Centers of Culture & Art in the Mediterranean

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1 with Yale Professor Jay Witer Ceters of Culture & Art i the Mediterraea A Voyage from Seville to Veice Aboard the All-Suite, 114-Guest Corithia II SAVINGS FOR FIRST 28 TRAVELERS BOOKED S NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENT April 14-27, 2012

2 The Associatio of Yale Alumi is proud to preset this Yale Educatioal Travel program explorig the art ad culture i the lads that border the Mediterraea Sea, from Seville to Veice. Sprig is the ideal time to see this legedary regio: the days are suy ad the hillsides are covered i flowers, yet the summer crowds have yet to arrive. The Program Lectures by Yale Professor Jay Witer. Professor Jay Witer will be available for iformal discussios throughout the voyage. Travelers from the Smithsoia, the Uiversity of Califoria at Berkeley, The Uiversity of Chicago, ad other groups will share this voyage. Lecturers from the Uiversity of Califoria at Berkeley ad The Uiversity of Chicago will also speak to our group. Full program of excursios, as described i the itierary. Fitess Level: Moderately Active Activities iclude extesive walkig o ueve surfaces at a moderate pace ad stair climbig. To Reserve Today Fax the registratio form to the AYA at (203) to request your space. Or make a olie request at the page for this program at I either case, we will hold your space for oe week pedig receipt of your paymet. Make your deposit check payable to Travel Dyamics Iteratioal ad sed it with your registratio form to Yale Educatioal Travel, Box , New Have, CT Or, you may charge your deposit. Iclude your AmEx, Discover, Visa, or MasterCard iformatio with your registratio form. Reservatio cotact: (203) or edtravel@yale.edu Iformatio o other AYA programs We do ot wish to be itrusive with our mailigs. We will delete your ame from the list of people who get iformatio o Yale Educatioal Travel programs if you so wish. Please write Yale Educatioal Travel at the address above, fax us at (203) , or edtravel@yale.edu. At you will fid iformatio detailig all YET programs. Cover: Barceloa, Spai s La Sagrada Familia is reowed for its uusual ad ufiished style

3 The walled city of Dubrovik, Croatia, is kow as the Pearl of the Adriatic oboard erichmet program This grad jourey from Seville to Veice visits some of the most importat ceters of art ad culture i the Mediterraea world, places steeped i history both aciet ad moder. The scholars ad teachers oted below will share with you their wide experiece ad expertise o topics ragig from the Greek ad Roma civilizatios that oce domiated these shores, through the artistic achievemets associated with Barceloa ad Provece ad Veice, to the sad history of Europea wars i the 20 th cetury ad the prospects for peace i the 21 st. Yale faculty leader Jay Witer is the Charles J. Stille Professor of History at Yale Uiversity. He joied the Yale faculty i 2001 after may years of teachig moder history at Cambridge Uiversity i Eglad where he was a Fellow of Pembroke College. He is the author of Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourig: The Great War i Europea Cultural History, ad with Jea-Louis Robert, he directed the collective which produced the two-volume study of Capital Cities at War: Paris, Lodo, Berli He wo a Emmy Award for best televisio series of the year as co-producer, writer ad chief historia of the BBC ad PBS televisio series: The Great War ad the Shapig of the Twetieth Cetury, first broadcast i 1996, ad show i 27 coutries. He looks forward to sharig his love of Europea history with Yale travelers o this program. For this voyage, Professor Witer will offer a series of lectures o the theme of civil wars i Europe, lookig at coflict i Spai, Frace, ad Yugoslavia, ad raisig the questio whether peace i Europe will edure. other speakers James Redfield is the Edward Olso Distiguished Service Professor i Classical Laguages ad Literature ad Professor i the Committee o Social Thought at The Uiversity of Chicago. A prolific author, he has writte Nature ad Culture i the Iliad: The Tragedy of Hector; The Locria Maides: Love ad Death i Greek Italy; ad articles o Homer, Herodotus, Plato, ad Greek society. His teachig is focused o Greek laguage, literature, ad social history as they ca be uderstood i the light of theory draw from moder liguistics ad athropology. Hele Ettliger received her Ph.D. i Early Moder Europea History from U.C. Berkeley i She has bee a idepedet scholar doig research, givig lectures, ad publishig i the field of Italia Reaissace art history. She has spet much time travelig abroad. She was a assistat professor at Cetral Michiga Uiversity ad has taught at U.C. Berkeley ad Sa Fracisco State Uiversity. I additio to umerous articles i history ad art history, she has co-authored two books with L.D. Ettliger: Botticelli ad Raphael. For reservatios or iformatio, please call (203)

