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2025 Itinerary
May 12-15, 2025 Class on University of Arkansas Campus, Fayetteville. Kimpel 401.
May 19 M Depart from NWA Regional Airport XNA to DFW Depart from DFW - Arrive May 20 2:25PM London LHR
20 T Arrive at London Heathrow at 2:25PM • Coach will pick-up at airport to lodgings in Bloomsbury, Central London; get Oyster Cards; learn our neighborhood, London Underground. • Group Dinner Bloom’s Pizza
21 W11:00AM Walking Tour 1: to the Strand, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square. Oyster Cards; learn the underground system. • 5:30PM Depart lobby. Visit Seven Dials Market for dinner (on your own) • 7:30 PM Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at St. Martin’s Theatre
22 ThWalking Tour 3: High Holborn to St. Paul’s, Barbican Centre, Charles Dickens house. Evening at leisure
23 F• 9:30 am Morning visit to the Tower of London (tickets at 10:30am)
24 Sa 10:00am Walking Tour 2: toward King’s Cross/St. Pancras, British Library, Art Institute. Trip to Camden Market along Regent’s Canal (+ lunch on your own) Evening at leisure 25 Su Day at Leisure (Free Day)
26 MBank Holiday in the UK Explore South Bank Area • 7:00 PM The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre
26 TAfter class Morning Visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum Evening at leisure
28 W•9:30AM Sky Garden at Walkie Talkie Building 20 Fenchurch St. •Lunch at Borough Market, London Bridge Tube Stop • 7:30 PM My Master Builder at Wyndham’s Theatre
29 Th•9:30 am Day Trip to Bath, England by train. Paddington Station. Tour Roman Baths. Visit the Royal Crescent. 4:00 Afternoon Tea at The Pump Room (to be confirmed)
30 F Depart 8:45 am Morning Class. Location TBA • 2:00 PM Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
31 Sa•9:00 am London: Greenwich Points of interest in Greenwich: Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, Greenwich Park. Greenwich Market
June 1 SuDay at Leisure
2 M • 9:00am Depart lobby. 10:00am Tour Westminster Abbey – Guided. • 7:30 PM 1536 at Almeida Theatre. Depart lobby 6:30PM
3 T • 9:00 am Day Trip visit to Hampton Court Palace. Waterloo Station.
4 W10:00AM National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery
5 ThDepart 8:45 am Morning Class. Location TBA. After class The British Museum. 6 F TBA
7 Sa TBA
8 Su TBA 9 M 5:00PM Group Dinner Bloom’s Pizza 10 TuDepart 8:45 am Morning Class. Location TBA. Visit Old Spitalfields Market for lunch (on your own) 7:30 PM The Brightening Air at The Old Vic Theatre
11 W • 10:00 AM Kew Gardens. Train from Waterloo Station • 6:15PM leave for National Theatre • 7:00 PM Here We Are at National Theatre
12 ThDepart Lobby 10:00am. Tate Modern Museum. •7:00 PM The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse 13 F • Coach pick-up for three-day overnight in Stratford-upon-Avon. Day Visit to Oxford, England • Overnight at guesthouse (full English breakfast)
14 Sa •Morning of sightseeing in Stratford-upon-Avon; Shakespeare’s Birthplace. Holy Trinity Church (where Shakespeare is buried); Hall’s Croft (a fine Tudor House) • 7:45 PM Hamlet Hail to the Thief at Royal Shakespeare Company 15 Su Time TBA: Anne Hathaway’s Cottage • 6PM Dinner at The Windmill Pub
16 M •Return to London from Stratford via coach early morning •Return to USA
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