit Munich
June 22 Sun. Munich city day
June 23 Dachau (Munich)
June 24 Munich city day
June 25 transit Zurich
June 26 Zurich city day
June 27 driver day off (Zurich)
June 28 Zurich, hike in mountains
June 29 Sun. transit Obernai, visit Colmar on way
June 30 Strasbourg (Obernai camp))

July 1 Strasbourg (Obernai camp))
July 2 transit Paris
July 3 Paris
July 4 driver day off (Paris)
July 5 driver day off (Paris)
July 6 Sun. transit near Caen, visit Chartres Cathedral on way (Chateau camp)
July 7 Juno Beach Centre/ cemeteries / D-day beaches (Chateau camp)
July 8 cross channel (Caen – Portsmouth) and transit near Bath
July 9 Bath, Glastonbury, Wells (Bath camp)
July 10 Oxford (Bath camp)
July 11 transit to Winchester / Avebury & Stonehenge on way
July 12 driver day off (Winchester)
July 13 Sun. Winchester
July 14 London (Winchester)
July 15 London (Winchester)

July 16 transit to Heathrow in London and return to Saint John, NB via Montreal

Here is the same information in a downloadable PDF:

Europe Itinerary 2008