4 SPAIN SEVILLE Graada Motril Aix-e-Provece Marseille Barceloa FRANCE Arles Boifacio Corsica Mediterraea Sea VENICE ITALY Naples CROATIA Split Dubrovik Kotor MONTENEGRO Itierary Saturday, April 14, 2012 USA Fly from the U.S. to Seville, Spai. Suday, April 15 SEVILLE, Spai EMBARK Arrive i Seville ad trasfer to Corithia II. Sped overight aboard ship, docked i port. (D) Moday, April 16 SEVILLE Occupied by the Romas, coquered by the Moors, ad ruled by a successio of Catholic moarchs, Seville is oe of Europe s most importat ad affluet maritime cites. Visit the Alcazar, with its charmig Murillo Gardes, ad the Gothic Cathedral. (B, L, D) Tuesday, April 17 MOTRIL GRANADA MOTRIL Graada exemplifies the best of Moorish culture, art, ad architecture. Tour the Alhambra, a strikig 13 th -cetury palace Veetia-iflueced Kotor, Moteegro, estled alogside its amesake fjord-like bay Pompeii, Italy, a perfectly preserved example of a aciet Roma city begu by the caliphs of the Nasrid dyasty. Also see the Sala de los Dos Hermaos ad stroll through the spledid Geeralife Gardes, adjacet to the Alhambra. (B, L, D) Wedesday, April 18 AT SEA While spedig a day at sea, atted lectures ad ejoy the ship s ameities. (B, L, D) Thursday, April 19 BARCELONA The exuberat capital of Cataloia, Barceloa is rich i exceptioal works of art ad architecture. Tour the arrow alleyways of the Barrio Gotico, the origial site of the Carthagiia city, ad the extraordiary Templo de la Sagrada Familia, begu i the 19 th cetury by the architect Atoi Gaudi ad still ufiished. Also visit the 14 th -cetury cathedral, La Seu, ad tour the Museum of Cataloia Art. (B, L, D) Friday, April 20 MARSEILLE ARLES or AIX-e-PROVENCE MARSEILLE, Frace Drive to Arles ad visit the theater, amphitheater, ad the Romaesque Church For reservatios or iformatio, please call (203)

5 of St. Trophime. Alteratively, travel to Aix-e-Provece, the first Roma settlemet i Gaul, immortalized by the works of Cézae. (B, L, D) Saturday, April 21 BONIFACIO, Corsica Corithia II avigates the sceic, fjordlike waterway leadig to Boifacio o Corsica, a islad of high cliffs ad spectacular sceery. Stroll through the strikig village of Boifacio, with its widig medieval laes ad brightly colored houses. Admire the fie Gothic architecture ad dramatic limestoe cliffs. (B, L, D) Suday, April 22 NAPLES POMPEII or HERCULANEUM NAPLES, Italy From Naples, tour either Pompeii or Herculaeum, two Roma cities that faced radically diverget fates after the eruptio of Mout Vesuvius i a.d. 79. Retur to Naples for a afteroo visit of the Archaeological Museum. (B, L, D) Moday, April 23 AT SEA Sped a relaxig day at sea as we sail toward Moteegro. (B, L, D) Tuesday, April 24 KOTOR, Moteegro Magificetly set amid Europe s southermost fjord, Kotor was well regarded for its masos ad ico artists. O a walkig tour through this car-free UNESCO World Heritage Site, visit the 12 th -cetury Cathedral of St. Trypho, as well as the Cathedral Square ad the Lapidarium. (B, L, D) The spledid Alhambra Palace, Graada, Spai Wedesday, April 25 DUBROVNIK, Croatia A tour of the oce Veetia-ruled Dubrovik icludes the Rector s Palace, the Gothic cloister, the garde of the Domiica Moastery, ad the baroque cathedral, which cotais works by Reaissace paiters Titia ad Adrea del Sarto. (B, L, D) Thursday, April 26 SPLIT Split is most famous for its stuig fortresslike palace, built i a.d. 295 by the Roma Emperor Diocletia ad today oe of the world s most impressive Roma ruis. Explore the palace ad old fortified tow, icludig the Rotuda, Mausoleum of Diocletia, ad preserved Temple of Jupiter. (B, L, D) Friday, April 27 VENICE, Italy DISEMBARK USA Disembark i Veice ad trasfer to the airport for retur flights to the U.S. (B) Corithia II docked i Seville, Spai

