Members of the group take a break at the thermal pools of Pamukkale.
Photo: Erin Sams.
Monday 7 January - lower 30s no snow
0630 Depart Hiram
0715 at airport - check in
0900 C0 1457 CLE depart with breakfast - minus 3 hours
1105 SEA - Check in AS 76
1200 Lunch - at Alaska in airport
1300 Free
1545 AS 67 SEA depart via Ketchican and Sitka (late departing)
1940 JNU - Katie Palof greet - get vans - minus 1 more hour
2030 Canton House family Chinese meal
2130 Shop at Carrs and schlep luggage to Shrine
2300 All arrive at Shine - unpack - sit around fire, showers
Tuesday 8 January - partly sunny mid 30s
0030 Bed
0700 - 0900 Variable arousal times -Breakfast
0900 Explore Shrine - sea lion, whales, ducks, auklets, gulls, vegetation
1115 Travel Writing Class - Introduction
1215 Lunch - leftover chinese
1330 Biomes Class - Life Zones, and temperate rain forest - assignment Peterson's guide
1430 Free - great whales
1815 Supper - roast turkey & chicken, David's stuffing, baked potatoes, bread, cranberry orange salad, Bavarian apple torte
1915 Free Time
2000 Fictions of Science Class - von Humboldt and Hiram College - assignment Kehlmann 1-66
2050 Free
Wednesday 9 January - 12" snow overnight, partly sunny afternoon lower 30s
0800 Breakfast
0900 Free for reading
1200 Lunch - sandwiches & half hour pudding
1300 Free
1400 Mendenhall Glacier
1615 U Ak Bookstore & food shop, some to UAS library for e-mail
1745 Return to Shrine
1810 Chicken soup, green salad, sourdough and wheat bread, rote gruetsa and rice pudding
1915 Biomes Class - Biomes overview - climate & plants; Observations from Mendenhall
2015 Break
2030 Fictions of Science Class - Kehlman chap 1 discussion of Gauss & von Humboldt - who are they?
2130 Free
Thursday 10 January - Field Trip all 3 classes - mostly sunny upper 30s lower 40s
0800 Breakfast to order - chef Troy; pack lunch
0930 Depart for UAS
1015 To wetlands at the airport
1030 Observe wetlands
1155 To Mendenhall Visitor Center
1210 Lunch at Center & visit center
1345 To Alaska State Museum
1400 Native American artifacts
1530 Shop in Juneau
1730 El Sombrero Mexican Restaurant - Supper, with Katie Palof
1900 To Shrine or The Alaskan Hotel (then to The Imperial Saloon)
2215 Return to Shrine
Friday 11 January - partly sunny upper 30s
0830 Humpback, Pacific whitesided dolphins, harbor seals & Stellar's Sea Lions feeding sightings from Shrine - all day
1000 Free to read
1200 Soup leftovers for lunch
1300 More sightings of cetaceans and pinnepeds
1415 Biomes Class - Marine Biomes - Feeding Ecology of Marine Mammals
1515 Break
1530 Fictions of Science Class - Kehlmann Chapters 2-5 & English translations of von Humboldt - The Sea, The Teacher & The cavern
1630 Free for the evening
1800 Vegetarian Lasagna, tossed salad supreme, pan de beurre saisone, vin rouge de Australia, ice cream over lava (hot fudge sundae) cake
Saturday 12 January - snow upper 20s
Mostly Free day
1200 Lunch - leftover soup, lasagna noodle with cheese sauce, sandwiches
1300 Travel Writing - Class
1400 Free
1430 Optional workout in town for some, Shop DT
1630 Return Free
1800 Katie, Chris and E-Bett for dinner - Baked Sockeye Salmon in Mustard Sauce, couscous, baguettes, green beens almandine, fudge brownies with ice cream
2000 Bill and Sharon Wilde - wildlife slides and stories of work in Alaska
2100 Free
Sunday 13 January - more snow - overcast no ferry trip to Skagway low 30s
Wake up as desired
0930 Whales feeding off point with sea lions. NOAA boat tagging whales
1200 lunch
1300 Free
1500 Optional Trip to end of road - aborted by deepsnow
1600 Free
1800 Pork Roast with marjoram, Boston brown bread, baked beans with bacon, couscous with caramelized onions and raisins, Date Bread with cream cheese
