Updated Beijing, China 2008 Calendar
| Sunday | August |
3 | 8:10 am |
Depart Nashville via American Airlines Flight #1898
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| 9:40 am | Arrive Chicago |
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| 10:35 am | Depart Chicago via American Airlines Flight #289 |
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| Monday | August |
4 | 2:05 pm | Arrive in Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport/Proceed to the Nanfang Hotel (Address: 515 West Longhua Rd. Shanghai 200232, China) |
| Get settled/Guided tour of Bund in the evening | ||||
| Group dinner at a Shanghai style restaurant in Old Town | ||||
| Tuesday | August |
5 | 7:00 am | Breakfast at Nanfang Hotel |
| 8:00 am | Depart to Zhouzhuang, a typical ancient town surrounded with water and canals, a town of Ming and Qing Dynasties. |
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| 5:00 pm | Return to Shanghai/Group dinner/Evening free | |||
| Wednesday | August |
6 | 8:30 am | Check-out time |
| 10:50 am | Depart Shanghai via train D32 to Beijing |
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| 8:50 pm | Arrive in Beijing/Proceed to Master Inn (Address: 38, College Rd, Haidian District, Beijing 100083) | |||
| Get settled/Group dinner/Meeting/Free time | ||||
| Thursday | August |
7 | 7:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Depart to campus of Beijing Sports University |
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| 9:00 am | Lecture---- China and Chinese Culture |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch at Master Inn |
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| 2:30 pm | Depart to Beijing Museum |
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| Evening | Dinner with CIPE officials and professors - Place TBD | |||
| Friday | August |
8 | 7:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Depart to Great Wall |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch at Ming Tombs Restaurant |
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| Afternoon | Tour of Ming Tombs/Dinner at Master Inn | |||
| Evening | Group viewing of opening ceremonies at hotel | |||
| Saturday | August |
9 | 7:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Depart to campus of Beijing Sports University |
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| 9:00 am | Lecture----The Making of Chinese Top Athletes |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch at Master Inn |
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| 2:00 pm | Depart to Summer Palace |
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| 4:30 pm | Return to hotel | |||
| 5:30 pm | Dinner at Master Inn |
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| 6:30 pm | Depart to Chaoyang Theater |
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| 7:30 pm | Chinese Acrobatics Show (casual dress) | |||
| Sunday | August |
10 | 7:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Depart to campus of Beijing Sports University |
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| 9:00 am | Lecture----Chinese Martial arts & Traditional Medicine |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch at Master Inn |
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| 1:00 pm | To Longqing Valley (A Summer Resort in Yanqing County) |
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| 6:30 pm | Return to Beijing/Dinner at Master Inn/Evening Free | |||
| Monday | August |
11 | 7:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Depart to campus of Beijing Sports University |
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| 9:00 am | Lecture----Physical Education in Schools |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch at Master Inn |
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| 1:00 pm | to Shunyi Olympic Aquatic Park: Canoe/Kayak (3:00-6:42) |
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OR |
to Beijing Olympic Sports Center: Handball (2:00-5:15) | |||
| Dinner at Master Inn/Evening free | ||||
| Tuesday | August |
12 | 7:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Depart to Tiananmen Square |
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| 10:00 am | Tour of Forbidden City/Lunch at KFC (Your choice) | |||
| 2:30 pm | Depart to the Olympic Green : Archery ( 3:30 - 6:41) |
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| Dinner at Master Inn/Evening free | ||||
| Wednesday | August |
13 | 7:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Walk to Beihang University---Weightlifting ( 10:00 - 2:00)/Snack at Venue | |||
| Afternoon | International Tea Show in Xuanwu, a special program arranged by Xuanwu District Goverment |
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| Evening | Laoshe House for Folk Art Show |
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| Thursday | August |
14 | 7:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Depart to Temple of Heaven | |||
| 11:30 am | Lunch at a Beijing Style restaurant |
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| 1:00 pm | Shopping at Hongqiao Market (Bargain welcome) |
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| 4:00 pm | Return to Master Inn |
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| 6:00 pm | Check-out and depart to Beijing Railway Station |
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| 8:30 pm | Train (sleeping booth style) to Taiyuan on K60 |
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| Friday | August |
15 | 7:20 am | Arrive in Taiyuan |
| Afternoon | Continue to Pinyao Old City. Guided tour of Pinyao City/Stay in Pinyao for one night | |||
| Evening | Tour of the night scenes |
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| Saturday | August |
16 | Morning/ Afternoon |
Continue the sight-seeing in Pinyao during the daytime |
| 9:05 pm | Fly to Shanghai from Taiyuan |
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| 10:45 pm | Arrive in Shanghai Hong Qiao Airport/Check-in Nanfang Hotel | |||
| Sunday | August |
17 | 4:10 pm | Depart Shanghai via American Airlines Flight #288 |
| 4:50 pm | Arrive in Chicago |
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| 6:05 pm | Depart Chicago American Airlines Flight #1438 | |||
| 7:35 pm | Arrive in Nashville |