Overview

"Our Transylvanian Study Tour" is a week-long study tour to Transylvania during Spring Break 2006. This study tour will travel to sites associated with Prince Vlad III "Drakulya" of Wallachia, the orginal "Dracula" of history, and will provide increased knowledge of the historical underpinnings of the Dracula legend. Students will receive one-hour of credit for study tour; credit will appear as HONR 199Z, Transylvanian Study Tour.

NOTE: This Study Tour is entirely independent of HONR 199V, 'The Vampire in Folklore, Fiction, and Film'; you need not be enrolled in one to enroll in the other. While students registered for HONR 199V will certainly find their experience in that course enhanced by participation in the Study Tour, the latter is by no means required. And students who are not in HONR 199V but would like to accompany us to the Land of Dracula are certainly welcome to enroll.

Program Dates: 9-17 March 2006

Program fee [NEW figures as of 2 Dec 2005]: $1164.90. NOTE: all Purdue students are eligible for a $500 Study Abroad Grant in connection with this study tour, which -- subtracted from the fee -- leaves a balance due of only $664.90. Unbelievably good value!

Program fee includes tranportation to/from the airport in Bucharest, Romania; hotel accommodations; daily hot breakfast; 2 full day coach trips; and museum and site entrance fees and tips. Students are responsible for obtaining their own transportation from the US to Bucharest; cheap tickets are available online at such sites as Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, Priceline, cheaptickets.com, and so forth. But one can also get a good deal sometimes by telephoning the major airlines directly and asking "how much are your cheapest tickets to Bucharest, Romania?"

Program Contact: Catharine Patrone
Email: cpatrone@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 494-2906
FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOW TO ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM, CLICK HERE

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