6 The stuig cliffs of Boifacio, Corsica Program Iclusios Educatioal program of lectures ad discussios by Yale Professor Jay Witer ad other speakers 12-ight cruise aboard the all-suite, 114-guest Corithia II Complete program of tours ad excursios Welcome ad farewell cocktail receptios aboard ship All meals aboard ship, icludig house wie, beer, ad soft driks with luch ad dier Ope bar aboard ship throughout the cruise Professioal Travel Dyamics Iteratioal tour staff Complete pre-departure materials Baggage hadlig ad trasfers abroad o the desigated program arrival ad departure dates Port ad embarkatio taxes Gratuities to porters, guides, ad drivers Corithia II I a era of mega cruise ships that carry thousads of passegers, Corithia II is a delightful alterative. More like a private yacht tha a cruise ship, Corithia II accommodates oly 114 guests i 57 suites. Corithia II s limited guest capacity, fie facilities, ad distictive style of operatio attract like-mided travelers who retur agai ad agai to ejoy its custom-crafted itieraries ad a style of cruisig that is rarely foud today. More tha just a cruise, each voyage provides a comprehesive experiece that reveals the sigular aspects of the destiatios. Aboard, a sese of commuity ad a spirit of camaraderie prevail. All of Corithia II s suites face outside, providig views of the sea ad ladscape. Several have a private balcoy. There are expasive ope deck areas ad other facilities, icludig a gym, library, beauty salo, two louges, a su deck with Jacuzzi, ad a outdoor cafe. A spacious restaurat accommodates all guests i a ope, uassiged seatig. The cuisie is outstadig, ad the overall service is efficiet ad friedly while uobtrusive. A elevator serves all decks. A residet physicia atteds a well-equipped ifirmary. Served by 70 seasoed officers ad crew, Corithia II complies with the latest iteratioal safety regulatios ad is outfitted with the most curret avigatioal techology. NOT INCLUDED: Airfare; visa ad passport fees (if applicable); luggage ad trip cacellatio isurace; meals, soft driks, ad alcoholic beverages other tha those specified above; persoal expeses such as laudry, telephoe calls, faxes, ad service; ad gratuities to shipboard persoel.

7 Suite The Club cruise & lad rates category PER PERSON, DOUBLE OCCUPANCY descriptio reduced rate for first 28 travelers rate startig with 29 th traveler Deluxe suites o Magella Deck with portholes ad E sittig area. 225 sq. ft. Suites Deluxe suites o Columbus Deck with widow ad D sittig area. 225 sq. ft. Suites Deluxe suites o Magella Deck with portholes C ad sittig area. 235 sq. ft. Suites Deluxe suites o Columbus Deck with widow B ad sittig area. 235 sq. ft. Suites Deluxe suites o Marco Polo Deck with widow A ad sittig area. 235 sq. ft. Suites Deluxe suites o Marco Polo Deck with forward ad side widows ad sittig area. 285 sq. ft. Suites Deluxe Verada Suites o Erickso Deck with private balcoy ad sittig area. 300 sq. ft. Suites Deluxe Pethouse Suites o Explorer Deck with private balcoy ad sittig area. 400 sq. ft. Suites VS & PHS suites are provided with private butler service ad other exclusive ameities. AA VS PHS $8,395 $9,395 $9,395 $10,395 $10,395 $11,395 $11,395 $12,395 $12,395 $13,395 $13,195 $14,195 $14,095 $15,095 $15,295 $16,295 NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENT A limited umber of cabis i Categories C - A have bee set aside for sigle occupacy at o supplemet. Oce these cabis are filled, cabis for sigle occupacy may be available at a supplemet of $2,495. Deck pla All accommodatios aboard Corithia II are suites. They face outside, affordig sea views, ad several have balcoies with slidig doors. All iclude two twisize beds that ca covert to a quee-size bed, sittig area, mii-refrigerator, safe, spacious closets, climate cotrol, telephoe, TV, DVD/CD player, ad bathroom with marble vaity, shower, ad other ameities. Su Deck Outdoor Café Library Louge Restaurat The Club Receptio Beauty Salo Su Deck Exercise Area Explorer Deck Erickso Deck Marco Polo Deck Jacuzzi Columbus Deck Bridge Hospital Magella Deck Diig alfresco aboard ship

