Welcome Orientation Dinner • London Pomp & Pageantry Sights • EuroStar - English Channel Crossing • Paris Museum Pass • French Bistro Dinner • Paris-by-Night • Seine River Boat Cruise • Overnight French Express Train • ROMA Pass * Viva Italia Pasta Party • Rome’s Ancient Ruins • Trevi Fountain • Vatican City & St. Peter’s Basilica • Lavish Roman Banquet...AND MUCH MORE!
Day 1
Travel to London
Board
your jumbo jet for an overnight flight toward the rising sun
in pomp and pageantry London.
Meals:
In-flight meals
Day 2
London
You have
the afternoon to rest or to explore a bit before our welcome
orientation and Pub Dinner. Then join some of your new travel
mates during your free evening: go on a pub-crawl or hobnob
with royalty at a posh nightclub.
Meals:
In-flight meals, Dinner
Day 3
London
AESU shows
you all the best of London Town today: Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus,
St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace and more. Spend your
free afternoon strolling through Hyde Park, or hop on a double-decker
bus to the fashionable area of Knightsbridge to shop for cashmeres
and tweeds at Harrods. After dusk, you may want to attend a
West End Play or take in some Shakespeare at the Globe Theater.
Meals:
Breakfast
Day 4
London * Eurostar to Paris
The sleek
Eurostar train whisks us through the English Channel tunnel
at speeds of up to 186 miles per hour! The magnificent monuments
and fountains of Paris await. Our local art historian shows
us the Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, and Place de la Concorde
where the guillotine stood. We'll also see Napoleon's Les Invalides
and the hunchback's beloved Notre Dame. Tonight dine on regional
French specialties at our Bistro Dinner. Afterward, take a moonlight
cruise down the Seine River beneath the graceful bridges on
a glass-topped "Bateau Mouche."
Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5
Paris
Spend a
leisure day shopping in designer boutiques or viewing masterpieces
of art at the Louvre, Pompidou or Rodin museums. Your included
Paris Museum Pass allows access to over 70 museums and monuments
in and around Paris.
Meals:
Breakfast
Day 6
Paris
Consider
exploring the Left Bank bookstalls, have your portrait done
by Place du Tertre artists or sample the delectable pastries
for which this country is famous. Your free evening may find
you
watching the world go by from a sidewalk cafe on the Champs
Elysées or join in the excitement at a can-can cabaret.
Meals:
Breakfast
Day 7
Overnight Train to Rome
After another
exciting day in Paris, we say au revoir and board our express
train for an overnight journey south through France's Burgundy
wine country to sunny Italy. Enjoy the opportunity to move around
freely and meet other travelers as you watch the beautiful countryside
roll by.
Meals:
Breakfast
Day 8
Rome * Vatican City
Rome, the
Eternal City, awaits us today. After disembarking from our train
we'll check in at our hotel and have the afternoon to relax.
Tonight it's our "Viva Italia Pasta Party," then you
may want to walk to Piazza Navona, one of the city's most beautiful
squares with ornate, splashing Bernini fountains or mingle with
the locals on the Spanish Steps.
Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
Day 9
Rome
Viewing
the Forum and Colosseum reminds us of Rome's dramatic past,
conjuring up visions of Caesar and mighty gladiators. Then,
a trip across the Tiber River takes us to Vatican City--world's
smallest state, where we'll visit St. Peter's Basilica housing
Michelangelo's magnificent "Pietà." Free afternoon,
consider a visit to the Vatican Museum to see the ceiling of
the Sistine Chapel.
An evening on your own awaits to throw 3 coins in the Trevi
Fountain and ensure your return to Rome and sample sinfully
delicious "gelati" ice cream at a lively piazza.
Meals:
Breakfast
Day 10
Rome * Vatican City
The entire
day is free to discover all the splendors that are still Rome.
Go shopping for Italian leather goods on the elegant Via Condotti,
sip cappuccino on the Via Veneto or immerse yourself in the
historic and artistic treasures that abound in this city. Tonight
we indulge in our Roman Banquet Farewell Dinner. Enjoy mouth-watering
Italian specialties as live music entertains.
Meals:
Breakfast, Dinner
Day 11
Travel Home
Reluctantly
we say farewell to Europe and new-found friends. Jet back home
with thoughts of planning your next European Adventure!
