Spanish Language Program

Thu Sep 4 18:46:37 UTC 2003

EASTFIELD COLLEGE

LANGUAGE & LITERATURE DIVISION

SPANISH 1311 TRIP TO SPAIN, SPRING 2004

TENTATIVE SIGHTSEEING

                     Pre-trip meeting – April 3, 2004, Room TBA from
9:30 AM-1:00 PM

                     Pre-trip meeting – April 24, 2004, Room TBA from
9:30 AM-1:00 PM

                                    Test #1

                     Post-trip meeting – May 29, 2004, Room TBA from
9:30 AM-1:00 PM

                     May 10 Departure to Madrid, Spain, Handouts,
Reading about Spain

May 11  Arrive in Madrid.  Panoramic tour.  Lunch at leisure.  In the
afternoon visit with       

               the group the Park El Retiro.  Dinner in the hotel.
Briefing  and lecture in      

               preparation for sightseeing tour of Madrid, next day.

May 12  Visit Librería Nacional,  Museo Reina Bofia.  Lunch at leisure.
In the afternoon visit Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Plaza de las Cibeles
and Puerta del Sol.  Evening at leisure.  Lecture prior to sightseeing
trip and briefing following the tour  (Test # 2)

                              May 13  Visit Museo del Prado.  Lunch at
leisure.   In the afternoon trip to Segovia.    

Visit Aqueduct of Segovia, and Mercado al Aire Libre.  Back to Madrid.

                Evening at leisure.  Lecture prior to sightseeing trip
and briefing following the 

                tour. 

                              May 14  Departures to Toledo.  Panoramic
view.  Lunch at leisure.  Visit house and  

                                             Museo del Greco, el Alcazar
and main Cathedral of Toledo.  Dinner at a local 

               restaurant.  Lecture prior to sightseeing trip and
briefing following the tour.

May 15   Departure to Consuegra and visit the Windmills. Drive to
Cordoba. Panoramic   tour.  Visit Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos and
Mesquita de Cordoba.  Lunch at leisure.  In the afternoon visit Medinat
az-Zahra. Entrance to excavation. Dinner at leisure.  Lecture prior to
sightseeing trip and briefing following the tour.

                      May 16  Departure to Sevilla.  Panoramic view of
the city.  Visit the Museo de Bellas  

                Artes.  Lunch at leisure.  In the afternoon visit the
Archeological Museum and   

                Paza  de Espana.  Dinner and Flaminco Dance show.
Lecture prior to   

                sightseeing trip and briefing following the tour.
(Test#3)

                     May 17  Sevilla –  visit La Catedral de La Giralda,
Barrio de Triana.  Lunch at leisure.  

   In the afternoon visit El Alcazar, Torre del Oro.  Dinner at leisure.
Lecture 

               prior to  sightseeing trip and briefing following the
tour.

May 18  Departure to Granada.  Panoramic view of the city.  Visit the
Museo de Bellas    Artes and La Alhambra.  Lunch at leisure.  In the
afternoon visit El Alcazar.  Evening at leisure. Lecture prior to
sightseeing trip and briefing following the tour.

                             May 19   Departure to El Toboso.  Panoramic
view of El Toboso.  Lunch  at leisure.  Visit Quixote Museum and The
Windmills. Drive to Albacete. Dinner at leisure.  Night in Albacete.
Lecture and summary of the second week

May 20  Departure to Valencia.  Panoramic view of the city.  Lunch at
leisure. In the afternoon visit Museo de Bellas Artes, Museo Nacional de
Ceramicas.  Dinner at the hotel.  Lecture prior to sightseeing trip and
briefing following the tour.  Test #4.

May 21  In the morning visit Colegio del Patriarca and Museo Taurino.
Drive to Cuenca.  Dinner at leisure in Cuenca  Lecture prior to
sightseeing trip and briefing to following the tour.

May 22  Departure from Cuenca. In the morning, panoramic view of the
city including hanging houses “casas colgadas”.  Museo de Arte Abtracto
Espanol, and Puerta de San Pablo. Lunch at leisure.  Drive to Madrid.
Dinner at the hotel.  Final summary briefing of the trip.

                              May 23   Departure from Madrid to Dallas.

         Bibliography: (Optional)

A.     Cultural History

The Structure of Iberian History, Americo Castro

Federico Garcia Lorca, A Life, Ian Gibson

Barcelona, Robert Hughes

Iberia, James Mitchner

B.      Literary Studies

Don Quijote, Cervantes

Tales of Alhambra, Washington Irving

Philosophy of Love in Spanish, Alexander A. Parker

C.     Art

Picasso, Maillard Elgar

Islamic Art, David Rice

Velazquez, The Complete Works, Lopez-Rey

Estimated Cost: 

$2,874.00 plus tuition ($90, three hour credits) plus 1 textbook and
tips ($45). Plus personal expenses.  

Students at CCCC and other N. Texas Consortium of Schools qualify for
in-County tuition.

The $2,874.00 cost includes round trip airfare from DFW to Madrid and
return including all taxes and surcharges, hotels and breakfasts, many
meals, museum fees and entrances to sights visited on the itinerary, and
escorted transportation in Spain.  The cost does not include:  DCCCD
tuition (3 credits), one textbook, tips, passport fees, some meals,
incidental transportation (i.e., taxis for shopping, etc.).  Monthly
installments are permitted.  

For payment, please contact Sheneicka Flakes, at the EFC Business
Office, 

972-860-7301.

In order to ensure air and hotel reservations,  a deposit of $400.00 is
mandatory and due no later than November 3, 2003.  The second payment of
$1,200.00 is due no later than February 9, 2004.  The third and final
payment is due no later than March 8, 2004. If you choose to make one
final payment for the total amount of $2,874.00 it will be due no later
than March 19, 2004.  The amount of $250 will be charged as a penalty
for any late registration.   Monthly installments are permitted, as
well.  

Throughout the trip, the students are expected to communicate with
locals in Spanish.   This experience with the Spanish language will help
you to develop your personal ability to communicate properly.

For more information, please contact Ana M. Piffardi, Spanish Professor,
at Eastfield College 972-860-7661/7124,  

e-mail: axp4426 at dcccd.edu 

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