8 Restaurat Registratio YALE 12412RP To reserve today, fax this reservatio form to Yale Educatioal Travel at (203) to hold your space for oe week, pedig receipt of your deposit or credit card istructios. Alteratively, you ca register olie at Please mail this registratio form ad your deposit to: Yale Educatioal Travel, Box , New Have, CT p Check: Eclosed is my check made payable to Travel Dyamics Iteratioal for $ ($1,500 per perso) as a deposit to hold places(s) o Ceters of Culture & Art i the Mediterraea. p Credit Card: No check is eclosed. Please charge my credit card for $ ($1,500 per perso) as a deposit to hold places(s) o Ceters of Culture & Art i the Mediterraea. p AmEx p Discover p Visa p MasterCard No. Pethouse Suite Balcoy Exp. 3- or 4-Digit Security Code I uderstad that fial paymet is due iety (90) days prior to departure ad is payable by check oly. Please select cabi category i order of preferece: PHS VS AA A B C D E p Twi Beds p Double Bed p Sigle Occupacy p Share (caot be guarateed) dr./mr./mrs./ms. First Last Library geeral iformatio Paymets: A $1,500 deposit per perso is required to cofirm your reservatio. For your coveiece, you may charge your deposit to your America Express, Visa, Discover, or MasterCard or pay it by persoal check. Fial paymet is due 90 days prior to departure ad must be by persoal check oly; credit cards are ot accepted for fial paymet. Cacellatios & REFUNDS: All cacellatios are subject to a $300 per perso fee. Cacellatios received days prior to departure will be assessed a pealty equal to 50% of the total program cost per perso. Cacellatios received withi 60 days of departure are subject to 100% cacellatio pealties. No cacellatio is valid util received i writig i the office of the Associatio of Yale Alumi. Isurace: We recommed the purchase of trip cacellatio isurace. Details will be set upo registratio. Itierary: The itierary, accommodatios, ad arragemets are subject to chage at the discretio of Travel Dyamics Iteratioal ad Yale Educatioal Travel. Ship s Registry: Marshall Islads CST # TDI Due to space limitatios, this is abbreviated iformatio. Please cotact us for complete Terms ad Coditios. AIRFARE: Airfare is ot icluded i the Cruise ad Lad Rates. Please cotact your preferred airlie, travel aget, or the Travel Dyamics Iteratioal air desk operated by Valerie Wilso Travel, Ic. (VWTI) for airfare iformatio ad to reserve flights. Cosultats are available Moday Friday from 9:00 am 5:30 pm (EST) toll-free at Please have your tour code (12412) ad dates hady for referece. Fuel Supplemet Travel Dyamics Iteratioal reserves the right to charge a fuel supplemet, without prior otice, if the NYMEX oil price exceeds $85 per barrel. This supplemet may be charged eve if the cruise fare has bee paid i full. Yale Affiliatios birthdate Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms. First Last Yale Affiliatios Address City/state/zip Telephoe (day) birthdate (eveig) Each participat must sig below: I/We have read the Geeral Iformatio sectio ad agree to its terms. Sigature D date Sigature D date

9 program features & highlights See the best of Moorish art ad architecture at the 13 th -cetury Alhambra palace, a fatasy of lacy arches ad romatic courtyards. Moteegro s Kotor. Admire the well-preserved Greco-Roma atiquities collectio at the Natioal Archaeological Museum i Naples. Experiece a private flameco performace i Seville. View works of 20 th -cetury artists such as Gaudi i Barceloa ad Cezae i Aix-e-Provece. Take i the limestoe cliffs of Boifacio i Corsica ad the magificet fjord of Boka Kotorska e route to Ejoy a private performace of traditioal Croatia klapa (a cappella) sigig i Dubrovik. Visit the Iva Mestrovic Gallery i Split, desiged by the 20 th -cetury Croatia sculptor himself ad exhibitig his most sigificat works. BOX NEW HAVEN, CT SAVINGS FOR FIRST 28 TRAVELERS BOOKED S NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENT TIME-VALUE MATERIAL Ceters of Culture & Art i the Mediterraea April 14-27, 2012 FRANCE Aix-e-Provece Marseille Arles VENICE CROATIA SEVILLE Graada Barceloa Corsica Split SPAIN ITALY Dubrovik Boifacio Kotor MONTENEGRO Naples Motril MEDITERRANEAN SEA PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID New Have, CT Permit #519 For reservatios or iformatio, please cotact Yale Educatioal Travel at (203) YALE 12412RP