Scheduled Meetings for our Trip
**February 8- 5:30 **March 8- 5:30 **April 12- 5:30 **May 3- 5:30- CMR Photo Day- Albums need to be completed by this day! **May 17- 2:30 (kids)-- trip meeting 4:00 (family)-- POTLUCK **June 14- 9:00 a.m. (GFHS)- BRING YOUR BAGS! |
Notre Voyage!
June 15 - July 2, 2015
June 15 - July 2, 2015
Day 1 15-Jun Mon Depart U.S.
Depart Great Falls; connect in Denver to overnight flight to Europe
Day 2 16-Jun Tue Arrive Nice
Arrive Frankfurt; connecting flight to Nice; transfer to hotel. Explore the city: la Promenade des Anglais along the Mediterranean, the
port, the château. Pre-arranged welcome dinner.
Day 3 17-Jun Wed Nice
Morning in Nice; visit markets. Afternoon excursion by bus to Monaco: visit Jacques Cousteau Oceanographic Museum and the Palais
Princier.
Day 4 18-Jun Thu Nice ~ Arles
Depart by bus for Provence; visit les Baux; then on to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer for horsebackriding in la Camargue; continue to the
Roman city of Arles.
Day 5 19-Jun Fri Arles ~ Béziers/Narbonne Area
Morning in Arles. Depart Arles by bus to visit the Pont du Gard aqueduct and then go canoeing in the Gard river. Continue to the
Béziers/Narbonne area to meet host families in the evening. Begin Family Stay.
Day 6 20-Jun Sat Family Stay Béziers/Narbonne Area
Family Stay: This is your time to be immersed in the language and culture, sharing the daily life of your host family!
Day 7 21-Jun Sun Family Stay Béziers/Narbonne Area
Day 8 22-Jun Mon Family Stay Béziers/Narbonne Area
Day 9 23-Jun Tue Family Stay Béziers/Narbonne Area
Day 10 24-Jun Wed Family Stay Béziers/Narbonne Area
Day 11 25-Jun Thu Family Stay Béziers/Narbonne Area
Day 12 26-Jun Fri Family Stay Béziers/Narbonne Area
Day 13 27-Jun Sat Narbonne ~ Paris
Au revoir to host families; travel by TGV (high-speed train) to Paris; walk to hotel. Begin Paris visits.
Day 14 28-Jun Sun Paris
Paris visits, including a guided tour of Palais Garnier (Opéra).
Day 15 29-Jun Mon Paris
Paris visits: Montmartre/Sacré-Coeur, Père Lachaise, Grande Arche de la Défense... Then Great Falls and CM Russell will have separate
evening activities.
Day 16 30-Jun Tue Paris
Excursion by light rail to visit the château and gardens of Versailles; return to Paris and continue visits; evening visit - Tour Eiffel.
Day 17 01-Jul Wed Paris
Paris visits: In the morning, a guided tour of the Musée d’Orsay; in the afternoon, a visit of the Louvre; evening pre-arranged farewell
dinner on the Champs-Elysées
Day 18 02-Jul Thu Return
Transfer to Paris CDG airport; return flights
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Itinerary (subject to minor changes)
Inclusions and more details on next pageInclusions:
• Roundtrip airfare including taxes and fuel
• 8 nights hotel accommodations (centrally located,
students 3-4 to a room) and continental breakfast
• 8 nights family-stay arrangements organized by local
L&F family-stay coordinator (family meals included)
• Motor coach on days 3 (half-day), 4, & 5
• Train/TGV on day 13
• Train station transfer on day 13
• Airport transfers on days 1 and 18
• 2 pre-arranged dinners
• Entrance fee allowance (for sites, museums, activities
as planned by group)
• Travel medical insurance
• Extensive student and leader preparatory materials
Exclusions:
• Passport or other document costs
• Meals not indicated as included
• Items not listed as included
• Spending money: about $40/day suggested; less
during family stay
• Baggage fees (currently one checked bag is free for
overseas travel)
Great Falls HS (with CM Russell) ~ France
June 15 - July 2, 2015
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Preliminary Flight Information:
(dates confirmed; flight numbers and schedules subject to change)
15-Jun UA 5033
GTF 01:53 pm DEN 03:45 pm
15-Jun LH 447
DEN 05:25 pm FRA 10:55 am
16-Jun LH 1060
FRA 12:25 pm NCE 01:55 pm
02-Jul LH 1029
CDG 10:40 am FRA 11:55 am