TOURS ETC.: COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG LOOKING FOR THOSE WHO DIG ARCHEOLOGY.Byline: Daily News and Wire Services You can spend a portion of your vacation excavating American history within Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area under educational programs offered by the Williamsburg Institute's Learning Weeks in Archaeology. Sessions at the Virginia historical site are offered June 23-July 4, Sept. 1-12 and Sept. 22-Oct. 3. Participants can stay for the first week only or for the full two weeks. After undergoing training, participants will aid archeologists in taking field notes and identifying artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. from 18th-century and colonial life. Registration fees are $390 for one week, $625 for two weeks and include training, lectures, tours, an evening at a colonial tavern The Colonial Tavern was one of the most famous jazz venues in Canada from the 1950s till its closure in the late 1970s. It was located at 199-201 Yonge Street in Toronto (now a laneway next to 197 Yonge Street and 205 Yonge Street) in which a historic plaque remembers this key jazz and admission to Williamsburg's exhibition buildings, museums and gardens. Additional meals, lodging and air fare to Williamsburg are not included. Information: (800) 603-0948. Russia and the Baltics: The architecture, cuisine and music of Russia Russia is a large and extremely culturally diverse country, with dozens of ethnic groups, each with their own forms of folk music. During the period of Soviet domination, music was highly scrutinized and kept within certain boundaries of content and innovation. and the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are the focus of a 15-day trip offered through September. The Maupintour package includes visits to Moscow's Kremlin and St. Petersburg's Hermitage, as well as historical and cultural sites in the Baltics. Most meals, sightseeing, accommodations and air fare from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , as well as ground transportation, are included in the cost that begins at $4,760 per person, double occupancy. Information: (800) 255-4266. Waterway adventure: The luxury American Orient Express Orient Express Luxury train that ran from Paris to Constantinople (Istanbul) for over 80 years (1883–1977). Developed by the Belgian businessman Georges Nagelmackers, its luxuriously furnished cars became the symbol of glamour for European society. train and the small Yorktown Clipper ship will work in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem to take participants on a journey through the Pacific Northwest. The 10-day trip begins on the train, which takes tourists from Portland, to Seattle, traveling through the Columbia River Columbia River River, southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S. Rising in the Canadian Rockies, it flows through Washington state, entering the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Ore.; it has a total length of 1,240 mi (2,000 km). Gorge, Glacier National Park Glacier National Park, United States Glacier National Park, 1,013,572 acres (410,497 hectares), NW Mont.; est. 1910. Straddling the Continental Divide, the park contains some of the most beautiful primitive wilderness in the Rocky Mts. and the Cascade Mountain Cascade Mountain can refer to:
Cost ranges from $3,090 to $4,140 per person, double occupancy, plus port charges of $75. Single fare is $4,505. Included are accommodations, all meals, sightseeing in the Washington wine country and Glacier National Park and services of a naturalist/historian. There are two departure dates: Sept. 18 and Sept. 28. Information: (800) 325-0010. France on horseback: A Sept. 16-28 trip through southwestern France will take 10 riders first to Paris, then to Samur to see the French Riding Academy in exhibition. The group will then spend five days riding on horseback through the region, sampling wine, cheese and other produce. Horses, food and tack are provided; luggage will be forwarded from inn to inn. The per-person cost of $2,869 includes air fare from San Francisco and a donation to the Western States Trail Foundation. Information: (916) 894-1687. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg is the setting for several summer archeological dig sessions that allow participants to help researchers. Susanne Hopkins/Daily News |
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