Hear what our students are saying...
"Paris was cold and rainy, but the Eiffel Tower was cool!."
–Angie
"Having a lot of fun. We climbed the Eiffle Tower, saw the mona lisa and went to noter dame. We saw the blue man group last night wich was really fun. All is well here"
–Mike
"Everything is great. ohh forgot to tell you this was my first time on a plane not a problem. Great trip wish to do it again."
–Shawn
"I will have to thank you for talking me into going on this trip. At the start it was kind of rocky, but now we all are having a great time. In paris, I went to see that louve, I got a picture of the mona lisa,oopps. I also climbed the Eiffel Tower, that was so amazing. I got some pictures from the top. We also saw the Notre Dame cathedral. I expected more out of Paris, it was fun though. I slept the way home from Paris. On Wednesday, myself and six other students went to see the Blue Man group. We got our pictures taken with them. The food is great, we had no problem with internet. Finally getting used to the tube. Anyway got to go and visit many more places."
–Curt
"Paris was cold and rainy, besides that the tower was bigger than I thought, the Louve was a beautiful building on the outside as well as the inside and Notre Dome was breathtaking. I loved all the side chapels, the rose stained-glass windows, the prayer intention book, and all of the statues of the saints."
–Linda
"The trip to London is great. London also has amazing places to see and learn about. Learning all of the history of the monarchy is great, it's amazing to see how decisions and battles that were fought hundreds of years ago effect todays lifestyle."
–Amy
"My London experience:
The applicable knowledge that I was able to bring home with me from my experience in London has to do with the field trip that was set up for me while in London.
I had the privilege of meeting up with the project managers and event planners for bike racing events which are a huge sport in England. What struck me most in talking with Fran Millar and James Pope (the creative directors of Face Partnership) was the amount of red tape that is needed to be cut through in England concerning government issuances and the lack of government support for these events. Fran and James supplied me with detailed information (of which I was privileged enough to obtain copies of) concerning an outdoor event that they are in the process of putting together for July of this year. The amount of government red tape they need to go through versus the amount of government support they receive is staggering. Licenses need to be issued; locations have many government regulations all of their own, including the use of air (which needs to be approved and paid for) within a selected piece of property for banners, etc; but all work (i.e. set up of government issued barricades, government approved advertising the day of the event, etc) needs to be done privately or contractually incurring even more cost on the behalf of Face Partnership. The fact that the government requires so much in fees as well as in free advertising without offering anything but the use of their already leased and paid for land by businesses already occupying selected buildings along the route of the event, seemed unfair to me. Doesn't the amount of advertising that they will receive imply some responsibility, some incentive on behalf of the government to work with Face Partnership to make this event equally profitable to both parties? I guess I equate it to a race car team. The team looks for sponsors. These sponsors give the team money to finance their racing needs and in return the team advertises the sponsors business. It's give and take. Both parties benefit from the experience. The British government doesn't appear to work that way. They expect free advertising as well as to be paid for the privileged of using their streets! Is that the way our government works? I don't know. But it definitely gave me a different perspective into the field I choose to get into upon graduation."
–Debbie