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BEMENT TRIP TO FRANCE – JUNE 7-28, 2015
Proposed Itinerary
Sunday, June 7
Monday, June 8
Tuesday, June 9
Wednesday, June 10
Thursday, June 11
Friday, June 12
Saturday, June 13
Sunday, June 14
Leave Bement for Paris
AM arrival in Paris; settling in with families
PARIS: Lunch along Seine River, boat ride on
Seine, Invalides (Napoleon’s Tomb)
Attend classes at L’Ermitage for part of AM; visit shops in
Maisons-Laffitte: bakery, open-air market; home with
hosts at noon (half day of school)
PARIS: Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, Deportation
Museum, ice cream at Berthillon
PARIS: Sacré-Cœur church, Montmartre (artists’ district), the
Madeleine, the Opera, shopping in Galeries Lafayette dept.
store
Weekend with host families
Monday, June 15
PARIS: Père Lachaise cemetery, Place des Vosges, Pompidou
Center, Les Halles, St. Eustache church, Hôtel de Ville
Tuesday, June 16
PARIS: Musée d’Orsay (Impressionist collections), Latin Quarter
(Shakespeare & Co., St. Julien le Pauvre), Luxembourg Gardens
Wednesday, June 17 PARIS: Ste Chapelle church, Musée Grévin (wax museum);
Galeries Lafayette
Thursday, June 18
VERSAILLES: Picnic in “the Hamlet”; visit the gardens; tour the
palace
Friday, June 19
PARIS: Arc de Triomphe, lunch at the Café George V, Champs
Élysées (strolling and shopping), Place de la Concorde
Saturday, June 20
Sunday, June 21
Weekend with host families
Monday, June 22
PARIS: Louvre Museum, lunch in Tuileries Gardens, visit Musée
de l’Orangerie
Tuesday, June 23
Day trip to La Roche-Guyon château, Giverny (house and
gardens of Claude Monet)
Wednesday, June 24 PARIS:ParisStory (multi-media presentation on Paris history and
culture); Musée Cluny (medieval); lunch at café St. Séverin;
shopping (Latin Quarter)
Thursday, June 25
Depart by bus for Brittany/Normandy; visit Chartres Cathedral
en route (Guided tour by Malcolm Miller at 12:00); Fougères
Friday, June 26
Visit Mont St. Michel (abbey and ancient town) and St. Malo
(walled city and swimming beach on English Channel); Fougères
Saturday, June 27
Bayeux Tapestry, D-Day museum in Bayeux, Omaha Beach, the
American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer; drive to Rouen;
dinner and time to explore the old quarter of Rouen (Cathedral,
Gros Horloge (clocktower), the old market square.
Sunday, June 28
Leave hotel for our flight from Paris; arrive at Bement late evening.