 September 27–October 5, 2010
Discover the history, culture, and beauty of northern France’s Seine River valley, with the deluxe river ship, the Avalon Creativity, as your hotel. Begin in glittering, romantic Paris: Tour the city, then perhaps return to the Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, or the Eiffel Tower—or sit in a sidewalk café while Parisian life whirls around you. Cruise to Conflans for a visit to Giverny and the lovely farmhouse and gardens where Claude Monet lived and worked. Then walk through Historic Rouen, a well-preserved city of Romanesque and Renaissance architecture. From Rouen, travel overland to Normandy to remember the events of the D-Day Invasion that changed the course of history. Visit the American Cemetery at Colleville, the Allied landing sites at Omaha Beach, and the battlefield of Pointe du Hoc. Return to the river to cruise to Les Andelys for Richard the Lionheart’s Chateau Gaillard and the Nicholas Poussin museum before a final stop in Paris. Travel in luxury comfort—the Creativity has the largest staterooms of any ship on the Seine.
$$ Approximately $2,594 per person based on double occupancy, plus airfare.
Activity Level: Moderately active
 Lecturer: Alain Toumayan
Alain Toumayan is a professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. He specializes in 19th- and 20th-century French literature and culture, and the intersection of literature and philosophy in the modern period. He has published works on the problem of evil in 19th-century literature, on literary generations, and on philosopher-writer Maurice Blanchot and philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Toumayan has lived and traveled extensively in France, spending many summers in Provence, where he has family ties, teaching in a summer institute in Avignon, being a host-lecturer for the Alumni Travel trip to Burgundy and Provence in 2008, and directing Notre Dame’s program in Angers. He has also directed the program in literature and philosophy and served as Fulbright program advisor for the University. Toumayan is a Fellow in the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.
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