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Austrian students arrive in Chicago; drive to Peoria 2:00 Arrive O'Hare Airport 6:30 Arrive Bradley campus and check in dormitory—Williams Hall. 7:30 Group dinner at Conleys'
American students arrive; all students meet for orientation sessions in morning and afternoon; evening barbecue/social gathering at Conleys' house, Breakfast on your own 9:30 Session I: Introduction—Baker Hall 257 1) Participants 2) The Course: goals, itinerary, assignments 3) Literary theory/Culture Studies 12:00 Lunch (on your own; suggestion—One World Café, Great Wall Chinese, Thanh Linh Vietnamese, India Café, Jimmy Johns, Haddad's Lebanese—all within two blocks of campus on Main Street) 2:00 Session II: Hannibal, Twain, Huck: Literature and Culture Studies—Baker Hall 257 6:00 Group dinner at Conleys'
Morning and afternoon orientations sessions; evening in downtown Peoria Breakfast on your own 9:30 Session III: Memphis: History, Music, Film, Culture Studies—Baker Hall 257 12:00 Lunch (on your own) 2::00 Session IV: Louisiana: Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Class, Culture Studies—Baker Hall 257 4:30 Shopping for Trip Supplies 7:00 Group Dinner on Peoria Riverfront
Morning departure for Nauvoo, Illinois; afternoon in Hannibal, Missouri; overnight in Hannibal 8:00 Departure for Nauvoo 10:00 Arrive Nauvoo: film (20 min) 1:00 Group picnic at Nauvoo State Park 2:00 Leave Nauvoo 3:30 Arrive Hannibal: 6:30 Depart from Hannibal riverfront for motel 7:30 Group dinner: Bubba's
Morning departure from Hannibal; drive along Mississippi and Illinois Rivers to Chain of Rocks Bridge (former trail of Route 66 over the Mississippi; now a pedestrian-bike trail over the river); Picnic lunch at Missouri end of bridge; afternoon at Route 66 State Park in Times Beach, Missouri for lecture/discussion of role of the highway in Missouri and Midwest; National Museum of Transportation in Southwest St. Louis County, guided tour with focus on the role of the railroad; overnight at motel outside St. Louis 7:00 Continental breakfast 8:00 Departure for St. Louis 10:30 Chain of Rocks Bridge & group picnic 12:30 Route 66 State Park—tour and presentation 2:15 National Museum of Transportation: one-hour guided tour 6:00 Check in motel; dinner on your own 7:30 Discussion groups #1
Morning drive to Cairo, Illinois, afternoon at the Cairo Custom Museum (discussion of local history, led by Louis and Russell Ogg, directors of the Museum; evening barbecue at Fort Defiance State Park, at the confluence of the rivers; overnight in Cairo. 9:00 Departure for Cairo (with lunch stop; on your own) 2:00 Cairo Custom House Museum 5:00 Check in to motel 6:00 Group Picnic at Fort Defiance 7:30 Discussion group #2
Morning departure from Cairo to Memphis, Tennessee; afternoon at Graceland (Elvis Presley home and museum) and National Civil Rights Museum; evening free in Memphis; overnight in Memphis 7:00 Continental breakfast 8:00 Departure for Memphis (with food stop; on your own) 1:00 National Civil Rights Museum 3:00 Graceland 6:00 Motel check in; dinner on your own Evening free in Memphis
Morning departure from Memphis for drive through Mississippi River Delta region to Greenville, Mississippi (River Road Queen Welcome Center, Mississippi Levees, Rattlesnake Bayou, Winterville Indian Mounds, William Alexander Percy Memorial Library Writers Exhibit); overnight in Greenville 8:00 Departure for Delta; lunch stop (on your own) 6:00 Motel Check in Greenville; dinner on your own 7:30 Discussion group #3
Morning departure from Greenville for drive through Delta region to Vicksburg, Mississippi; picnic in Vicksburg and tour of battlefield; afternoon departure via Natchez Trace Parkway for Natchez, Mississippi; evening free in Natchez; overnight in Natchez 8:00 Departure for Natchez 10:00 Vicksburg—battlefield and group picnic 6:00 Motel check in Evening free in Natchez; dinner on your own
Morning tour of Frogmore Plantation; afternoon discussion at Natchez Museum of Afro-American History and Culture with director Shirley Wheatley; late afternoon and Evening free in Natchez; overnight in Natchez 8:00 Continental breakfast 9:00 Departure for Frogmore Plantation 10:00 Frogmore tour 12:30 Return to Natchez; lunch on your own 2:00 Afro-American History & Culture Museum: 601-445-0728 4:00 Return to motel; dinner on your own 7:30 Discussion group #4
Morning departure from Natchez for drive through cotton plantations of east central Louisiana and bayous/sugar cane fields of southern Louisiana; mid-day shrimp barbecue at Cypreemort State Park on the Gulf Coast (including time for swimming on beach); afternoon drive to New Orleans; evening free in New Orleans; overnight in New Orleans 7:00 Continental breakfast 8:00 Departure for bayou 11:30 Cypremort State Park—swimming & group picnic 3:00 Departure for New Orleans 6:00 Motel Check in Evening free in New Orleans; dinner on your own
Morning tour of New Orleans; afternoon free in New Orleans; evening departure for Biloxi, Mississippi; overnight in Biloxi 8:00 Departure for New Orleans tour (two-hour "Super City" bus tour) 12:00 Lunch in French Quarter (on your own); afternoon free in New Orleans 4:30 Departure for Biloxi 6:30 Motel check in Biloxi Evening free in Biloxi; dinner on your own.
