Ancient Studies 301: Ancient Civilizations
Southern France and Paris, March 2002
(Links to travelers' web pages are
at the end of this page.)
The Greeks and the Romans in southern France, the medieval and the modern
in Paris, the aromas and sights of an extraordinary culture rich in cuisine,
architecture, and history made our trip an exciting adventure into the
past as well as in the present. The Ancient Studies Department's
2002 trip to southern France and Paris departed late Friday, March 22,
2002, from BWI, flew to London, then on to Marseilles, and continued
immediately via private bus to Aix-en-Provence, where we spent the night.
Our destinations included Aix, Nice, Orange, Arles, Avignon, Pont du
Gard, Glanum, Vaucluse, Les Baux and more before heading to visit Paris
and its splendors.
Although the charm and quaintness of the Midi beguiled us, Paris's wealth
of grands boulevards, museums, monuments, architecture,
14 million inhabitants, and haute cuisine often overwhelmed us.
We flew home from Paris via London and arrived Saturday, March 29, 2002,
fatigued, happy, satisfied, and ready to go back.
UMBC Department of Ancient Studies
Tour leaders 2002
Academic Credit
Many of our 35 travelers decided to take Ancient Studies 301 for academic
credit. During the winter and spring sessions pre-trip meetings
were held at UMBC, where Professors Sherwin and Rivkin spoke about the
sites we were to visit and the cultures that settled them; assigned
and discussed readings associated with these sites and cultures; gave useful
French language lessons; and supplied practical travel tips and the new
currency, the euro.
Interest among the enthusiastic UMBC tourists/photographers/seasoned
travelers and their co-leaders was so overwhelmingly in favor of it, that Professors
Sherwin and Rivkin decided to invite all interested participants to build this
web page and its links to individuals' web pages to show what they saw and how
they interpreted what they saw based on the lectures, the readings, and their
on-site visits. All the pictures are their own.
Dan O'Toole
Jeannette Agro
Nicole
Bedford Steven
Fleming Shirani
Rajan
Tracy
Smith Ray
& Louise Akerson Melinda
Clavell Ed
Harrison
