--May 2007 Itinerary --
MBA International Business Experience
May 12, 2007 to May 26, 2007
Following is the itinerary for the May 2007 MBA International Business Experience. Past travel has shown that we may need to be flexible during the trip as circumstances can change.
Saturday, May 12 -- Be at Cleveland Hopkins Airport
(CLE) by 11.00 for 12.25 departure from
Sunday, May 13 – 7.45
arrive
8.30 Take Voyages Margot bus to
9.30 Check into rooms at JKC
11.30 Meet in the KSU lounge
12.00 Lunch at
13.30 Walking/bus tour of Grand Saconnex
and
19.00 Dinner at
Monday, May 14
9.00 Meet in Lounge for briefing and walk to ILO
10.00 International Labor Organization –
[Lunch on
own—Validate Eurorail pass at train station; make
train reservations for Tuesday 22 May, 7.54a.m. train, D1002, from
15.00 World Trade Organization, Centre William
Rappard, Rue de Lausanne 154,
Bus 18 to Jardin Botanique
[Dinner on own]
Tuesday, May 15
8.30 meet in lounge for briefing and walk to ICRC
9.30 International Red Cross – walk to 19, Ave
De La Paix - 1202
[Lunch at train station on the run?]
12.36 Leave from Gare at 12.36, Platform 4, Train#1727, arrive 13.33
14.00 Nestle
16.46 depart Vevey train station
for
[Dinner on own]
Wednesday, May 16
8.45 meet in lounge for briefing and bus to WIPO
10.00 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -- 34, chemin des Colombettes Bus 8, 18, F, Z to Nations or UIT
[12.00 Lunch on own]
14.00 U.N. -- 14, avenue de la Paix (Buses: nos. 8, 11, 14, F, V and Z ;bus stop is "Appia")
[Dinner on own]
Thursday, May 17 (Ascencion Day)
7.45 meet in lobby for bus –
Morning—9.30—10.30
Lunch – in the alps 12:15 to 1:30
Afternoon—1.30-3.30 Alpine Tour—bus to glacier area and 3 Km walk (2 miles) bring a jacket [75 or 80 degrees at lunch; 50 degrees at the glacier].
19.00 back to
[Dinner on own]
Friday, May 18 -- Sightseeing/cultural activities (on
own) Suggestions:
Saturday, May 19 -- Sightseeing/cultural activities (on own)
Sunday, May 20 --Travel to
After 14.00 Citadines Strasbourg Kleber, 50-54, rue du Jeu des Enfants, (optional, meet at 16.30 for walk to central
city).
Monday, May 21
9.00 Meet in lobby for briefing; walk to central city
10.00 Historic Boat Tour and walking tour of Petite France
[Lunch on own;]
14.00 Tour of Kronenbourg
breweries, 68 rte d'Oberhausbergen (Tram)
[Optional, tram/bus travel to France/Germany border for walk
to
[Dinner on own]
Tuesday, May 22
7.00 checked
out and ready to depart for Gare Central
7.55 TVG 2488 to Paris (fast train, reservations required);
arrive Paris-Est 11.51
12.00 Tour of
Bus will take us to Hotel Edouard VI after tour, approximately 15.3 0
16.30 Meet in lobby for walk to St. Germain des Pres and
19.00 Dinner at Restaurant --Chez Clement in
9.00 meet in lobby
9.30 Louvre
[Lunch on own]
12.30 at the embassy for security check prior to visit (embassy security office does not allow anyone to bring electronic equipment into the embassy - so please do not bring ipods, cameras, blackberry's, laptops, etc – or we need to “bag them” before we enter).
13.00
[Dinner on own]
Thursday, May 24
9.00 meet in lobby for briefing
Morning – Sacre Coeur
[Lunch on own]
14.30 IBM La Défense 5 - Tour Descartes, 92066 PARIS
- LA DÉFENSE CEDEX
[Dinner on own]
9.00 Depart Hotel Edouard
VI, for
[Lunch on own]
14.00 Shopping/Opera tour (optional)
[Dinner on own]
Prepare for next day departure.
7.30 Meet in
Lobby ready to take cab to Aéroport de Paris Charles
de Gaulle (CDG) for Continental Airlines flight 057 departing 9.55 Have your
ticket information and your passport in hand); arrive Newark at 12.05, Go
through customs. Leave
Hotel Information
1.
27, ch. Des Crets de Pregny
Grand Sacconex, GE Switzerland
Phone: 011.41.22.747.00.00
Fax: 011.41.22.747.00.99
(http://www.johnknox.ch/English/index.html)
2. Citadines Strasbourg Kleber
50-54, rue du Jeu des Enfants,
Strasbourg 67000
Phone: 011.33. 3. 90.22.47.00
Fax: 011.33. 3. 88.32.47.49
(http://www.holidaycityeurope.com/citadines-kleber-strasbourg/index.htm)
3. Hotel Edouard
VI
61, boulevard du Montparnasse
75006
Phone: 011.33.1.45.48.94.99
Fax: 011.33.1.45.44.09.25
(http://www.parisby.com/edouardvi/index.html)
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