--May 2012 Itinerary --
College of Business International
Business Experience
Following is the “final” itinerary for the May 2012 COB International Business Experience. Past classes have shown that we may need to be flexible during the trip as circumstances can change.
Saturday, May 12 – I will be at
Sunday, May 13 –7:40
am arrive
9.00 Check into rooms at KSU Geneva Dorm
11.30 Meet in the KSU lounge.
12.00 Lunch with group
13.30 Walking/bus tour of Geneva
19.00 Dinner with group
Monday, May 14
8:45 am Meet in KSU lounge/meeting room for morning briefing
9:15 am Bus to WIPO WIPO [Bus 5,
8, F, V, Z from Gare Cornavin to Nations or UIT]
10:00 WIPO
Briefing
12.00 Lunch [on own]
15.00 U.N. Tour--
14, avenue de la Paix (Buses: nos. 8, 11, 14, F, V and Z ;bus stop is
"Appia") Meet at the gate
BY14:45
[Dinner on own]
Tuesday, May 15
9.30 -- Mont Saleve
(casual outdoor wear)
Bus (No. 8) from Chantepoulet to
Veyrier-Douane 9:52 or 10:08
[Lunch on own ]
16.00 – WTO (Mr. Patrick Low) at the Geneva Dorm classroom
[Dinner on own]
Wednesday, May 16
Morning: 8.00 meet for briefing
To Coutance for Bus 3 (Direction: Gardiol): at 8:45 to Gare Cornavin to Bus 8 (Direction OMS) at 8:49 (arrive 9:00) to Appia stop for International Red Cross -- check in by 9.15.
9.30-12.30 International Red Cross – Ave De La
Paix - 1202
[Lunch on own ]
13.10 IR2529 train to Lausanne, 14.35 S1 train to Chillon Castle; Tour at 14.50
[Dinner on own]
Thursday, May 17
8:45 am Meet in KSU lounge/meeting room for morning briefing
9:00 am -To
Gare Cornavin for Bus 8 to ILO, 4
route des Morillons
10:00 ILO Briefing
[Lunch on own ]
Afternoon: Open Time
[Dinner on own]
Friday, May 18 – Independent travel activities
(on own) Suggestions:
Saturday, May 19 -- Independent travel activities (on own)
Sunday, May 20 --Travel to
After 14.00 check in at ADAGIO STRASBOURG PETITE FRANCE, 27
Rue de Wasselonne; (optional, meet 18:30 for visit to central city).
Monday, May 21
8.45 Meet in lobby
10.30 EU Parliament (via bus to Tram Line E, direction Robertsau Bocklin, stop Parlement
Europeen).
[Lunch on own;]
14.00 Historic Boat Ride [TENTATIVE]
[Evening optional, tram/bus travel to Germany for dinner]
[Dinner on own]
Tuesday, May 22
7.45 checked
out and ready to depart for Gare Central
8:46 TGV (train TGP9578;
reservations have been made) arrive Paris-Est 11:05
Travel by metro (M4 direction Porte d’Orleans) to Hotel Edouard VI
[lunch on own]
15.00 -- IBM FRANCE -- leave hotel at 13:30 for
M13 direction Asineres…or Saint-Denis Universite (not Chatillon-Montrouge); to
Saint-Lazare, then train to Becon les Bruyeres (e.g., R 32153 lv 14:20 or R
35205 lv 14:21), walk to IBM.
20.00 Dinner at Restaurant --Chez Clement in
Wednesday, May 25
9.00 meet in
lobby
9.30 Louvre
12.00 [Lunch on own]
14.45 Paris Vision Tour (bus, boat, Eiffel Tower)
[Dinner on own]
Thursday, May 26
8.30 in lobby
10.00 Wunderman, with Philippe Bonnet 57 Avenue
[Lunch on own]
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. U.S. Embassy, 2, avenue Gabriel (Metro stop Concorde: 1, 8, or 12 line)
Friday, May 27
9.00 Depart Hotel Edouard VI, for Versailles
[Lunch on own]
Afternoon: Cultural Visit to Grand Department Stores
[Dinner on own]
Prepare for next day departure.
