TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

MARKETING DEPARTMENT STUDY ABROAD 2018

May 17, 2018 to June 13, 2018

London, United Kingdom; Paris, Avignon & Nice, France; Verona, Italy; Munich, Germany;

Lucerne, Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria

DAY/DATE / ACTIVITY / LODGING
Thursday, May 17 / 12:00 PM: AA 1818 Depart Houston for Charlotte
3:30 PM: Arive Charlotte
6:45 PM: Depart Charlotte on AA 730 / Airplane
Friday, May 18 / 7:55 AM: Arrive London LHR (T5) visit Oxford
6:00 PM: Short Orientation meeting and visit to Leicester Square / London
Saturday, May 19 / 8:00 AM: In-depth Orientation meeting and Student Presentations10:00 AM: Brand Opus
Group photo at Parliament
Lunch break
1:00 PM: Former Member of Parliament, (Sir Peter Viggers at MSH)
3:00 PM: Tour of Parliament/Westminster Pala / London
Sunday, May 20 / 10:00 AM: London Fat Tire Bike Tour (First group)2:30 PM: London Fat Tire Bike Tour (Second group)
7:30 PM: Optional Indian dinner at “Memories of India” / London
Monday, May 21 / 9:00 AM: Harrods (Depart at 11:00 AM)
11:15 AM: Hard Rock Cafe
Optional Theater night or Bike night / London
Tuesday, May 22 / Arts and Cultural Day
PM: Optional London night bike tour or theater night / London
Wednesday, May 23 / AM: Travel London to Paris by Coach/Eurostar shuttle
6:00 PM: Orientation Meeting and Student Presentations / Paris
Thursday, May 24 / 9:30 AM: BETC Advertising Agency
12:00 PM: Galeries Lafayette Roof Photo
Independent lunch (Perhaps at GL Cafeteria on floor 6?)
Arts and Culture Afternoon
1:15 PM: Opera House visit
8:40 PM: Seine River cruise on Bateaux Mouches / Paris
Friday, May 25 / Arts and Cultural Day
AM: Versailles Bike Tour
6:00 PM: Louvre Museum visit / Paris
Saturday, May 26 / AM: Travel Paris to Avignon in the South of France / Avignon
Sunday, May 27 / Arts and Cultural Day
AM: Pope’s Palace/Bridge on a combo ticket included
4:00 PM: Pont du Gard (With guides) / Avignon
Monday, May 28 / 8:30 AM: Orientation Meeting and Student Presentations in Avignon
12:00 PM: Travel to Nice (Stagger arrivals) / Nice
Tuesday, May 29 / 8:00 AM: Meet guides at hotel
9:30 AM: Monaco Casino (With guides)
Independent lunch in Monaco
3:30 PM: Parfumerie Fragonard / Nice
Wednesday, May 30 / Free day to enjoy the Rivieria / Nice
Thursday, May 31 / Depart Nice for Verona
5:00 PM: Serego Alighieri Winery Tour
8:15 PM: Verona dinner / Verona
Friday, June 1 / 8:00 AM: Local guides lead walking tour
Late AM: Free time to visit the city; see Juliet’s house, Balcony, and arena
Or optional side trip to Venice or cooking class / Verona
Saturday, June 2 / AM: Travel Verona to Munich
4:00 PM: Orientation and presentations / Munich
Sunday, June 3 / 10:00 AM: BMW WELT
Independent lunch
3:30 PM: Bike Tour of Munich / Munich
Monday, June 4 / Arts and culture day / Munich
Tuesday, June 5 / 10:30 AM: Audi Assembly Plant
2:30 PM: Dachau Memorial visit (3 pm film) / Munich
Wednesday, June 6 / 7:30 AM: Drive to Füssen for Visit to King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein Castle
Local Bus ride to Bridge only, be sure to walk all the way along the bridge
Arrive Lucerne
6:00 PM: Meeting at the Flora Hotel / Lucerne
Thursday, June 7 / 9:00 AM: Johnson & Johnson (In Zug, dep. about 11:15 AM)
Independent Lunch in Lucerne and time to informally visit the Bucherer store
2:00 PM: Bucherer Retail Group (Room at our hotel) / Lucerne
Friday, June 8 / 8:00 AM: Mt. Titlis Snow Fields Excursion
8:00 PM: Dessert Cruise on Lake Lucerne / Lucerne
Saturday, June 9 / AM: Travel Lucerne to Leichtenstein for break then on to Innsbruck
5:30 PM: Innsbruck Tourism Board and sign ups / Innsbruck
Sunday, June 10 / Full free day for activities and to explore the city / Innsbruck
Monday June 11 / Free till about 4:00PM
5:00 PM: Berry Farm
7:00 PM: Branger Alms dinner / Innsbruck
Tuesday, June 12 / Check out of Hotel
9:30 AM: Swarovski Crystal (Lunch on the motorway)
2:00 PM: Riedel Glassware in Kufstein
Continue to Munich for the last night
7:00 PM: Hofbrauhaus dinner / Munich
Wednesday, June 13 / 9:00 AM: Depart for the Munich Airport
12:40 AM: Depart Munich on AA 717
3:34 PM: Arrive in Philadelphia
5:39 PM: Depart Philadelphia on AA 1990
7:12 PM: Arrive Charlotte
2:20 PM: Depart harlotte on AA 760
10:03 PM: Arrival in Houston IAH