4b_British&Irish_Heritage+Itinerary

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 * British and Irish Heritage -

Ambassadors on this program will earn special insights into:
 * People to People Moments **
 * Enjoy an official briefing in London with a current or former member of Parliament.
 * Experience British 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.
 * Enhance Your Education **
 * Medieval history
 * Literature and lore of the United Kingdom
 * Government
 * Plant biology and geology
 * Scottish history and heritage
 * Intercultural studies
 * Top Program Activities **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Trek through majestic castles and ruins from Warwick Castle to Edinburgh Castle.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Take your confidence to the next level as you challenge yourself to rappel down a castle wall in Wales.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Capture the incomparable scenery of Glencoe and the Gap of Dunloe.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Compare Irish life then and now as you visit a 19th-century village re-creation and a working farm.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">London, England **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">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.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Hear an insider’s perspective on British government from a member of Parliament.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Cruise past [|Big Ben] and other London landmarks on a Thames riverboat.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Re-create life in the Middle Ages—complete with lunch with King Henry VIII!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Outside Buckingham Palace, watch for the flag to see if the queen is in. Then experience the ceremonial changing of the guard.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Catch a play or musical in the West End, considered the capital of the theater world.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Spend two to three nights with a welcoming host family.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Soar over the city in the [|London Eye], the world’s largest Ferris wheel.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Warwick, England **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">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.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Train to wage war as a knight, and watch the world’s largest trebuchet (catapult) in action.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Gretna Green, Scotland **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Visit the blacksmith’s forge that has served as an unlikely site for countless weddings.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loch Lomond, Scotland **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Kayak the waters of this lovely lake, one of the largest in Britain.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Create lasting friendships with your fellow delegates as you compete in a teambuilding challenge.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Glencoe, Scotland **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Absorb the picturesque landscape that has served as a backdrop for countless movies.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Watch professionals train sheepdog puppies to manage herds.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Loch Ness, Scotland **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Keep your eyes open for sightings of [|“Nessie,”] the lake monster.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">St. Andrews, Scotland **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Enjoy pointers from a local [|golf] pro in the game’s home city.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Edinburgh, Scotland **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Experience Scotland’s commanding capital city, perched on the crests of seven hills.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Stroll the Royal Mile and research the history of Scottish clans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Explore [|Edinburgh Castle], from its 12th-century chapel to the one-o’clock gun.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Meet a traditional Scotsman and learn how his regalia depicts the country’s history and heritage.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Tie on a kilt and kick up your heels during an evening of Scottish culture.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Bangor, Wales **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Take the //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Full On //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">challenge as you rappel down a castle wall under the guidance of professionals.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Explore the unique Welsh culture and get a quick lesson in the lovely Welsh language.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Dublin, Ireland **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Explore Dublin in small groups, including areas like Grafton Street and Trinity College.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Try your hand at Gaelic football in the Gaelic Athletic Museum.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">County Kerry, Ireland **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">View the breathtaking Gap of Dunloe from a horse-drawn jaunty car.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Taste the joyous Irish culture during a [|ceilidh], an evening of traditional music and dance.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Experience Irish farm life, from bread-baking to rope-making to sheep-wrangling.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Glimpse Irish village life in a 19th-century folk park, then explore the adjoining Bunratty Castle.