Italy, 2001

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Italy, 2001!!!!!

• May 28th
• Gather at Austin Straubel Airport at 1230 pm
• May 29th
• Arrive in Milan, Italy
• Check into Hotel Losanna (http//www.venere.it/mil
  ano/losanna/)
• Walking tour of the city (required)
• May 30th
• Required tour of the National Museum of Science
  and Technology (http//www.museoscienza.org/)

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Itinerary, contd.

• May 31st
• Tour the Duomo Museum (optional)
• June 1st
• Travel by coach to Venice
• Check into Palazzo Priuli (http//www.venere.it/it
  /venezia/palazzopriuli/)
• Walking tour of the city (required)
• June 2nd
• Tour of glass factory on Murano (optional)
• June 3rd
• Group Dinner (required)

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Itinerary, contd.

• June 4th
• Leave for Florence
• Check into Hotel City (http//www.hotelcity.net)
• Required walking tour of city and Academy Gallery
  (where Michaelangelos David is found
  http//www.arca.net/db/musei/accadem.htm)
• June 5th
• Tour of Uffizi Museum (required
  http//www.uffizi.firenze.it/welcomeE.html)
• June 6th
• Optional day trip to Pisa or Chianti

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Itinerary, contd.

• June 7th
• Tour Museum of History of Science (required
  http//www.imss.fi.it/intro/emuseo.html)
• June 8th
• Group Dinner (required)
• June 9th
• Travel to Milan
• June 10th
• Finish up last-minute shopping
• Group dinner (required)
• June 11th
• Return flight

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Other business items

• Vegetarians??
• Money for meals 35 per day for lunch and
  dinner
• Italian words / phrases
• Immunizations

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Important meeting dates

• Next meeting
• Tuesday, May 8th at noon (discussion of goals of
  trip)
• Additional class time prior to trip
• Wednesday, May 23rd and Thursday, May 24th, 1pm
  330 pm in Laboratory Sciences 224
• Lectures on Galileo and Leonardo da Vinci
• Discussion of potential paper topics

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Other websites of interest

• Slide tour of Florence
• http//www.virtourist.com/europe/florence/index.ht
  ml
• Slide tour of Venice
• http//www.virtourist.com/europe/venice/index.html
  
• Slide tour of Milan
• http//www.virtourist.com/europe/milan/index.html

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Recommended reading

• Galileo's Daughter A Historical Memoir of
  Science, Faith, and Love -- by Dava Sobel