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the opportunity to create our own wine blend to DAY 14 • Cluny • The French National Stud DAY 16 • Paris • Controversial Topic: The
take home. Delve into French history during a visit to Cluny, a Yellow Vest movement
B,L — Hotel Le Donjon or similar nearby town whose medieval Abbey was famously Meet with a middle-class mother-turned-protester
plundered during the French Revolution. Later, tour to discuss a Controversial Topic: the Yellow Vest
DAY 12 • Lyon • Pont du Gard the National Stud Farm to see where Napoleon’s war social movement that swept through France in 2018.
Transfer to Lyon by bus, stopping along the way for horses were bred. We’ll learn about the social issues that inspired
a visit to the ancient Roman aqueduct of Pont du B,L,D — Hotel Le Roosevelt or similar it, the violence that resulted, and how the French
Gard, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. government has responded.
B,L — Hotel Le Roosevelt or similar DAY 15 • High-speed train to Paris • Paris B,D — Hotel Panache or similar
Travel to Paris aboard a TGV, a high-speed train that
DAY 13 • Lyon • Controversial Topic: can travel at speeds up to 200 miles per hour. Later, DAY 17 • Return to U.S.
Medically assisted reproduction • Local explore “The City of Lights” by bus and on foot, Transfer to the airport for your flight home. Or,
foods of Lyon tour taking in both the city’s famous sites—the Louvre, fly to Bilbao to begin our A Taste of Basque Country:
Meet a local doctor and activist to discuss the the Eiffel Tower, the Champs-Élysées and more—as Bilbao, Guernica & Beyond or New! The Best of
Controversial Topic of medically assisted well as more intimate local spots, like markets and Provence: Aix-en-Provence, Cassis & St. Remy post-trip
reproduction in France, and whether procedures like residential neighborhoods. extensions.
in vitro fertilization should be available to single B,L — Hotel Panache or similar
women and lesbian couples. Then, delve into Lyon’s B
culinary traditions during a food tour and discover
why the city is considered France’s culinary capital.
B,D — Hotel Le Roosevelt or similar

Unique Accommodations

Hotel de France
Angers
The Hotel de France is an elegant, century-old
heritage hotel located close to Angers’s city
center, about a 5-minute walk from the Château
d’Angers. Each of the hotel’s 55 rooms offer air
conditioning, a minibar, wireless Internet, flat-
screen television, and an en suite bathroom.
The hotel features an on-site restaurant.

Visit Chateau de Villandry in the Loire Valley on Day 4.

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