http://akennick.edublogs.org (notes and pictures from BMCC's study abroad program) Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:49:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Day 8 : Andermatt – Hotel La Claustra 6:15am: wake-up call for all rooms 7:00-7:20am: breakfast (school dining room) 7:22am: group departs for bus station 7:29am: bus departs for Chur (arrives 7:42am) 7:42am: group continues to train station 7:56am: train departs for Disentis/Muster (arrives 9:11am) 9:19am: train departs for Andermatt (arrives 10:25am) 10:25am: group continues to taxi ... http://akennick.edublogs.org/2008/06/23/my-tour-guide-itinerary/ Yesterday evening we brought our checkable luggage down and loaded the vans.  After dinner SSTH opened its disco for a fare-well dance, and therefore some of us were up quite late.  Around midnight I played a last game of pinball and retired to my room.  This morning the alarm went ... http://akennick.edublogs.org/2008/06/21/end-of-the-line-day-22/ Today was a fairly free-schedule day. After breakfast, we all met in the computer room to confirm our seats for the plane ride home and to go over the rules for packing (no liquids over 3 ounces large in the carry-on, one carry-on per person, you know the drill), and ... http://akennick.edublogs.org/2008/06/19/packing-it-all-in%e2%80%a6-day-21/ Today Mr. Wiki gave us a very detailed lecture about Ecological Disciplines (ways to live in the modern world without overly harming the environment) and then took us to visit a waste management plant, a sewage treatment plant, and dinner. The sheer amount of information is a little daunting to ... http://akennick.edublogs.org/2008/06/18/waste-and-waist-management-day-20/ Today we at breakfast at 7am, as usual, and caught the 7:29am bus to Chur, as usual, but we did not go into Chur nor depart by train! Instead, we caught the 8:10am bus to Lugano. ...We had reservations on the local, but Katherine and I noticed that the departures ... http://akennick.edublogs.org/2008/06/17/buses-in-the-rain-day-19/ St. Moritz, twice host of the winter Olympic games, was our host today. World-renowned for its skiing, frequented by celebrities from all over, this alpine town welcomes families and pensioners as well - just ask the Hotel Laudinella. A three-star complex with a bar, a few conference rooms, and a wide ... http://akennick.edublogs.org/2008/06/16/a-ski-town-in-the-off-season-day-18/ Saturday I slept in until 9am and then worked in my textbook, completing the chapters on itinerary building and the psychological behaviors common to groups on tour. The building was almost eerily empty because the 60 students here for service and cooking classes had all left for a daytrip, and ... http://akennick.edublogs.org/2008/06/15/an-all-too-brief-weekend/ Our 6am wake-up call the morning of Day Fifteen pulled us out of warm beds to face a cold and gray-misty world. By 7:25 we were finished with breakfast and waiting for the bus to Chur. Luckily our connecting train came to the track early and we were the sooner ... http://akennick.edublogs.org/2008/06/13/zurich-day-15/ Remember the itinerary I started building back on day 11? It looked like this: 6:00am (wake-up call for people who want breakfast) 7:20am (wake-up call for everyone else) 7:00-7:20am Breakfast (optional) 8:20am group assembly in lobby of SSTH 8:22am group departure for bus station 8:29am bus departs for Chur (arrives 8:42am) 8:42am group continues to Kulturforum Wurth Sculpture ... http://akennick.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/the-great-unknown-day-14/ Day Thirteen gave us a taste of what a motorcoach tour is like (although instead of the usual coach we were split into a school minivan and a private minivan) because we did not use public transportation once! For each stop, we had group assembly times, and traveled in the ... http://akennick.edublogs.org/2008/06/11/an-eclectic-day/