Saturday, May 28
Time TBD: Meet in
Lobby checked out and ready to take cab/van to Aéroport de Paris Charles de
Gaulle (CDG) (Have your ticket information and your passport in hand), arrive USA.
Go through customs. Connect to flight and arrive CLE.
Hotel Information
1. KSU Geneva Dorm
Rue Rousseau 13
1201 Geneva, Switzerland
2. ADAGIO STRASBOURG PETITE FRANCE
27 Rue de Wasselonne
67000 STRASBOURG
FRANCE
*Phone: 011.33.3.902.92.700
Fax: 001.33.3.902.92.701
http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-8446-adagio-access-strasbourg-petite-france/location.shtml
3. Hotel Edouard VI
61,
boulevard du
75006
Phone: 011.33.1.45.48.94.99
Fax: 011.33.1.45.44.09.25
(http://www.parisby.com/edouardvi/index.html)
Email: hotel-edouardvi@wanadoo.fr
(http://www.hotel-paris-montparnasse.com/)
*Area Codes: The country
code for
Calling France: When
dialing France from abroad (e.g., the U.S.), begin with the international code
(011), then the country code (33), then drop the initial 0 from the area code
number (I have dropped the initial 0 above). For instance, to call a telephone
number in
Calling
To call a number in
The address for our dorm in Geneva is Rue Rousseau 13
1201 Geneva, Switzerland.
If
you will be arriving at the airport in Geneva around 7:30 am on Sunday, we will
wait for you. However, if you are getting in after 8:15 or so, I will
likely let you get to us on your own. If cost is no matter, you can take
a cab….but public transportation is available, easy, and (for the purposes of
this part of the trip) free.
HOW
TO GET TO OUR HOTEL IF YOU ARE NOT WITH ME:
1.
If you are arriving on your own by public transportation, you
would take the train from the airport to Gare Cornavin (the main train station
in Geneva) using the free public transportation ticket that you would get near
the luggage carousel at the airport. See GVA for some information on this.
The vending machines that provide the free tickets are inside the baggage
claim area, before going through customs. They are near the machine that sells
baggage cart tokens BEFORE you exit the baggage area.
This is a picture of
the free vending machine. Get the ticket, exit the baggage area, and walk
to your left to find the train station at the airport. The trains leave
about every 12 minutes.
2.
When you exit at the main train station (Gare Cornavin or
“Genève-Cornavin”), you would then look for the 9 bus going in the direction of
Petit-Bel-Air. You would take the 9 bus to the Chantepoulet stop (about a
2 minute ride), which is the first stop after you get on.
Get off at the Chantepoulet stop continue in the direction the bus
was going to Rue Paul Bouchet (the next corner from the stop). Turn right
on Rue Paul Bouchet and walk to where it ends (at Rue Rousseau).
Cross the street and turn left on Rue Rousseau. Walk to the dorm,
about a block.
3.
Or, to walk from the train station to the dorm in about 10 mins :
1. Start out going SOUTH on PLACE DE CORNAVIN/1 toward RUE DE
CHANTEPOULET/PLACE DES VINGT-DEUX-CANTONS. 0.09 mi
2. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto RUE DE CORNAVIN. 0.02 mi
3. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto RUE ROUSSEAU. 0.1 mi
4. RUE ROUSSEAU 13.
ADAGIO STRASBOURG
PETITE FRANCE
27 Rue de Wasselonne
Strasbourg, Alsace,
67000
You will arrive at Gare Centrale (the train station). You can take the #10 bus (the bus route is pictured in yellow above) and get off at Musee d’Art Moderne. Find Rue de Wasselonne. 27 RUE DE WASSELONNE is on the left.