PARIS DAY 1 Overnight flight from Atlanta to Paris. Touring the impressionist Musée D’orsay. Vigil Mass and dinner at the Madeleine. DAY 2 Bus tour of Paris: Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame. Boat tour on the Seine. Catacombs/Gourmet lunch. DAY 3 Touring the Louvre. Shopping on the Champs-Élysées. Cooking class. Touring Montmartre.
BARCELONA DAY 4 A flight from Paris to Barcelona. Lunch at St. Caterina Market. A bike tour of the city. Walking tour of historic Barcelona. DAY 5 Ash Wednesday Mass at Barcelona Cathedral. Bus tour of Barcelona: Parc Guell, Sagrada Familia. Touring the Roman ruins /Picasso Museum.
Spring Break SOJOURN
This spring break, a surprisingly large group of students forsook beach trips and ski slopes and Fortnite marathons for something different. Three faculty chaperones escorted twenty-six Upper-Schoolers on a whirlwind eight-day tour of Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid. Hours after the final school bell chimed, the cohort boarded an international, overnight flight from Atlanta to Paris. “It was a culture shock at first,” said first-time international traveler Ariel Watson, a 12th-grader. “I’m so used to American customs.” It was the small things that surprised her in Paris. “Tiny hotel elevators, uneven stairs in old buildings. It was interesting to see the history of every building we stepped into. Everything in America seems kind of brand new.” Over three days in Paris, the group walked the city touring monuments, museums, and (by demand) shopped on the Champs-Élysées, Paris’ boulevard famous for its theaters, cafes, and high-end shops.
A tapas dinner. “We tried to fit in a ton of sightseeing,” said senior Olivia Ford. “It was pretty cool, but at the end
MADRID DAY 6 A high-speed train ride to Madrid. Bus tour of Madrid: Plaza de Toros. A guided tour of Museo del Prado. Amazing paella dinner. A walking tour of Madrid. DAY 7 Touring the Museo Reina Sofia. Exploring Retiro Park. Reunion with Beth Van de Voorde, and alumna Stephanie Perez. Touring the Royal Palace/shopping. DAY 8 A flight from Madrid to Atlanta.
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