Hi Everyone!
Just a reminder that the first parent meeting is scheduled for Thursday October 13th at 7 pm at Perri Zaret's house 1057 Iliff Street Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.
All the paperwork and the application will be given at the meeting, as well as your first personal interview for the trip video.
Your parents will be able to hear full details about the trip, and have all of their questions regarding the posed itinerary answered, and become involved in planning activities prior to the summer trip. If your parents cannot attend this meeting please email LOL asap.
See ya TONIGHT!
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
First Meeting
The Thursday lunch meeting met at the secret location on the bluffs.
About 35 happy seniors showed up to sign an email list, learn about the two itinerary options, receive a handout for parents to view, and were also given a few inspiring details about the summer trip.
All attendees were excited, and there were a few enthusiastic questions about the itinerary, a few jokes about their future trip, and a starry look in their eyes as the realization that their senior graduation trip is just a few months away.
There are a few steps asked of them to enroll: email linesoflatitude@gmail.com with their name and birthdate. Answer questionnaire that will be sent. Become a follower on this blogsite. Apply for a passport. Tell parents the parent meeting will be an evening in the first week of October. And to attend all future Thursday meetings. Ask around for next weeks secret location!
Thanks to all who gave their lunch hour to help make this trip the trip of a lifetime.
All attendees were excited, and there were a few enthusiastic questions about the itinerary, a few jokes about their future trip, and a starry look in their eyes as the realization that their senior graduation trip is just a few months away.
There are a few steps asked of them to enroll: email linesoflatitude@gmail.com with their name and birthdate. Answer questionnaire that will be sent. Become a follower on this blogsite. Apply for a passport. Tell parents the parent meeting will be an evening in the first week of October. And to attend all future Thursday meetings. Ask around for next weeks secret location!
Thanks to all who gave their lunch hour to help make this trip the trip of a lifetime.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
First Draft of Trip route: "take one"
Deux Mille Douze Take One
Hi DMD's! (abbreviation for travelers on the Deux Mille Douze 2012 summer senior trip).
SO, there is a travel route ready to be presented to you all.
The following is take one. I hope you will give your two cents and comment on the route.
Myself: I would add Krakow after Prague and ditch Vienna. But it's impossible to get from Krakow to Venice...
deux mille douze itinerary
june 29 – july 22, 2011
12 cities, 8 countries, 25 days
barcelona, paris, amsterdam, copenhagen, berlin, dresden
praha, vienna, venice, florence, rome, Ibiza.
Option 1 All 25 days
Option 2 Barcelona to Ams
Option 3 you choose
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also:::
Now, This year: you do NOT have to take the full 25 day trip.
You can choose your cities!
Maybe some of you just want the first 3 cities, maybe some of you want the last 4 cities.
You decide what you want to see.
The beginning of the trip is relaxed, then the middle gets more "backpackerish fast"(so only real hardcore travelers should do that one).
There is also an option of SOME travelers doing the 5 cities in the middle, and others just hang out in another city, and we all meet in Venice....if you don't want to travel so quickly.
Please think thoughtfully about this "take one" route, as it seems to fit all the responses I've received about where to travel this summer.
The cost for this 25 day trip is averaging 4500, with a huge chance of it reaching 5500.
However, 3 cities would average about 3000.
So you also have to think about what you can afford.
We will talk about all of this through out the next few weeks.
There is a meeting scheduled for September 15th. Ask around, to get the secret location.
You can choose your cities!
Maybe some of you just want the first 3 cities, maybe some of you want the last 4 cities.
You decide what you want to see.
The beginning of the trip is relaxed, then the middle gets more "backpackerish fast"(so only real hardcore travelers should do that one).
There is also an option of SOME travelers doing the 5 cities in the middle, and others just hang out in another city, and we all meet in Venice....if you don't want to travel so quickly.
Please think thoughtfully about this "take one" route, as it seems to fit all the responses I've received about where to travel this summer.
The cost for this 25 day trip is averaging 4500, with a huge chance of it reaching 5500.
However, 3 cities would average about 3000.
So you also have to think about what you can afford.
We will talk about all of this through out the next few weeks.
There is a meeting scheduled for September 15th. Ask around, to get the secret location.
Past Trips
Past trips have included:
13 travelers "Amber's Twins" who discovered London, Paris, Florence, Assisi and Rome.
The "Springfield" group, just 10 of us, hit Paris, Milan, Florence, Assisi, Rome, and a cruise to Greece.
"The Others", a huge group of 35, journeyed around Paris, Venice, Berlin, Vienna, Prague and Amsterdam.
"Ikosi Deka" (Greek for 2010), a group of 21, shopped their way through London, Paris, Venice, Budapest, Prague and Amsterdam in 17 days!
and this last summer's trip, "twintig elf"(Hungarian for 2011), a group of 25, toured Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Prague and Budapest.
Deux Mille Douze, wants you in the 2012 group picture!!!!
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