Itinerary for Trip June 2011 was a PURE SUCCESS!!!!
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PLEASE HELP MY NEW EFFORT SOUTH PACIFIC 2012
I was so Lucky to do this Last year as A Student Ambassador 2011.
People to People Moments
Photos to be posted soon from trip!!!!
Ambassadors on this program will earn special insights into:
- Make friends with Irish students over a welcome barbecue.
- Enjoy an official briefing in London with a current or former member of Parliament.
- Experience Irish life firsthand during a stay with a host family.
- Dine in a medieval encampment and learn defensive arts as an honorary knight of Warwick Castle.
Ambassadors on this program will earn special insights into:
- Medieval history
- Literature and lore of the United Kingdom
- International relations and the Northern Ireland peace and reconciliation
- Plant biology and geology
- Scottish history and heritage
- Intercultural studies
- Trek through majestic castles and ruins from Warwick Castle to Edinburgh Castle.
- Understand the historic conflicts of Northern Ireland and the hope for the future.
- Take your confidence to the next level as you challenge yourself to rappel down a castle wall in Wales.
- Capture the incomparable scenery of Glencoe and the Gap of Dunloe.
- Help Irish citizens serve food to the community’s elderly.
- Thrill to whitewater rafting in Scotland.
- Compare Irish life then and now as you visit a 19th-century village re-creation and a working farm.
- Enjoy pointers from a local golf pro in the game’s home city.
- Explore St. Andrews, the home of St. Andrews University, founded in 1410.
- Experience Scotland’s commanding capital city, perched on the crests of seven hills.
- Stroll the Royal Mile and research the history of Scottish clans.
- Explore Edinburgh Castle, from its 12th-century chapel to the one-o’clock gun.
- Absorb the picturesque landscape that has served as a backdrop for countless movies.
- Watch professionals train sheepdog puppies to manage herds.
- Keep your eyes open for sightings of the lake monster.
- Shoot the rapids as you raft the River Tay with experts.
- Meet a traditional Scotsman and learn how his regalia depicts the country’s history and heritage.
- Try on a kilt and kick up your heels during an evening of Scottish culture.
- Understand the “road to peace” for Northern Ireland.
- Learn the legend (as well as the natural history) of the Giant’s Causeway.
- Cross the spectacular Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge used by fishermen for hundreds of years.
- Board a ferry for Scotland.
- Glimpse Irish village life in a 19th-century folk park, then explore the adjoining Bunratty Castle.
- View the breathtaking Gap of Dunloe from a horse-drawn jaunty car.
- Enjoy a barbecue and informal games with Irish students.
- Serve the community alongside the students, delivering meals to the elderly.
- Walk the region with experts to learn about Ireland’s flora, fauna, and geologic history.
- Explore Dublin in small groups, including areas like Grafton Street and Trinity College.
- Try your hand at Gaelic football in the Gaelic Athletic Museum.
- Take the Full On challenge as you rappel down a castle wall under the guidance of professionals.
- Explore the unique Welsh culture and get a quick lesson in the lovely Welsh language.
- Cross the Irish Sea via ferry to Dublin.
- Enjoy an evening on the grounds of Warwick Castle, where a medieval encampment brims with music, games, and colorful characters—from knights to rat catchers.
- Train to wage war as a knight, and watch the world’s largest trebuchet (catapult) in action.
- Get to know the Beefeaters, official guards of the Tower of London, and hear about the tower’s many functions over the last 10 centuries.
- Hear an insider’s perspective on British government from a member of Parliament.
- Cruise past Big Ben and other London landmarks on a Thames riverboat.
- Re-create life in the Middle Ages—complete with lunch with King Henry VIII!
- Outside Buckingham Palace, watch for the flag to see if the queen is in. Then experience the ceremonial changing of the guard.
- Catch a play or musical in the West End, considered the capital of the theater world.
- Soar over the city in the London Eye, the world’s largest Ferris wheel