- Trip to Greece - 2010

1. Thursday, March 11 to Monday, March 22 - Trip to Greece - 2010

2. Teachers: Please email both of us together • Janis Richardson richardsonj@staff.ednet.ns.ca • Pascale Chambon-Dias pdias@staff.ednet.ns.ca • Doug Fitzpatrick (admin)

4. Itinerary - Draft • Direct from Halifax • 12 days (March 11-22) • Athens (Parthenon, Acropolis, Olympic site, …..) • Tolo (Olympia guided visit) • Delphi (ruins, Temple of Apollo, Mount Parnassus…) • Cape Sounion • Cruise • Some free time (2hours)

5. Athens http://macedoniadaily.blogspot.com/2009/02/greek-historians-against-statue-of.html http://www.casayego.com/europeancities/athens/athens-b.jpg http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g189400-Athens_Attica.html http://www.greeklandscapes.com/image-slides/athens/pages/athens-01.html http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olympic_Stadium_of_Athens.jpg

6. http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g616164-Tolo_Peloponnese.htmlhttp://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g616164-Tolo_Peloponnese.html Tolo http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolo-from-boat.jpg http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g616164-d613297-Panorama_Tolo-Tolo_Peloponnese.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/adam79/2276879119/

7. Delphi http://www.wvup.edu/study_abroad/DSCN1194.JPG http://everystockphoto.s3.amazonaws.com/delphi_greece_sacredway_307870_l.jpg http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1566-341869 http://www.virtourist.com/europe/greece/delphi/imatges/02.jpg http://www.virtourist.com/europe/greece/delphi/imatges/24.jpg

8. Cape Sounion http://www.art.com/products/p11858335-sa-i1412506/phyllis-picardi-temple-of-poseidon-cape-sounion-greece.htm http://blogs.kilroytravels.dk/journal/search/index.php?home_country=GB http://atheism.about.com/od/greekmythologyreligion/ig/Sounion-Temple-Poseidon-Greece/Sounion-Temple-Poseidon-View.htm http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080620.html

9. Price • Total: $3200 (with taxes and airport fees) • Deposit of 195$ + insurance cost. (not returned) • Insurance = $15/day (approximately – for travel and health) • Prices increase June 27th, but if five students enroll by June 26th, it will lock our tour fees for our entire group until the end of September • students who sign up later will have to pay higher rates ($100-$200)

10. Price includes • Round-trip airfare • Sleeping/hotel accommodations • Cruise • Breakfast & Diner included (on their own for lunch) • Full-time services of a professional Tour Director • Guided sightseeing tours and city walks as per itinerary • Visits to select attractions as per itinerary

11. Price does not include • Passport and visa fees (non Canadian citizens must secure any necessary visas) • Airlines fuel surcharges (all subject to change) • Beverages at dinner • Lunch, unless specified in the itinerary • Optional excursions and/or extensions • Explorica Travel Protection with Cancel for Any Reason Guarantee • Local transportation to unscheduled activities • Tips to Tour Director, bus drivers, and cruise staff • Spending money

12. Insurance • When you sign up, we require that you to take insurance with Explorica as it facilitates the situation should we need to use it in Greece. • $15/day • It is for both – pre and on tour (travel and health)

13. Explorica insurance covers • A traveller's injury, sickness, or death of an immediate family member • Theft of passport or visas • Flight cancellations due to strike or bad weather • Loss of luggage and personal effects • Trip Cancellation or Trip Interruption due to covered reasons such as covered sickness, injury or death • Trip Cancellation or Trip Interruption due to Terrorist Acts, as defined • http://explorica.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/explorica.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=88

14. Fundraising • No school organized fundraising for the trip • You may organize your own fundraising activities – however it has to be okayed by the school (legal). • When you contact us - We can also send you a letter for your activity should you need one.

15. Things you need to do soon • Get a passport, it will cost around $90 and takes about 4 months to process. • Make sure you are up to date with your shots, although no more are necessary for this trip – talk to you doctor. • Buy insurance (travel or health) as you book the trip. – we need proof of travel insurance.

16. Things to do Sept-Dec. • Forms and student picture. • Make payments on the website. • Check teachers’ websites for information.

17. Closer to the trip • Read over guide lines to what is permitted on a plane. • Break-in Walking shoes and pack comfortable clothes. • You can only bring what you can carry in one trip (from bus to room). • Medication • Exchange money in euros.

18. To sign up • One bus = 40 students (with 6 chaperones) • Go to: www.explorica.ca • enter your TCID (chambon-dias-6837) • Press “Go” • click on the red "SIGN ME UP" button Note: $2,607 is only the tour fee

19. To sign up • Name, date of birth, contact information • Price breakdown • **IMPORTANT** Explorica currently has a June promotion for anyone who signs upin June. During the signup process (step 2) you will be presented with the cost breakdown. PLEASE ENSURE THAT you USE THE VOUCHER CODE: “JUNE100” and you will receive $100 off if you sign up in June.

20. To sign up • Payment Method. • Final confirmation. • Print your confirmation

21. To sign up • Should you find that you are blocked. It may be that 40 students have already signed up. • Therefore, email the two teachers immediately to place student’s name on a waiting list. • pdias@staff.ednet.ns.ca • richardsonj@staff.ednet.ns.ca

22. Questions?????