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Schedule of Activities - Summer 2008

Day/Date Time Place Event
Thu. 6/12 Afternoon
7:30 pm
Hotel
Hotel
Students check into hotel
Dinner
Fri. 6/13 All day
7:30 pm

Hotel
Free
Dinner - Orientation and signing of language pledge
Sat. 6/14 10:00 am -12:00 pm
1:30 - 3:00 pm
7:30 pm
Hotel
Leave from Hotel
Hotel
Plenary session: Histoire de Tours et de la Touraine
Visit of downtown Tours + "Petit Train" ride

Dinner
Sun. 6/15 9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Hotel
Leave from Hotel
Hotel
Group convenes in lobby - Check out & Stow luggage
Trip to Loches and to goat farm
Host families pick up students
Mon. 6/16 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Institut CIW classes begin - Meet in courtyard at 9:45
Tues. 6/17

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Institut CIW classes
Wed. 6/18 10:00 - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Institut
Institut, room 11
CIW classes
Lecture: Food and wine culture in Touraine
Thu 6/19

10:00 am - 1:00 pm
2:30-3:30 pm

Institut
Institut, room 11
CIW classes
Meeting with French Students
Fri. 6/20 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Institut CIW class
Sat. 6/21 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
2:30 - 6:30 pm
Meet at Rue Nationale
Meet at Bd Bérenger
In town
Field Trip to Vouvray (Cellars visit - wine tasting)
Field Trip to Amboise
Fête de la Musique
Sun. 6/22 9:30 am - 5:30 pm Meet at Bd Bérenger Field trip to Langeais & Blois
Mon. 6/23 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
2:30 p. - 5:30 pm
Institut
Meet at #6 bus terminal
CIW classes
Field Trip to Carrefour / Shopping Mall
Tue. 6/24 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Afternoon/Evening
Institut
Leave from Institut
Leave from Institut
CIW class
Visit halles (covered marketplace)
Movie
Wed. 6/25 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Afternoon
Institut
In town
CIW class
Individual Site Visits
Thu. 6/26 10:00 am - 1:00 p.m.
Institut
CIW classes
Fri. 6/27 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Institut
Institut, room 11/14
Placement test
Teachers' going-away party
from Friday June 27 in the afternoon until Tuesday July 2: OFF
Wed. 7/3 9:30 am
10:00 am
Institut courtyard
Institut
Placement test results
Institut classes begin
Classes at the Institut take place daily (weekdays only) from Wed., July 3 until Wed., July 30 inclusively
Sat. 7/4 1:30 - 6:30 pm
Meet at Bd Bérenger
Field Trip to Chambord  
Mon. 7/28 TBD Institut office SFS Proficiency Exam
Tue. 7/29 TBD Institut office SFS Proficiency Exam
Wed. 7/30 TBD Institut office
Institut, room 11/14
SFS Proficiency Exam
Going-Away Party
Thu. 7/31  Students leave Tours
hôtel= Hôtel Relai Saint-Éloi 20, rue Giraudeau
Institut= Institut de Touraine, 1, rue de la Grandière
For detailed maps and directions, see the Mappy site at http://www.mappy.fr 

PERSONNEL

Director: Dr. Guy SPIELMANN

CIW Faculty: Dr. Roger BENSKY and Dr. Michelle GHATTAS

Institut de Touraine Staff: Mme Christine PIERRE (coordination) et M. Olivier DUFRESNE (lectures and visits)

Housing Coordinator
: Mme Brigitte HÉNON


Assistant to the Director : Mlle Dorothée POLANZ




<-- Olivier Dufresne provides expert commentary during a visit of the famed Chambord palace

 

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