Monday 14 January - mostly sunny upper 30s
0730 Breakfast, pack lunches
0745 Shuttles to NOAA
0845 Mike Sigler - NOAA - The potential impact of climate change on Alaskan fisheries
0945 Ebett Siddon - NOAA - Arctic Underwater Research
1030 Tour of NOAA Museum - Bruce Wise - NOAA Auk Bay
1130 Group Shop at Safeway
1200 Lunch at NOAA
1257 Chris Siddon - Alaska State Fish and Game - Monitoring and estimating shellfish populations for commercial fishing
1345 Alex Andrews - NOAA - Estimating the trophic postion of the spiny dogfish based on carbon and nitrogen isotopes
1420 Tour of Chemistry Lab - Larry NOAA, Genetics Lab - Sharron Hawkins, Aquarium Hiram '87 & NOAA
1512 Katie Palof ' 2003 & University of Alaska Fairbanks - Using population genetics of Pacific rockfish to determine fisheries policies
1545 Jim Murphy - NOAA - Early marine ecology of juvenile salmon in an age of climate change
1615 Return to Shrine
1800 Broccoli and Bacon Quiche, Salad Greens, Corn with thyme, Bread Pudding
1900 Clean Shrine and Free
Tuesday 15 January - very snowy JNU low 30s; overcast SEA 40s
0700 Clean, pack lunches, load vans
0830 Shuttles to airport, post office, Fred Meyer for supplies
1130 Check in JNU-SEA
1400 Depart for SEA (delays 15 minutes about)
1730 Arrive SEA (about), get luggage, shuttle to Day's Inn in stages - ahead 1 hour
1815 Check in
1900 Dave's Diner (around the corner - great food)
2030 Free
Wednesday 16 January - mostly sunny in SEA, sunny in Kihei 70s and 80s
0700 Breakfast at Day's Inn
0800 Shuttle to Airport
0830 Check in
1030 Depart for OGG
1405 Arrive OGG behind 2 hours (5 total from CLE), get vans, condos
1700 Last group pick up group shop
1820 Green salad with cucumbers, carrots, fresh mangos, papaya, fresh rolls with turkey, ham and cheese, pumpkin cheesecake
1945 Free
Thursday 17 January - sunny 70-80s
0900 Science as Fiction class - Discussion of the cavern - literal and metaphorical, Romaticism, the trip up the river, sexuality and what we know
1045 Break
1100 Biomes Class - Comparison of Tundra, Boreal Forest, Temperate Rainforest, Alaska species list
1215 Group shop, Snorkel shop
1345 Lunch
1445 Snorkel at Ulua Beach - in groups
1730 Return in groups
1910 Grilled tropical fish relish on Mahi Mahi, Orange Roughy; rice, green salad, bread squares, chocolate chip cookie squares
Friday 18 January - sunny 70s-80s
0830 Ed Lyman - Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary - Overview of humpbacks and some issues that threaten them.
1000 Observation of traditional Hawaiian fish culture methods (the oldest in the world)
1115 Free and lunch
1415 Snorkel at Ahihi Bay and observe Humpback whale breaching, tail lobing, flipper flapping and reproductive behavior
1600 Keone' o'io (Hawaii Historical District), lava fields, observations of leeward slope of Haleakela and rocky intertidal
1730 Return to condo
1930 Grilled burgers, marinated grilled chicken with pineapple, German potato salad, fresh fruit salad, chocolate chip cookie squares
Saturday 19 January - sunny 70s-80s
0900 Biomes - Discussion of Ocean Currents and Tropical Fish communities
0945 Prepare for Field Trip
1030 Swinging Bridges hike - Windward slopes, irrigation systems, lunch at pools
1600 Channelized streams at Wailuku, Ioa State Park - Hawaiian agriculture
1730 return
1900 Shish Kabobs marinated in teriyaki and lemon pepper, fresh fruit salad, Hawaiian Egg Nog Smoothies(a Biomes creation)
2000 Independent work on webpages
Sunday 20 January sunny 80s
Free Day
1100 Group shop
1200 Return
1900 Supper with Ed Lyman and Kate; Hawaiian shrimp curry; mango chutney, fruit salad, green salad, baguettes, fresh pineapple upside down cake.
