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Pedagogical Goals | Syllabus | Tour Itinerary
Pre-Arrival Reading List | Bibliography
Tour Itinerary
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Touring the United States with the SUSI is made possible in part by the
talents of our Institute travel specialist, Alicia Boada. Alicia has been
supervising the tour for a decade, and her experience as an international
travel agent and tour specialist is invaluable. Those of you who speak
Spanish will have the opportunity to brush up on your South American idioms
as well - Alicia was born and raised in South America.
The tour portion of the Institute is a great deal of fun, but it is also hard work. It is the opportunity to test many of the ideas and proposals of the Institute regarding American culture and life, by looking at the everyday contemporary lives, landscapes, and rituals of Americans in a wide variety of settings - the American Midwest, Washington, DC, and the South. On the bus, we will have discussions and lectures, and there will always be the opportunity for questions. What follows is not the final schedule, as some parts of the tour are awaiting confirmation.
July 15, Friday
| 10:00 a.m. | Depart Chicago for Hannibal, Missouri via deluxe motor coach bus (301 miles, 5 hours) |
| 1:00 p.m. | Stop for lunch |
| 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. | Discussion of Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi |
| 4:00 p.m. | Arrive in Hannibal |
| 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi steamboat tour and dinner |
| Hotel Clemens 401 N. Third Street Hannibal, MO 63401 T: (573) 248-1150 |
Saturday, July 16
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Mark Twain Museum |
| 11:30 a.m. | Depart for Kansas City |
| 8:30 p.m. | Live Jazz Show in the Blue Room |
Marriott Downtown |
Sunday, July 17
Fort Scott National Monument |
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| 11:30 a.m. | Depart for Oklahoma City (5.5 hours drive) |
| 6:00 p.m. | Visit Murrah Building Memorial (Oklahoma City Bombing) |
Fairfield Inn |
Monday, July 18
| 9:00 a.m | Visit the Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum (the National Cowboy Hall of Fame) |
| 11:30 a.m | Depart Oklahoma City for Amarillo, Texas (259 miles, 4 hours) |
| Lecture: Texas as Nation: regional literature and music | |
| Reading: Kinky Friedman, Kinky Friedman’s Guide to Texas Etiquette Larry McMurtry, Horseman, Pass By! |
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| 7:30 p.m. | Group dinner at the Big Texan Steak Ranch |
| Ambassador Hotel 3100 I-40 West Amarillo, TX 79102 T: (806) 358-6161 F: (806) 358-9869 |
Tuesday, July 19
| 8:00 a.m. | Depart for Elkin's Ranch for a Cowboy Breakfast |
| 10:30 a.m. | Deaprt Amarillo for Alburquerque (288 miles, 4 hours) |
| Stop en route at Ant Farm’s Cadillac Ranch | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Group dinner at El Pinto Restaurant, Albuquerque |
| Hotel Blue 1717 Central Avenue NW Alburquerque, NM 87102 T: (877) 878-4868 F: (505) 924-2465 |
Wednesday, July 20
| 9:00 a.m. | Guided tour by local professional guide of Pueblo Cultural Center Pueblo |
| 11:00 a.m. | Dance of Pueblo Indians |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch at the Indian Pueblo Restaurant |
| Afternoon | Downtown “Old Town” of Albuquerque |
| Hotel Blue 1717 Central Avenue NW Alburquerque, NM 87102 T: (877) 878-4868 F: (505) 924-2465 |
Thursday, July 21
| 7:30 a.m. | Depart Albuquerque for Acoma (1 hour, 20 mins.) |
| 9:00 a.m. | Visit Acoma Pueblo, Sky City (3-hour tour) |
| 12:00 p.m. | Depart for Durango, Colorado (6 hrs driving) |
| Lecture: Western Expansion and Western Economic Development | |
| Afternoon | Arrival in Tamarron |
| Evening | Durango |
Tamarron Resort |
Friday, July 22
| Early a.m. | Optional hike guided by Neil |
| 12:00 p.m. | Travel through the Rocky Mountains to Silverton, Colorado, a mining town (40 min. drive) |
| 3:00 p.m. | Depart Silverton |
| 6:00 p.m. | Rodeo! |
| Tamarron Resort 40292 HWY 550 North Durango, CO 81301 T: (970) 259-2000 F: (970) 382-7899 |
Saturday, July 23
| Depart Durango for Monument Valley, Utah (6 hrs or less) | |
| Lecture-Discussion: Native American life and letters | |
| Reading: Tony Hillerman, Ghost Way | |
| Film: Sherman Alexie, Smoke Signals | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Tour Monument Valley, Navajoland |
| Goulding's Lodge Box 350001 Monument Valley, UT 84536 T: (435) 727-3231 |
Sunday, July 24
| 8:00 a.m. | Depart Monument Valley for Grand Canyon, Arizona (4 hours) |
| 1:00 p.m. | Arrive at the Grand Canyon |
| Fairfield Inn Williams 1029 N. Grand Canyon Blvd. Williams, AZ 86046 T: (928) 635-9888 F: (928) 635-2235 |
Monday, July 25
| 8:00 a.m. | Depart for Las Vegas |
| 2:00 p.m. | Tour of Las Vegas by bus (1.5 hours) |
| Lectures by Dr. Hal Rothman | |
| Excalibur Hotel 3850 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89109 T: (702) 262-1658 |
Tuesday, July 26
| Afternoon | Debate between Hal Rothman and Peter B. Hales |
| Excalibur Hotel 3850 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89109 T: (702) 262-1658 |
Wednesday, July 27
| 8:00 a.m. | Depart for Las Vegas Airport |
| 10:10 a.m. | Flight depart for Washington D.C. (Baltimore airport) |
| 7:00 p.m. | Arrive in Baltimore/Washington, D.C. |
| Marriott Washington 1221 22nd Street Washington, D.C. NW 20037 T: (202) 872-1500 F: (202) 872-1424 |
Thursday, July 28
| 9:00 a.m. | Bus tour of National Monuments |
| 2:00 p.m. | American democratic politics at work: The U.S. House and Senate |
| Marriott Washington 1221 22nd Street Washington, D.C. NW 20037 T: (202) 872-1500 F: (202) 872-1424 |
Friday, July 29
| 9:00 a.m. | Morning meeting with Fulbright/Department of State at Headquarters |
| Afternoon | Set aside for final sightseeing and preparation for return to home countries |
| Evening | Final Farewell Banquet |
Saturday, July 30
Departure of Participants from DC airports for home countries. All participant departures from hotel are arranged via shuttle, taxi pool, etc., and a member of the Institute staff remains until all participants have departed on that day.