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>>FOCUS BERLIN 2018<< GERM 205 (English) / 358 (German): Literature and Moral Imagination Berlin’s Iconic Brandenburg Gate Join fellow XU students in an experiential learning trip to Berlin, Germany, one of the world’s “it” cities, from Monday, May 7 – Friday, 18, 2018. Enrollment in GER 205 or 358, scheduled in April as a run-up to the trip, sets the scene for an mind-altering
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GERM 205 (English) / 358 (German): Literature and Moral Imagination
Berlin’s Iconic Brandenburg Gate
Join fellow XU students in an experiential learning trip to Berlin, Germany, one of the world’s “it” cities, from
Monday, May 7 – Friday, 18, 2018.
Enrollment in GER 205 or 358, scheduled in April as a run-up to the trip, sets the scene for an mind-altering experience led by Professor Richard Schade.
He knows Berlin like the back of his hand – just ask those whom he taught in 2017 !
TENTATIVE ITINERARY IN BERLIN
>DAY 0 (MONDAY, MAY 7) / DEPART CVG FOR OVERNITE FLIGHT TO BERLIN
>DAY 1 (TUESDAY, MAY 8) / ARRIVE BERLIN TXL > TAXI TO HOTEL > ORIENTATION TO S-BAHN AND ENVIRONS
>DAY 2 (WEDNESDAY, MAY 9) / BREAKFAST > DEPART TO ALEXANDERPLATZ > WALKING TOUR DOWN UNTER DEN LINDEN TO BRANDENBURGER TOR >
LUNCH > TOUR DEUTSCHES HISTORISHES MUSEUM > AFTERNOON SIT-DOWN MEAL IN NIKOLAIVIERTEL > RETURN TO HOTEL
(IN GENERAL: BREAKFAST BETWEEN 7:30 – 8:30 / DEPART HOTEL 9:00)
(IN GENERAL: STUDENTS PACK LIGHT LUNCH)
(IN GENERAL: STUDENTS UNDERTAKE DINNER AND EVENINGS ON THEIR OWN, BUT ALWAYS IN GROUPS OF MINIMUM 3 PERSONS)
>DAY 3 (THURSDAY, MAY 10) / BREAKFAST > DEPART FRIEDRICHSSTRASSE > TOUR FEDERAL REGIERUNGSVIERTEL / REICHSTAG >
LUNCH >
AFTERNOON: HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL > POTSDAMER PLATZ > GENDARMENMARKT > RETURN TO HOTEL
> DAY 4 (FRIDAY, MAY 11) / BREAKFAST > DEPART S-BAHN TO CHECKPOINT CHARLIE > TOPOGRAPHIE DES TERRORS >
LUNCH >
AFTERNOON: JEWISH MUSEUM > RETURN HOTEL
DAY 5 (SATURDAY, MAY 12) / BREAKFAST > DEPART FOR SACHSENHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP > LUNCH > RETURN AT INDIVIDUAL CONVENIENCE
DAY 6 (SUNDAY, MAY 13) / FREE DAY WITH OPTIONS SUGGESTED
DAY 7 (MONDAY, MAY 14) /BREAKFAST > DEPART FOR POTSDAM > TOUR SCHLOSS & PARK SANSSOUCI
LUNCH >
RETURN VIA BERLIN ZOO AND KU-DAMM ENVIRONS > RETURN HOTEL
DAY 8 (TUESDAY, MAY 15) / BREAKFAST > TREPTOW SOVIET WAR MEMORIAL > KARL MARX ALLEE >
LUNCH > STASI MUSEUM > RETURN HOTEL
DAY 9 (WEDNESDAY, MAY 16)/ BREAKFAST > HACKESCHE HÖFE > MUSEUMSINSEL COMPLEX > LUNCH > LATE AFTERNOON > GROUP DINNER > RETURN HOTEL
DAY 10 (THURSDAY, MAY 17) / BREAKFAST > FREE DAY IN PREPARATION FOR RETURN CVG
>DAY 11 (FRIDAY, MAY 18) / DEPART BERLIN TXL TO CVG WITH SAME DAY ARRIVAL IN CINCINNATI
BERLIN’S CENTRAL HISTORIC DISTRICT (=MITTE)