Monday 21 January sunny 80s sunny
0900 Biomes course - Fish communities - Why Hawaii has fewer species but more endemic species
1000 Depart for Black Rock
1045 Arrive Black Rock - Snorkel, lunch
1300 Full breaching humpback whales off shore
1330 Depart for Condo
1430 Group shop and shop for swimsuits
1530 Return to condo - free
1900 Manicotti, green salad, baked cheese bread, pound cake with papaya cream
Tuesday 22 January - very clear - clouds in afternoon at crater 40s to 80s
0630 Depart for Haleakela
0810 Arrive Visitor's Center
0850 First Group - Hike Sliding Sands & Halemau'u Hike- Observations of altitudinal gradient and microhabit changes
1715 Arrive 2nd Group Halemau'u trailhead
1850 Arrive at Da Kitchen - authentic Hawaiian food
2000 Return to Condo Free
Wednesday 23 January - 70s to 80s sunny
1000 Fictions of Science Class
1115 Finished
1145 Depart for Whale Watch
1215 Check in Whale Watch Prince Keiho
1430 Return from Whale Watch - free to pack work on classes
1900 Pizza and leftovers
2030 Finish packing and bed
Thursday 24 January 80s to 90s sunny
0415 van to airport
0625 Depart OGG
0700 Arrive Honolulu
0815 Check in Ohana Honolulu Airport Hotel - Breakfast
0930 Depart for Bishop Museum by bus
1030 Bishop Museum
1230 Lunch at Bishop Museum
1330 Free for visiting Honolulu or return to hotel - journal - mail packages home
1900 Eat at Japanese or Chinese restaurant
2000 Freee
Friday 25 January 70s when depart
0530 Van to Airport
0600 Check in
0855 Depart HNL
Saturday 26 January - overcast Tokyo and rainy Taipei
International dateline crossed
1310 Arrive Narita Airport Tokyo
1410 Board Plane depart NRT
1720 Arrive Taipei - eat at airport, check internet
2220 Depart TPE
Sunday 27 January - low 80s to low 90s , clear but smog
0110 Arrive BKK
0300 Check in Grand Ville
0900 Breakfast at Grand Ville
1030 Site visit - Wat Po, Grand Palace
1230 Free vegetarian noodle lunch in honor of Queen's sister
1315 Khao San Road arrange bus/boat to Ko Tao
1400 to Royal Barge Sheds
1515 Tour of Canals by barge
1630 Return to Grand Ville via Chinatown
1645 Free
1910 Supper in Chinatown - desert Chinese cookies and durion
2045 Return to Hotel
Monday 28 January - 80s to 90s but smog
0800 Breakfast at Hotel
0900 Biomes - summary of Hawaii and journal writing
1030 Free for journal writing
1150 Check out Hotel
1215 Tuk tuk to Train station - check baggage, purchase train tickets, book Ko Tao
1430 Lunch at train station - Thai Food
1500 Leave for Golden Buddha
1540 Walk to Grand Ville
1630 Minibuses to Khao San road
1700 On own for supper - shopping
1930 Depart for bus pick up
2030 Depart for Chumphon
Tuesday 29 January - sunny in 90s
0030 Rest stop
0530 Arrive dock at Chumphon
0700 Depart for Ko Tao
0830 Arrive at Ko Tao pick up by Ban's via Swangthaew (small pick up with benches)
0900 Arrive at Ban's Diving Resort at Hat Sai Ri - get bungalows
1030 Brunch at Ban's
1200 Free
1430 Snorkel off Ban's Beach
1600 Free
1800 Supper at Chopper's Bar and Grill - Katies Birthday with Blueberry Cake
1945 Free
Wednesday 30 January -90s overcast morning to full sun noon and beyond
0715 Meet for dive
0800 Depart for dive with Ban's - white rock 40 min and twin rocks 40 min
1230 Return - on own for lunch
1500 Review of Itinerary
1515 Class Fictions of Science - Alexander von Humboldt and ecology - seeing the patterns of nature
1545 Biomes Class - Dive group descriptions of species observed and group discussions of patterns - how does this compare with Hawaii
1745 Free
1900 Supper at Thai seaside restaurant
Thursday 31 January - 90s sunny
0800 Breakfast on own
0900 Depart by swangthaew for port
0930 Check in
1000 Express Ferry to Ko Pha Ngan
1200 Transfer Express Ferry via stop at Ko Samui to Surat Thani
