*Note – this trip is not affiliated with Moscow Middle School or the Moscow School District.

It is an independent student/parent educational opportunity.

Madrid, Spain Barcelona, Spain Carcassonne, France Paris, France Toledo, Spain Salamanca, Spain

– Welcome: Cell phones off please

– Just an FYI 77 days away

– Counting groups

– Emergency contact sheets DUE MAY 19th…Fill them out correctly

– Photo Book

– Rules and roles sign-off sheet tonight

– Phones, debit cards, etc.

– Travel Itinerary – Still working on final confirmation (Tentative June 8-10)

– Luggage and liquids talk

– What are we going to see?

– Next meetings

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Agenda of Meeting

Matthew’s Group

Daniel’s Group

Jason’s Group

Stacy’s Group

• Make sure you have a

passport and that it is good

up through the end of

December 2014

• We will collect three

color copies of your

passport and a copy

of your medical

insurance card at the

May 19th meeting.

Passports & Emergency Contact Information

Photo Mug Shots

Make sure I got

your photo

tonight to create

our mug shot

book

Cell Phones, Debit

Cards & Internet

Check your phones!

Check with your bank and let

them know you will be

traveling overseas!

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Luggage

•Pack once, then remove 1/3

•Parents have the final say on what you pack.

•Lost luggage – pack light?

•One Small Carry-on Plus on Personal Item (WE RECOMMEND)

•Pack an extra bag and send gifts home

The Prado Museum Madrid, Spain

• One of the greatest museums in the world – 7,600 paintings, 1,000 sculptures, 4,800 prints and 8,200 drawings

– El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Raphael, and Rembrandt

Palacio Real “Royal Palace” Madrid, Spain

• Home of King Don Juan Carlos I

• Built in 1734

• Still home of the royal family

Salamanca, Spain

• Famous for the Plaza Mayor

• Home of the historic Universidad de Salamanca

• One of the only places in the world to have two connected Cathedrals

Toledo, Spain

• The former capital and the cultural heart of Spain.

La Sagrada Familia “The Holy Family” Barcelona, Spain

• Construction: 1882 begins

• Completion date: 2041???

• Architect- Gaudí

• Gaudí is buried in the crypt

• One of the largest cathedrals in Spain

Cite-de-Carcassonne

o Parts of its fortifications date to 1st century AD o A beautiful fortress strategically placed that was never

successfully besieged

“All Aboard!”

• Night trains are an incredibly popular way to travel in Europe

• Fall asleep in Carcassonne and wake up in Paris

– A 480 mile journey all while we SLEEP

Mona Lisa • Painted by Renaissance

master Leonardo de Vinci c. 1503 and completed c. 1517

• Arguably the world’s best known painting

• Deceptively small at only 30 x 21 inches

• Housed in the Louvre (Paris) since 1797

Arc de Triomphe

• Commissioned in 1806 by Napoleon

• A triumphal arch modeled after the Arch of Titus in Rome

• Took 30 years to complete!!

Palace of Versailles

• Originally a hunting lodge, the transformation to imperial palace was initiated by Louis the 14th (the Sun King) c. 1668

March 24th, 2014 – France/Spain history and travel

logistics

May 19th, 2014 – Pre-travel information

May 31st, 2014 – Ropes course #2 (pre-trip)

June TBA, 2014 – Night before departure meeting.

All meetings and times are subject to change and you will be notified of any changes in

advance. Please remember that all travel participants, including traveling adults, are

required to attend at least 85% of all team meetings.

Spain and France Trip 2014 Schedule of Meetings

Questions,

Comments, and/or

Freaking Outs

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