Europe Trip, 2023

Our second Europe study abroad trip was cancelled in 2020 due to Covid.  So here we are finally getting back to London.  Additionally we'll be spending 4 days in Paris as well.  We're taking 5 faculty and 31 students from Theatre, Opera, Marketing, and Hospitality. I'll be blogging the whole way, so you can follow along on our adventures.

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Friday, May 5…Travel day
12:30 pm   Meet at MCC; Take the bus to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
6:20 pm     Depart Austin Airport on British Airways, Flight BA0190                       
 
Saturday, May 6 - London
 9:45 am     Arrive London Heathrow airport    
11:45 am    Take Heathrow Express to Paddington Station
12:00 pm   Arrive Paddington Underground station
12:30 pm   Take Elizabethan Line to Tottenham Court Road Station
1:00 pm     Arrive at Travelodge Covent Garden to drop off luggage
1:30 pm     Lunch Trafalgar/Leicester Square
3:00 pm     Check into rooms at Travelodge Covent Garden
5:00 pm     Dinner
7:00 pm     Walk to Vaudeville Theatre
8:00 pm      Six – Vaudeville Theatre - 404 Strand, London
10:00 pm    Return to the hotel
 
Sunday, May 7 - London
 9:00 am     Breakfast at Hotel
11:00 am   Walk to British Museum
1:00 pm     Lunch
2:00 pm     Return to Hotel
4:00 pm     Leave for Heathers
5:30 pm     Heathers – The Other Place - 12 Palace St, London
8:00 pm     After the show bite
10:00 pm    Return to the hotel
 
Monday, May 8 - London
 7:00 am     Breakfast at Hotel
8:00 am     Leave for Victoria Station/Walking and Tube
9:15 am     Bus for Harry Potter WB Studios Tour (90 minutes)
11-3 pm     Harry Potter WB Studio Tour 4.5 Hours/Lunch               
5:00 pm      Arrive at Victoria Station/Return to the hotel
5:30 pm     Dinner       
6:30 pm     Leave for Back to the Future
7:30 pm     Back to the Future – Adelphi Theatre - Strand, London
10:30 pm   Return to the Hotel
 
Tuesday, May 09 - London
 9:00 am     Breakfast at Hotel
10:00 am   Leave for St. Paul’s Cathedral
10:30 am   St. Paul’s Cathedral
12:00 pm    Lunch with James Phelps
4:00 pm     Return to Hotel/Dinner
6:30 pm     Leave for Piccadilly Theatre
7:30 pm     Moulin Rouge – Piccadilly Theatre - 16 Denman St, London
10:30 pm    Return to the hotel
 
Wednesday, May 10 - London
 9:00 am     Breakfast at Hotel    
11:30 pm    Lunch
1:00 pm     Leave for Place Theatre
2:00 pm      HP & Cursed Child Part 1 – Palace Theatre -113 Shaftesbury
5:00 pm     Dinner    
7:00 pm      HP & Cursed Child Part 2 – Palace Theatre - 113 Shaftesbury
10:30 pm    Return to the hotel/Pack for Paris

Thursday, May 11 - Travel to Paris
 7:30 am     Breakfast at Hotel – Check out of Hotel
8:00 am     Depart for St. Pancras Station
10:22 am   Eurostar to Paris (2.5 Hours)
2:00 pm     Arrive at Paris - Gare du Nord Train Station
2:30 pm     Customs/Change money/Acquire Metro cards
3:00 pm     Metro to Hotel
3:30 pm     Check into Yooma Urban Lodge Hotel – Eiffel
5:00 pm     Dinner
6:00 pm     Leave for Opera Bastille
7:30 pm     La Boheme – Opera Bastille - Pl. de la Bastille
11:00 pm   Return to Hotel
 
Friday, May 12 - Paris
 8:30 am     Breakfast
9:00 am     Depart for Versailles
11:00 am   Palace of Versailles
1:00 pm     Lunch at Versailles
3:00 pm     Metro back to Hotel
5:00 pm     Dinner
 
Saturday, May 13 - Paris
 8:30 am     Breakfast
9:00 am     Depart for Louvre Museum
10:00 am   Louvre Museum
1:00 pm     Lunch
2:00 pm     Palais Garnier
6:00 pm     Dinner
7:00 pm     Eiffel Tower
10:00 pm   Return to Hotel/Pack for London
 
 Sunday, May 14 - Travel to London
 8:00 am     Check out of Hotel Yooma/Breakfast
8:30 am     Metro to Gare du Nord Train Station
10:15 am   Customs at Gare du Nord Train Station
12:13 pm   Eurostar to London (2.5 hours)
3:00 pm     Customs/Change money/St. Pancras Station
3:30 pm     Tube to Travelodge Lodge Covent Garden
4:00 pm     Check into Travelodge Covent Garden
5:00 pm     Dinner
6:00 pm     Rocky Horror Show
10:00 pm   Return to Hotel

Monday, May 15 - London
 9:00 am     Breakfast at Hotel
10:00 am   Leave for Royal Opera House Tour
10:45 am   Backstage Tour Royal Opera House
12:00 pm    Leave for British Library       
1:00 pm      British Library Lunch with Jason Price
3:30 pm     Return to Hotel/Dinner Break
6:30 pm     Leave for Royal Opera House
7:30 pm      Sleeping Beauty - Royal Ballet - Bow St, London
10:00 pm    Return to hotel
 
Tuesday, May 16 - London
 9:00 am     Breakfast at Hotel
10:00 am   Leave for the Tower of London
11:00 am   Tower of London      
5:00 pm     Dinner
6:00 pm     Leave for Bridge Theatre
7:30 pm      Guys and Dolls – The Bridge Theatre - 3 Potters Flds Pk
11:00 pm    Return to hotel
 
 Wednesday, May 17 - London
 9:00 am     Breakfast at Hotel
10:00 am   Leave for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
11:00 am   Globe Theatre Tour
1:00 pm      Lunch       
3:00 pm     The Clink/The Golden Hinde/The Tate Modern
5:00 pm     Dinner
6:00 pm     Leave for Globe Theatre - 21 New Globe Walk
7:30 pm      A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Globe Theatre
11:00 pm    Return to hotel
 
Thursday, May 18 - London
 9:00 am     Breakfast at Hotel
10:00 am   Leave for Kensington Palace
1:00 pm      Lunch       
2:00 pm     Big Ben/Parliament/Westminster
5:00 pm     Dinner
6:00 pm     Return to hotel/Pack for flight to Austin
 
Friday, May 19 - London
 7:00 am     Breakfast at Hotel/Check-out of Hotel
7:30 am     Leave for Airport/Tube/Heathrow Express
8:30 am     Arrive at Heathrow Airport
11:45 am   Depart to Austin - British Airways Flight 0191
3:50 pm     Arrive in Austin – British Airlines Flight 0191   
4:30 pm     Bus back to MCC
6:30 pm     Arrive at MCC
 
Travelodge Covent Garden
10 Drury Ln, High Holborn, London WC2B 5RE, UK
+44 871 984 6245  www.travelodge.co.uk
 
Yooma Urban Lodge Eiffel
51 Quai de Grenelle, 75015 Paris, France
+33 1 44 09 00 13  www.yooma-eiffel.com