Lunch on own on Ferry
1600 Transfer Bus to local bus company
Early supper at stop
1630 Transfer swangthaew and minibus to tourist bus company
1645 Wait for minivans
1815 Minivans to Jungle Hut at Koh Suk
2030 Arrive - supper at Jungle Hut
2130 Finished
Friday 1 February - 90s high humidity, sunny
0600 Up for observations of morning jungle sounds and sights
0800 Breakfast at Jungle Hut
0845 Depart via Swangthaew
0915 Trek through tropical forest with wet-dry season
1038 Observe Rafflesia site
1300 Chicken and Rice lunch on Bamboo with fresh pineapple lunch
1430 Visit Than Sawan 100 foot waterfalls and swimming
1530 Trek down river back to Jungle lodge
1830 Sign out visitor's center
1900 Shower pack
1945 Depart for Surat Thani - supper at highway rest stop
2215 Arrive Surat Thani train station
Saturday 2 February - sunny humid 80s-90s
0100 board train 2 hour delayed - 2nd class aircon sleepers
0715 tea, coffee, juice and toast on board
0845 Arrive Hua Hin
0910 Swangthaew to Hat Laem Sala - then to Tham Kaew cave
1100 Tham Kaew cave with Guides - calcite crystals on features
1230 Return to Hat Laem Sala for lunch at beach
1430 Boats to Forest Service Tents at National Park Beach
1515 Laundry at beach and free time
1630 Free or visit Tham Phraya Nakhon
1900 Supper at Beach Restaurant
2030 Free
Sunday 3 February - sunny humid 80s-90s
0600 Free or visit Tham Phraya Nakhon
0830 Pack
0930 Boats to Hat Laem Sala
1030 Swangthaew to Hua Hin
1130 Lunch and wait for train
1410 Train 3rd class to Bangkok
1930 Arrive late - get luggage, supper train station
2030 Public bus 49 to Best Western Swana
2100 Pack and Free
Monday 4 February - dense smog 50s-60s
0200 Up
0230 Minivan to Airport
0300 Check in
0550 IC 349 BKK
0840 Arrive DEL - customs
1015 Government Bus to YMCA
1055 Check in & Free
1200 Lunch on own & Free
1900 Supper at YMCA
2000 Free
Tuesday 5 February - cool 40s 50s and foggy
0530 Breakfast at YMCA
0600 To New Delhi Railway Station
0650 Dehra Dun Shatabdi IR 2017
1300 Arrive Dehra Dun
1345 Lunch at President Hotel
1445 Bus to Mussoorie
1600 Arrive Mussoorie - hike up 50degree incline with luggage
1700 Check in Hanifl Center
1800 Supper at Woodstock School Lunch Room
1930 Biomes Class - Plate Tectonics and the Tibetan Plateau
2000 Free
Wednesday 6 February - cool 40s-50s partly sunny morning rain afternoon thunderstorms
0715 Breakfast at Woodstock School Faculty Lunch Room
0830 Woodstock Assembly
0845 Tour of School - interviews with Journalism class
1030 Free for Journals
1045 Temperate Evergreen Broadleaf forest walk on Eyebrow- plant ID
Libby Parkinson and Narab Nagarwalla
1230 Lunch Woodstock Faculty Lunch Room
1400 Biome Class - work on presentations for 5th and 11th grade on Biomes
1630 Afternoon Tea
1645 Continue presentation work
1730 Biome Class - Mountain soils and climate
1800 Supper at Woodstock School Lunch Room
1930 Free to work on computers - presentations
2100 Hot Chocolate at the home of Darab Nagarwalla
2200 Free
Thursday 7 February cool high 40s overcast
0745 Breakfast at Woodstock Faculty Lunchroom
0830 Presentations to 5th grade class
0945 Free
1015 Morning Tea with cake
1030 Computer use for loading blogs and redoing presentations
1200 Packed lunch at alumni office
1310 11th Grade Environmental Science class presentations Libby Parkinson
1430 Return to Hanifl Center to pack
1645 Taxis to Dehra Dun
1810 Shop or relax Dehra Dun - Meet Mrs. Mody
1715 Supper Hotel
1830 Depart for train station
2030 IR 4042 Dehra Dun to Delhi
Friday 8 Feb 50s to 60s in Delhi overcast
0650 Arrrive Delhi - wait for next train
1240 IR 4311 Ala Hazrat Express Delhi Depart
1835 Arrive Jaipur - tuk tuk to hotel
2000 Leave for supper - walk and tuk tuk