Morning Swamp Tour; afternoon tour of Beauvoir and Jefferson Davis Library; late afternoon and evening free in Biloxi; overnight in Biloxi 7:00 Continental breakfast 8:00 Departure for Swamp Tour 9:00 Swamp Tour 12:00 Return to Biloxi; lunch on your own; afternoon free in Biloxi; dinner on your own 7:30 Discussion group #5
Morning departure from Biloxi for Oxford, Mississippi; evening free in Oxford 7:00 Continental breakfast 8:00 Departure for Oxford (with food stop; on your own) 3:00 Arrive Oxford, Motel check in Afternoon and evening free in Oxford; dinner on your own
Morning tour of Rowan Oak (Faulkner home); afternoon drive through Faulkner Hill Country to Sardis Lake State Park for barbecue; evening free in Oxford (after discussion groups); overnight in Oxford 8:30 Departure for Rowan Oak 9:00 Rowan Oak tour 12:00 Lunch on your own in Oxford 1:00 Departure for Sardis Lake—swimming, picnic dinner 6:00 Return to motel 7:30 Discussion group #6
Morning departure from Oxford; drive to St. Louis; overnight in St. Louis 8:00 Departure for St. Louis; lunch stop (on your own) 4:00 Motel Check in Evening free in St. Louis; dinner on your own
Morning/afternoon at Union Station and Gateway Arch/Jefferson National Museum of Westward Expansion; evening free in St. Louis; overnight in St. Louis 10:00 Departure for Union Station; lunch on your own 1:00 Departure for Gateway Arch 2:00 Gateway Arch tram ride to top, museum 5:30 Return to motel; dinner on your own 7:30 Discussion group #7
Morning departure from St. Louis to Cahokia Mounds State Park & Museum (tour of museum mounds/archeological sites from only prehistoric Native American site north of Mexico); picnic on grounds; afternoon departure for Peoria; overnight in Peoria 9:00 Departure for Cahokia Mounds 12:00 Group picnic on grounds 2:00 Departure for Peoria 5:00 Check in residence halls 6:00 Group meal at Conleys'
Morning and afternoon course summary sessions; evening barbecue & farewell party at Conleys'; overnight in Peoria 10:00 Session V—Global Communication Center (GCC) 202 12:00 Lunch on your own 2:00 Session VI— Global Communication Center (GCC) 202 6:00 Group dinner & farewell party at Conleys'
Morning departure for O'Hare Airport 10:00 Check out of Williams Hall 10:30 Departure for O'Hare Airport 1:45 Arrive O'Hare Airport |
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Peoria: Timothy K. Conley 309-673-9160 Mail may be sent to Conley address, where it will be held while we're on the road. July 12: Nauvoo: 217-453-2233 Hannibal: Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Neighborhood: 573-221-9010 Days Inn—Hannibal Bubba's 573-221-5552 July 13 St. Louis, National Museum of Transportation: 314-965-8007 Days Inn July 14 Cairo: Cairo Custom House Museum: Louise or Russell Ogg,: 618-776-5407 Days Inn—Cairo July 15 Memphis: National Civil Rights Museum: 901-521-9699 Graceland: 901-332-3322 Ramada Inn July 16 Greenville MS: Ramada Inn July 17, 18 Natchez: Days Inn—Natchez Frogmore: 318-757-2453 Afro-American History & Culture Museum: 601-445-0728 July 19 New Orleans Days Inn—Harvey July 20, 21 Biloxi MS Days Inn—Biloxi Swamp Tour: 800-875-4287 July 22, 23 Oxford MS Days Inn—Oxford July 24, 25 St. Louis MO DaysInn
July 26 Cahokia Cahokia Mounds: 618-346-5160 July 26 -28 Peoria: Timothy K. Conley 309-673-9160 |
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