Itinerary - July 2005   Home Itinerary 2002

(Provisional at the time of Writing)

18th July 18th 2005 (Monday)

10:50 Depart Birmingham  Flight number KL  1424

13:10 Arrive Amsterdam 

17:20 Depart Amsterdam  Flight number KL   897

Jul.19 (Tuesday)

08:35 delegation arrives at Beijing Airport

09:30 Leave Beijing for Jinan By vehicle (have lunch during journey)

16:30 arrive in Jinan and check in

18:00 welcome banquet

Jul.20 (Wednesday)

08:00 breakfast

08:30 leave hotel for school

09:00 welcome ceremony

09:30 school tour

10:30-11:20 have lessons of Chinese with Chinese students

11:30 lunch (buffet in students canteen), free time in pottery bar in school after lunch

13:30 visit Jinan No.9 Middle School

17:00 back to hotel

18:00 dinner

Jul.21 (Thursday)

08:00 breakfast

08:30 leave for Qufu (Confucius’s hometown), take a tour in Cemetery of Confucius

12:00 lunch in Qufu

13:30 take a tour in Mansion of Confucius and Temple of Confucius

16:00 leave for Mt. Tai

17:30 arrive in Taian and check in

18: 00 dinner

Jul.22 (Friday)

07:30 breakfast

08:00 take a tour on Mt. Tai

12:00 lunch in Taian

13:00 Back to Jinan (visit Yellow River Park during the journey)

17:00 Chinese students pick up British students to their homes, British teachers back to hotel, have dinner

Jul.23 (Saturday)

British students go for a city tour and shopping with Chinese receiving families, British teachers go for a city tour and shopping with receiving people from Shandong Experiment High School

Jul.24 (Sunday)

07:30 breakfast of British teachers

08:00 British teachers and students meet in school

08:30 leave for Jiudingta Ethnic Park

11:30 lunch

12:30 tour in Red Leave Valley

15:30 back to school

16:00 have a party with Chinese students in music classroom

18:00 farewell dinner

Jul.25 (Monday)

06:30 breakfast

07:00 check out and leave for Jinan Railway Station

07:30 Leave Jinan For Beijing by T36 Train

12:30 arrive in Beijing and check in, lunch

13:30 visit Forbidden Palace Museum

17:00 back to hotel

18:00 dinner

Jul.26 (Tuesday)

07:30 breakfast

08:00 visit Great Wall

12:00 lunch (with picnic food the students prepared themselves)

16:00 shopping, then dinner in KFC

19:00 back to hotel

Jul.27 (Wednesday)

07:00 breakfast

07:30 depart for Airport

08:30 check in

10:35 leave Beijing

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