2100 Supper at Bisshar Palace
2200 Walk to Classic Inn
2230 Classic Inn Sleep
Saturday 9 February - 50s to high 70s sunny with smog
0830 Breakfast at Classic Inn
0915 Biomes Class - Mountain Cultures as a reflection of Environment
1015 Tour of Jaipur
1115 Iswari Minar Swarga Sal
1150 Tripolia Gate & snacks
1200 City Palace
1345 Lunch on Street
1400 Jantar Mantar Observatory
1530 Hawa Mahal
1630 Change Money & Break - walk to supper
1715 Supper at Ganesh Restaurant on top of city wall
1640 Raj Mandar Theater - Bollywood Movie Sunday
2110 Walk to Hotel
2150 Arrive Classic Inn - pack and sleep
Sunday 10 February - 50s to high 70s sunny
0515 Walk to Train Station
0610 IR 2987 Jaipur to Bharatpur
0908 Arrive Bharatpur, purchase train ticket, arrange hotel
1015 Tuk tuk to Falcon Guest House
1045 Lunch
1300 Walk to Keoladeo Ghana National Park arrange bikes & guides
1400 Guided cycle tour through park
1900 Return to Falcon Guest House for supper
1930 Supper
2100 Free
Monday 11 February - coolish in 50s to 60s
0900 Breakfast at Falcon Guest House
1100 Tuk tuk to bus station
1145 Public bus to Agra
1345 Arrive Agra - Tuk tuk to Sheela Inn
1430 Group lunch at Sheela Inn
1600 Free
1930 Birthday Supper Steve Milcinovic PRVI Hotel
2100 Free
Tuesday 12 February cool 50s to high 70s
0515 Birthday pancake Steve Novotny & Breakfast
0615 Taj Mahal visit
0845 Group picture
0900 To Red Fort
0930 Visit Red Fort
1100 Tuk Tuk for Sheela Inn Lunch
1145 Pack for taxis
1200 Taxis to Bharatpur
1400 Wait for train
1545 IR 2060 Bharatpur to Sawai Madhopur
1845 Arrive - cantor to Tiger Safari Resort
2030 Supper at Resort
2130 Free
Wednesday 13 February - 40s in morning 70s in day
0500 Wake up Call
0530 Tea and Biscuits at Tiger Safari Restaurant
0610 Depart for Ranthambore National Park
0630 Arrive Ranthambore - check in - select route #1
0650 Begin Safari
1115 End Safari
1200 Lunch at Tiger Safari Restaurant - lunch outdoors
1330 Free Afternoon
1630 Biomes Class - Avian Ecology - Indian Birds as examples
1800 Supper at Tiger Safari Resort
1900 Free
Thursday 14 February - 40s at night 70s in day
1030 Group Breakfast at Tiger Safari Resort
1145 To Sawai Modhopur Train Station
1330 IR 2904 Golden Temple Mail Depart Sawai Modhopur
Snacks and dinner on sleeper
Friday 15 February - 50s night 80s day - hazy
0535 IR 2904 Arrive at Bombay Central
0630 Max Chinais - find sleeping accommodations
0730 Masalla Tea with the Chinais and Welcome by Max
0900 Breakfast at Rolling Beans
1030 Free - lunch on own
1415 Tuk tuks to go out on Versova Fishing Boat - ferry to boat
1500 Fishing Boat tour on Arabian Sea - sightings of dolphins & fish
1700 Walk through Versova Fishing Village market
1800 Return - watch sunset over Arabian Sea - Free for own supper & evening
Saturday 16 February - 50s night 80s day - hazy
Biomes Spring Break
0800 Masalla Tea at the Chinai's
0845 Breakfast at Rolling Beans
0945 Shop at Mall
1330 Group lunch at Sharuz
1500 Free rest of day
Sunday 17 February - 60s night 80s day - hazy
Biomes Spring Break
0830 Breakfast
1000 Yoga Instruction
1115 Brunch courtesy of Andheri Lion's Club
1230 Free
1530 Wedding Begins including wedding supper
2130 Finished
Monday 18 February - 60s night 80s day - hazy
Biomes Spring Break
0800 Masalla Tea at the Chinai's
0845 Breakfast at Rolling Beans
0945 To Bombay - via SAGA
1130 Gate of India - Visit Taj Mahal Hotel
1200 Lunch at Alps
1400 Free to Shop & Return home
1900 Dinner at Legacy Chinese Restaurant
2030 Free
Tuesday 19 February - 60s night 80s day - hazy
Biomes Spring Break
0800 Masalla Tea at the Chinai's
0900 Breakfast at Rolling Bean
1000 Free
1730 Group picture
1815 Dinner at the Chinai's home
1930 Pack and rest
2330 Taxis to airport
