UW
Study in
Expect
changes to this schedule--for a report of what we actually did: http://uwyo.edu/sward/summer2009/WISC.htm
In
the following “On Own” really means “No Guide/Driver” or “students either have
free time *or* have
an activity or tour that does not require a van.” For meals it means it is not covered by the
contract with our tour provider but we pay individually.
The
van will be a bus of some sort with room for more than the 13 of us—because we
will often have luggage. Avoiding using it when we do not need it will allow us
cash to use for eating or admissions.
Monday,
May 25
[Guide/Driver]
(Beginning
of Jumada Al-Thani)
Arrival
of 11 of us to
Neot
Kedumim
- Return to
airport to pick-up two additional students (Delta 152 at 5:25pm)
- Travel northwards to the
- Stop at Sea
of
- Check-in & dinner at hotel
- Overnight:
Tuesday, May 26
[Guide/Driver]
-
Breakfast at
-
- Visit to
- View of the
- Travel
nothwards to the Upper Galilee
- Nature walk to the Banias waterfalls
- Dinner on own in Metula at Farmer's Daught Restaurant
- Overnight: Kibbutz Gadot Guest House,
Wednesday, May 27
[Guide/Driver]
- Breakfast at
-
- Kever Rambam
- Cruise on the
- St. Peters Fish lunch
at Kibbutz Ein Gev (on own
- Visit Domus Galilaeae site in Korazin (on own @ 3pm)
- Walking tour of Tzfat
- Visit to the tomb of
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in
- Overnight: Kibbutz Gadot Guest House,
--- The order for this day may be rearranged and possibly some of
the sites switched around.
Thursday, May 28 [Guide/Driver]
- Breakfast at hotel
- Tour of Beit Alfa synagogue
- Travel to
-
- Foreign
Ministry visit 2 p.m. (on own)
- Visit Mahane Yehuda as
- Dinner at
-
Erev Shavuot: Some may
want to attend Jewish services or Jewish all night study sessions.
Friday, May 29 [ON OWN]
Shavuot: Some may want
to attend Jewish services
- Breakfast at
-
- Explore the
- Lunch at
-
- Overnight:
Saturday, May 30 [ON
OWN]
Some may want to attend
Jewish services
-
Breakfast
at hotel
-
-
Explore the
- Tour of the
- Lunch at
-à I am trying to arrange home hospitality for a
lunch. We shall see.
- Evening: Kotel
Tunnel Tour
- Overnight:
Sunday, May 31
[Guide/Driver]
“Whitsunday”
for some Christian denominations. Some may want to attend church services. Please advise.
- Breakfast at hotel
- City of
-
- Yad VaShem Holocaust Memorial
- Overnight:
---try
to squeeze in a visit with Shoshana Ben Dor to discuss Ethiopian Jews
education.
Monday, June 1
[Guide/Driver]
- Breakfast at
-
- Explore
the
- Tour of Muhraka
- Hospitality & dinner at Daliyat HaCarmel
- Overnight: Nof Haifa
Hotel
Tuesday, June 2
[Guide/Driver]
- Breakfast at hotel
- Tour of
the Rosh Hanikrah ocean caves
- Explore Acco seaport
- Travel southwards to the
- possible visit with students at an Arab college in Baqa
al-Gharabiye?
- Possible stop in Rehovot?
- Stop at Gan Yavne en route 3 p.m.
- (maybe) Explore the archeological caves at Beit Guvrin
- Overnight: ANA Beer
Sheva Guest House
Wednesday, June 3
[Guide/Driver]
- Breakfast at
-
-meet with Dean Marc Gelber and posisble programs at Ben
Gurion University
- Hike to the Ein Avdat desert pools
- Camel
riding & traditional Bedouin tent dinner feast
- Overnight: Chan HaShayarot
Bedouin Tent
Thursday, June 4
[Guide/Driver]
-
Breakfast
at
-
- Sde Boqer: Desert Pioneering & David Ben Gurion
- View of the Ramon Crater
-
----I
have contacts in Sde Boqer and Makhtesh Ramon who can talk about solar energy,
dry-climate agriculture, astronomy and other programs which may be of interest
to students
- Travel to Arad
- Overnight: Inbar Hotel,
Friday, June 5
[Guide/Driver]
- Breakfast at
-
- Tour of
- Hike down
- Floating at the
- Nature walk to the desert waterfalls at Ein Gedi
- Travel to Tel Aviv in the early afternoon
- Explore the
- Dinner??
- Overnight: ANA Tel Aviv Guest House
Saturday, June 6 [ON
OWN]
- Breakfast at
-
- Lunch ??
- Overnight: ANA Tel Aviv Guest House
Sunday, June 7
[Guide/Driver]
- Breakfast at hotel
- Independence Hall &
- Walking tour of
- Closing dinner at Dr. Shakshouka in
- Return to airport for 11pm flight (on own)
June 7-14
For those who have elected to remain in
We
are in process of making arrangements for a bus trips from Eilat to
TICKETS:
Your
tickets are electronic. Please make sure you have your Passport with you. It is
good to have the printout of your electronic ticket with you as well as your UW
student card.
PACKING
AND AIRPORT: Be prepared for security questions. You should expect to be asked
questions both from Delta and from Israeli security. DO NOT accept anything
from strangers to take with you; even if you know the individual it is best not
to take anyone’s packages. Make sure you pack everything yourself and do not
let your luggage out of your sight from the moment it is packed until you come
to the plane, except on the flight to JFK. The purpose of your trip is an
undergraduate course about
CELLPHONES:
You can rent cellphones in the airport if you want. In many cases your
EMERGENCY
CONTACT: Either I or a family member will have this cellphone 050-6625824.
From the
OPTIONAL THIRD WEEK: as of this date I am still
working on whether it makes sense to pre-pay or “wing it” and so far “winging
it” is winning…. We plan to go to Eilat,