European Trip 2009 Details   

Click the link above for a homemade phraseology. Start practicing now!

Cool You Tube videos to check out in Fernch:
 Les Poissons (The fish), Savez-vous planter les choux? (Do you want to plant a cabbage?)
 ABBA singing Waterloo in French!  and  Abba singing Waterloo in German!
German Language 1 featuring a German 9th  grader and  German Lessons Unit 1 : Greetings
Schnappi das kleine Krokodil (Schnappi the little crocodile) and the Schnappi rock version

Dates: Approximately June 8-24, 2009

Where we are going: London, Paris, Heidelberg

What we will do when we get there.
Participate in the planning and we can add or delete places as you decide!
Click on the links to learn more about each place
If you want to add anything, email Joe.

    London:
        visit Westminster Cathedral
        see the Tower of London and Crown Jewels
        ride the London eye
        attend a play in the West End Theatre District
        visit the New Covent flower market
        attend the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace
        do a scavenger hunt in the Tube
        visit the Royal Observatory where Greenwich Mean Time is measured
        take a side trip to Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral
        take a side trip to Canterbury and the Canterbury Cathedral
        EAT: fish and chips; bread pudding, bubble and squeak, bangers and mash, chicken tikka masala,
                and for the most adventurous: haggis

    Paris:
        Visit the Louvre
        visit the Musée ď Orsay
        visit Notre Dame
        visit Sacré Coeur
        visit Saint-Sulpice church
        walk in the footsteps of Robert Langdon
        walk through Montmartre
        visit the Champs-Élysées
        visit the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
        Eat: baguettes, croissant, have coffee on a Parisian street, chicken cordon bleu, pastries, and ratatouille
        A possible restaurant to visit: Le Vieux Bistro

    Heidelberg
        see the historic and beautiful castle
        take a walk in the woods
        take a boat ride up the Neckar river
        visit Roman ruins in Ladenburg
        hang out at the Schwimmbad music club
        possible side trip to: Worms! Check out the Diet of Worms here!
        possible stay at farm house, Possible dinner at farm
        hang out with local teens
        Eat: giant pretzels, the best ice cream ever, meat you cook on a hot rock at Die Kartoffel, bratwurst, schnitzel, and Schweinehaxen

        Fundraising progress approximately $3000 raised so far 6/20/08

        Expected cost: about $3000 per person.
        About $2000 will be fundraised.
        The balance each person will be responsible for.

Euro to Dollar Converter On October 6,  2008 1 Euro cost $1.35 and 1 Great Britain Pound cost $1.74 New lows for the year!