Wednesday 20 February -high 70s night 90s day - clear mostly sunny
0330 UL142 Mumbai to Columbo
0600 Columbo
0700 UL101 Columbo to Male
0830 Arrive Male International Airport - ferry to Male
0900 Check in Mookai Hotel
0945 Free Lunch and Supper on own
1930 Fictions of Science - Paradigm Shifts and Perceptions - Alexander von Humbolt and the struggle over environmental determinism
2100 Free
Thursday 21 February - high 70s night 90s day- mostly sunny
0630 Breakfast at Kam Hotel
0745 Depart for dive
0845 Register for dive
0930 Dive and snorkel Giravaru caves
1130 Return Lunch - Giravaru resort
1400 Dive and snorkel Lion's Head
1600 Return to Male
1715 Shower
1815 Supper at Seahouse Maldives
1815 Free
Friday 22 February - high 70s night 90s day - mostly sunny
0800 Breakfast at Kam
0930 Class at Mookai - Biomes
Fictions of Science -
1200 Individual Lunches & Free
1900 Lila's seafood buffet
2030 Free
Saturday 23 February
0700 Breakfast at Kam
0745 Depart for Faru Outside Atoll - snorkel and Dive
0830 Sand Bar at Club Med
1015 Faru Outside dive and snorkel
1130 Back to Male to fill tanks
1300 Eat on Boat at
1330 Snorkel at reef
1400 Pick up tanks at Male
1530 Dive and Snorkel at
1630 Return to Male
1730 Free
1830 Dinner at Salsa Café
2100 Free
Sunday 24 February
0745 Breakfast at Kam
0900 Class meeting with Bev Macaloon U.S. Educational Advisor for the Maldives
1000 Free
1100 Walk around Male perimeter
1245 Arrive at Maldives Marine Research Center
Dr. Adam
1345 Tour of Museum
1415 Lunch at Tea Shop
1545 Free
1800 Group Dinner at Dolphin's
2000 Free
Monday 25 February - hi 70s night, 90s day and hazy
0730 Breakfast at Kam
0830 Depart for Male Airport by boat
0845 Arrive Male Airport check in
1140 EK552 depart Male
1450 Arrive Dubai
1600 Bus to Panorama Deira Hotel
1630 Arrive at Hotel - arrange for transfer to Dubai Youth Hostel
1830 Depart for Youth Hostel via Youth Hostel Bus
1915 Arrive Youth Hostel
1945 Supper at Youth Hostel
2030 Free
Tuesday 26 February
Free Day
1900 Depart by minivan to Dhow supper tour
2000 Dhow Al-Sheraa supper tour on Dubai Creek
2245 To Youth Hostel by minivan
2330 Free
Wednesday 27 February
0830 Breakfast
0930 Fictions of Science - Night Thoughts
1100 Internet Café - Work on Blogs 1&2
1300 Lunch at Hostel
1400 Free
1500 Wait for minivan
1600 Depart for Desert Safari
1500 Begin Safari - Landcruiser desert bashing, sunset, camel ride, hooka & henna, supper belly dance
2100 To hostel by minivan
2145 Free
Thursday 28 February
0800 Breakfast
0930 Biomes class - comparison of wet-dry tropical forests
1015 Work on Blogs at internet café
1130 Lunch at internet café food court
1215 Depart for DBX by minivan
1540 EK 923 Depart Dubai
1745 Arrive Cairo - set up tour - minivans to hotel
2000 Arrive Pharaoh Egypt -
2030 Supper at hotel
2230 Free
Friday 29 February - hi 60s night, day high 70s hazy
0700 Breakfast
0800 Change money at Giza Pyramids Bank
0900 Sakarra Pyramids and Tombs
1100 Papyrus Shop
1230 Lunch at Restaurant overlooking Giza Pyramid
1400 Giza Pyramid - look over desert & growth of city
1600 Perfume Shop
1725 Arrive at Egyptian Museum
1830 Depart for Hotel
1930 Supper at Pharaoh Egypt
2100 Free
Saturday 1 March - night mid 50s, day overcast and hazy high 70s
Free Day
Sunday 2 March - night mid 50s Cairo, overcast in afternoon
0700 Breakfast at Pharaoh Egypt
0715 Depart for Airport
1110 MS 737 Depart Cairo
1325 Arrive Istanbul transfer by private bus
Tour arranged in Turkey by Aysen Osem of Demre Tours
1600 Arrive Hotel Asur
1630 Orientation to Sultanahmet area--David Anderson
1830 Group supper
2000 Free
Monday 3 March - night mid 50s, day mid 60s sunny
0730 Breakfast Hotel Asur
