* items
are those added in hindsight.*
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4:00
a.m. Load
Anthonys Shuttle transporter in front of the GEM and leave
n
4:15
a.m. Leave
for Portland International Airport (PDX).
Bring snacks for the trip.
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6:00
a.m. Arrive
at PDX, unload bags and check in for flight.
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7:50
a.m. Leave PDX on Southwest
2156, stop in Chicago, 1:45 pm. (Eat
lunch at airport per diem)
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3:15
pm leave Chicago on
Southwest 376
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6:05
pm Arrive in Washington, Dulles
Airport, gather bags and ride Super Shuttle to the hotel, bring cash for the driver.
n
8
pm National 4H
Conference Center 7100
Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, MD 20815 phone 301.961.2801 ph http://www.4hcenter.org/
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8:30
pm* *Find a restaurant that
is still open or eat snacks in the game center at conference center. (per diem)
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7:30-9
a.m. Breakfast
at conference center. (use badge)
n
10:30
am Meeting for daily
activities and class time. Discuss site
visits, choose the best places. Debrief
Metro & Bus Maps.
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11:30
pm Mark goes for Metro rail
and bus weekly passes.
n 11:30 -1 pm Lunch at Conference Center or your choice (per diem)
n
9
5 Rest and recuperate
from travel. Explore using bus, rail or
taxi. Use the free internet service in
rec room downstairs.
n
5:30-7:30
pm Dinner at Conference center or
your choice (per diem).
n
7:30-8:30
pm* Updates on Activities and class
time research the internet using the internet to research sites we will
visit.
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7:00-8:30
a.m. Breakfast
at conference center. (use badge)
n
8:30
am Meet and take Metro Bus,
Rail and *Taxis to TESOL Executive Offices, Alexandria, VA.
n
10
- 12 Meet with TESOL
Executive Officers. Bring money to buy
books if desired.
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12:30
p.m Lunch, Layla Lebanese
Restaurant or your choice (per diem).
n
1:30-5 Site-seeing Alexandria and
taking the Metro bus and rail back to the conference center.
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5-7
pm Dinner in hotel or
your choice (per diem).
n
7:30-8
p.m.* *Class debriefing of TESOL
offices and Alexandria. Prep for
tomorrow's class sharing of community svc. activity.
n
7:30-9
a.m. Breakfast
at conference center. (use badge)
n
9-10:30
am Class: Sharing of community
svc. activity and other American culture classroom activities. *Reserve room!
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11-3:30 Free time, exploring on your
own. *(Attend EAMP student class if
possible.)
n
4:30-8:30 AMIDEAST Reception with Hors
d'ouevre. (Reception time is 6-8 pm)
n
9
pm Dinner on your
own. (per diem) **or eat before the
reception the food was enough at the reception.*
n
7:30-9
a.m. Breakfast
at conference center. (use badge)
n
9:30
Leave for Boat tour
and tour of Mt. Vernon.
n
11
5:30 Tour of Mt. Vernon
and Lunch on the estate. *Don't forget
to tour the main house. *Create a
scavenger hunt for the
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2.5 hours on the
grounds.
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5:30-7:30
p.m.* Dinner
at conference center. (use badge)* (not possible) *Have dinner out as a group in
Alexandria. (per diem)
n
7:30-9:30
pm Access student own country
culture presentations. Attend and
debrief afterwards with students.
n
7:30-9
a.m. Breakfast
at conference center. (use badge)
n
9-10
am Class: Discussion of
student culture presentations & best culture presentation prep. *Reserve
room!
n
12
pm Leave 4h center for
U.S. Capitol.
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2
4:30 pm U.S. Capitol Tour *(prepare for 5 pm meal somewhere close
then walk the Mall)*
n
5
-7 pm Evening walk along
the U.S. mall memorials and monuments.
n
5:30-7:30
p.m. Dinner
at conference center. (use badge) *not
possible, not enough time. *Have dinner
out at Cheesecake Factory.
n
(per diem)
n
7:30-9
a.m. Breakfast
at conference center. (use badge)
n
10-12:30
pm Final debriefing of tour and
D.C. activities. *(attend Access Student
debates? @ 11:30 am.)*
n
12:30 Leave for So Others Might
Eat (SOME) to see Volunteerism. *Leave
at 11:30 to get there for lunch crowd or wait till
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12:30
to get one-on-one tour of the soup kitchen facility.
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1:30
pm Nadia departs for
airport.
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5:30-7:30 Dinner at conference center. (use
badge)
n
7:30-9
a.m. Breakfast
at conference center. (use badge)
n
9
am (various) Check out and take
Super Shuttles to airport
n
10
am (various) Check in luggage at
airport (Mark's Flight leaves at 4 p.m.
Check your travel itinerary.)
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10:45 pm (various) Arrive
home (eventually)
***
Please bring loose-fitting cool clothes because it gets hot and humid in
Washington D.C., in the summer. Also,
bring a light jacket; there could be rain.
Bring money for food, shopping, some local transportation by
subway. You can use your ATM cards and
carry no more than 100 dollars at any one time. There haven't been any
incidents of crime but we ask that the group to be cautious with carrying too
much money.***
*Please
clean up dirty dishes in the GEM. Have
all materials ready by the door for loading by the PAs.
Please
bring all your luggage. And your airline
tickets!! The Hut Shuttle & D.C. Super
Shuttle drivers will help with your bags.
Please consider paying a tip of $1 per bag that drivers have to handle.
Your
rooms have been paid for by the English Access project. The room fee does NOT
include phone service NOR movie service on the TV. You will also not be able to
watch movies in your room (though you will have access to regular TV channels).
Local
calls are .20 cents a minute (or more).
You will have to pay for any local calls you make at the front
desk. 800, 877, 866 calling cards are
free to use in your room. Dial 8 + 800 +
the number. You may wish to make a call
to friends or relatives using a phone card from Corvallis Rice & Spice.