MEXICO CITY 

 

    • Friday  January 3

           4:00 a.m. Meet group at the Minneapolis Airport
           5:40 a.m. Leave Minneapolis Airport, Delta Airlines Flight #751/519 , via Atlanta
                          Tickets will be with the group leader at the airport
          12:51 p.m. Arrive in Mexico City International Airport
                                      Exit customs, turn left, 
                                                                  meet under Alamo sign
                          Group will take Airport taxis to Hotel Bamer
                          Ave. Juárez 52, Centro (tel. [011 52] 5521-9060)
          2:30 p.m. Comida (lunch) together
          3:00 p.m. Orientation meeting, Hotel Bamer
          4:00 p.m. Visit downtown area including the Ciudadela mercado near metro Balderas,
                         Students draw names before going and buy present for fellow student to
                         celebrate Three Kings Day
          7:00 p.m. Dinner together, exchange gifts

    Saturday January 4

          8:00 a.m.  Breakfast, Hotel Bamer Rooftop Restaurant
          9:00 a.m.  A Brief History of Mexico, David Brye - Read Introduction in "There's a word for it....
        10:00 a.m. Leave for the Museum of Anthropology
    10:30 a.m. Tour of Museum of Anthropology with Guide Paco Grajales and
                     Lunch at Museum of Anthropology Cafeteria
          2:00 p.m.  Tour Chapultepec Park, Castillo etc.
          4:00 p.m.  Return to Hotel Bamer
          5:30 p.m.  First Impressions: Discussion and Feedback
          7:00 p.m.  Dinner
          8:30 p.m.  Musical or play (optional); not included in program expenses

    Sunday January 5

          7:30 a.m.  Breakfast, Hotel Bamer, all luggage packed
          8:00 a.m.  Presentation and discussion about Mexican Social Services led by Naurine Lennox
          9:00 a.m.  Leave Hotel Bamer for Basilica of Guadalupe
        12:00 p.m.  Arrive Teotihuacan Archeological Site; REMEMBER SUN SCREEN & Hat
                          lunch will be sandwiches, fruit, etc. on the bus
          3:30 p.m.  Leave Teotihuacan for Puebla
          7:00 p.m.  Arrive in Puebla, David Brye Residence, 4 Oriente 204
                           Puebla Centro ( tel. [011 52] 222 232-6710)
                           Meet homestay families, Partir la Rosca
                               small gifts for members of the family are appropriate and remember to bring your photo
                           book that includes your family, roommate at St. Olaf, house, pets, town square (zocalo), etc.
     


     

    Monday January 27

    Evening Leave Acapulco [If early, can go by way of Taxco, noted for silver]

       Arrive at Hotel Bamer (Home Again!)
     

     Tuesday, January 28

               8:00 a.m. Breakfast at Hotel Bamer
               9:30 a.m.  Leave for U. S. Embassy on Avenida Reforma
               10:00 a.m. Check in at US Embassy, 
               10:30 a.m. Presentation from USAID staff
               1:00 p.m. Comida near Embassy
               2:00 p.m. Leave for Coyoacan
               3:00 p.m. Leon Trotsky Museum 
               4:00 p.m. Frida Kahlo Museum
               5:00 p.m. Coyoacan Zocalo
               7:00 p.m.  Farewell Dinner

    Wednesday, January 29

        10:00 a.m.  Visit Diego Rivera Mural (Alameda)

        11:00 a.m. Visit Bellas Artes Museum (Mexican muralists, etc.)

        12:30 pm    Visit Rivera Murals in the National Palace

           1:00 p.m.  Comida, Zocalo area
          2:30 p.m.  Visit Templo Mayor
          4:00 p.m.  Visit Cathedral
          5:00 p.m.  Return to Hotel Bamer
          8:30 p.m.  Ballet Folklorico, Bellas Artes (optional)

    10:00 a.m.  Visit Diego Rivera Mural (Alameda)
        11:00 a.m.  Visit Bellas Artes Museum (Mexican muralists, etc.)
        12:30 p.m.  Visit Rivera Murals in the National Palace
          1:00 p.m.  Comida, Zocalo area
          2:30 p.m.  Visit Templo Mayor
          4:00 p.m.  Visit Cathedral
          5:00 p.m.  Return to Hotel Bamer
          8:30 p.m.  Ballet Folklorico, Bellas Artes (optional); not included in program expenses

    Thuesday, January 30

            9:00 a.m. Breakfast in the Hotel Bamer Cafe at your leisure; you may sleep in, finish papers,
                          do a little last minute shopping, etc.
                         Note:  Lunch and dinner both come during our travels today. There will not likely be
                                    any food served on the airplane. There are fast food places in the
                                    Atlanta airport, but it is recommended that you consider your needs and perhaps
                                    pack some food for the trip.
         11:00 a.m. Leave Hotel Bamer for the Mexico City Airport
           2:20  p.m.  Departure for Minneapolis via Atlanta, Delta 522/756
           9:44  p.m.  Arrive Minneapolis Airport

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