1000 Tour of Topkapi Palace with Hakan Kaner - examination of site in relationship to Viktor Jakob and the decline of classicism & the diversity of cultures
1230 Free for lunch
1400 Guided Tour of Blue Mosque - contrast with Hagia Sophia and cultural transitions--Hakan Kaner
1530 Free to explore Sultanhamet and Beyazit
Tuesday 4 March - night mid 50s, day mid 60s sunny
0730 Breakfast Hotel Asur
0830 Depart for meeting with Greenpeace at Taxim
0900 Tour of Taxim Square and pedestrian street - visit Catholic Church of St. Anthony
1000 Greenpeace Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office - lectures on History of Greenpeace, Mediterranean Water Quality Control and Marine Reserves, Renewable Energy and Forest Quality - Hilal Atici and Banu Dokmecioglu; secretary, Basak Grbuz
1130 Return to Sultanahmet & free for lunch
1430 Tour of Hagia Sophia - Melding of cultures, architecture and environment
1600 Free
1630 Grand Bazaar -
2000 Free - visit with Evan Tachovsky - HC exchange student at Bosphorus University
Wednesday 5 March - night mid 50s, day partly sunny high 60s
0730 Breakfast Hotel Aysur
0930 Fictions of Science - Nights Thoughts - Book Structure and Discussion of the morality of museums
1130 Free for lunch
1400 Tour of Bosphorus by boat with students from Istanbul University
1700 Free
Thursday 6 March - overcast night high 50s, day high 60s
0700 Breakfast at Hotel Asur
0830 Depart for Troy via ferry at Gallipoli
1430 Lunch at Kardesler Restaurant - 4 course fish meal
1630 Depart to Troy
1700 Troy
1815 Depart Troy
2030 Arrive at Bacahan Hotel
2045 Supper
2200 Free
Friday 7 March - cool high 50s, day partly sunny low 70s
0830 Breakfast
1145 Jeep tour of Mt. Ida and Kazdag National Park - Adam Osem
1430 Cookout at Park
1630 Return to Hotel
1800 Free
1930 Supper at Hotel
2030 Free
Saturday 8 March - sunny, night 50s day low 70s windy
0800 Breakfast
0930 Depart for Bergama (historic Pergamon)
1230 Pergamon - Historic site visit
1400 Lunch at Kardeslar Restaurant in Bergama
1530 Depart for Pamukkale - rest stops and snacks
2030 Arrive at Hotel Ulum for supper
2230 Free - thermal hot springs pool at hotel
Sunday 9 March - sunny, night 50s, day high 70s
0730 Breakfast
0930 Pamukkale - Hieriopolis visit
1300 Travertine exploration
1415 Lunch at Antik Restaurant buffet
1545 Caudarium at Siparis Hotel red springs pool
1710 Free
1930 Supper at Hotel Ulum
2130 Biomes & ID - Uniformitarianism, Plate Tectonics, Hot Spots and Global Climate Change - What does our site tell us about the world?
2230 Free
Monday 10 March - partly sunny day mid 70s, night 50s
0700 Breakfast
0800 Depart for Ephesus
1130 Arrive Ephesus
1440 Lunch outside of Ephesus
1600 Visit Mary's home
1700 Drive to Izmir
1800 Arrive Izmir - Princess Thermal Hotel
1830 Taking the waters at the Agamemnon Baths (circa 3000 BCE)
1930 Supper at Princess Thermal Hotel
2100 Free
Tuesday 11 March - partly sunny low 70s day, high 50s night
0700 Breakfast
0830 Depart for Istanbul
1430 Lunch
1530 Continue to Istanbul
1830 Arrive Istanbul. Free to shop and pack
Wednesday 12 March - overcast Istanbul - overcast Berlin high 8 low 2
0800 Breakfast
1325 TK 1723 depart Istanbul
1525 Arrive TXL -Tegel Flughafen Berlin - BVW Strike - Taxis to Pension Funk
1700 Arrive Hotel Pension Funk -
1800 Food Money and free
Thursday 13 March - high 9 low 2 - mostly cloudy some rain
0800 Breakfast
0900 Intro to Berlin
0930 Biomes - Mediterranean Scrub Woodlands
1030 Free to do wash and free rest of day
Friday 14 March - partly cloudy, rain - high 9 low 1
0800 Breakfast
0900 Fictions of Science -Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist -
1030 Break
1045 Biomes - Deserts
1330 Das Alte Museum - Egyptian and Antiquities collections
1530 Pergammon Museum
1730 Die Neue Wache: Schinkel & neo-classicism
1830 Supper
1930 Staatsoper - Tchaikovsky ballet
2100 Free
Saturday 15 March - mostly cloudy, high 9 low 1
0800 Breakfast
0900 Fictions of Science -Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist - Themes
1000 Biomes - Tropical Savannahs - Temperate Grasslands
1130 Free
1330 Depart for Natural History Museum (Naturkunde)
1500 Natural History Museum
1700 Supper in Hauptbahnhof
1800 St John's Passion at the Berliner Dom
2030 Return to Pension Funk
Sunday 16 March - showers high 8 low 2
Free day
Monday 17 March - partly sunny high 8 low 0
Free day
Tuesday 18 March - sunny somewhat overcast high 5 low -3
0800 Breakfast
0900 Fictions of Science - Copenhagen and the uncertainty principle in physics and in life
1100 Free
1330 Field trip to Schloss Charlottenburg - Historic rooms
1600 Museum fuer Vor- und Fruehgeschichte - the Schliemann Collection
1700 Free
1900 Depart for early music concert
2000 Cantus Coelln in the Konzerthaus ("Church Year 1680")
2140 Walk to Brandenburg gate: Platz des 18ten Maerz - (imbedded in account of 1848 revolution Measuring the World)
2220 The Holocaust Memorial
2245 Return via rebuilt Potsdamer Platz
Wednesday 19 March - partly sunny high 6 low -5
0800 Breakfast
0900 Fictions of Science - Copenhagen - Themes - knowing another person and family relationships
0930 Biomes - Urban Biomes - Agroecosystems
1045 Free
1330 Depart Botanical Garden
1500 Botanical Garden - Greenhouses
1715 Free
Thursday 20 March - partly sunny high 10 low -3
0630 Breakfast
0700 Depart S-Bahn Zoo to Hauptbahnhof
0730 Wait
0822 IC 2072 Berlin Hauptbahnhof
1023 Hamburg HBF arrive
1042 S1 to Blankenesse
1119 286 Bus to Falkenstein
1125 Arrive Elsa Braendstroem Haus check in
1300 Mittagessen
1400 Intro to EBH and Hamburg
1430 Biomes Class - Temperate Deciduous Broadleaf Forests and Microhabitats
1545 Coffee and cake
1600 Walk through riparian zone Elbe - forest - sand - city
1800 Abendbrot
1900 Free
Friday 21 March - mostly overcast, some sun high 10 low 0
0800 Breakfast & free
1230 Mittagessen
1640 Pack lunch for Opera
1700 Depart for Hamburgische Staatsoper
1900 Don Giovanni - Mozart
2230 To Blankenesse
2330 Free
Saturday 22 March - overcast high 10 low -5
0800 Breakfast - free
1800 Elbe River Shore Easter Fires (optional)
Easter Sunday 23 March - sunny high 8 low -1
Free
Easter Monday 24 March - overcast high 5 low -2, Snow!
0730 Breakfast
0816 Bus to S-Bahn
0905 IR Zug - Depart Hamburg Hbf
0950 Arrive Luebeck
1040 Bach Cantata at St. Jacobikirche
1200 Lunch at Schiffergesellschaft
1315 Heliggeistspital -Camino de Santiago de Compostella
1330 Marienkirche
1430 Buddenbrooks House
1520 To Train Station
1607 IR Zug
1657 Arrive Hamburg Hbf, SBahn to Blankenesse, bus to EBH
1800 Abendbrot delayed
1900 Abendbrot
1930 Free
Tuesday 25 March - overcast high 4 low -3, snow overnight
0800 Breakfast
0900 Bus to Lueneburg
1030 Tour of Lueneburg
1200 Lunch at Justicia Buffet
1245 Free to Shop
1330 Bus to Bergen-Belsen through Lueneberge Heide
1445 Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
1645 To EBH
1815 Supper
1900 Free
Wednesday 26 March - overcast high 6 low -2 Heavy snowfall
0800 Breakfast
0900 Biomes - Wrap up of coral reef, continental shelf, mangroves and freshwater aquatic
1000 Group work on major theme of Biomes course based on experience
1030 Course evaluation
1100 Group summary of biomes
1125 Fictions of Science -The Physicists - Pyschology, controlling knowledge and responsibility
1230 Mittagessen and Free
1800 Abendbrot
Thursday 27 March -
Individual Departures
Dennis Taylor, David Anderson, Daniel Factor and Erin Sams
andersondr at hiram.edu
taylordj at hiram.edu
updated 4 May 2008
Banner Photo by Mathew J. Wilson