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| University of Florida European Trip | |
| All times 6 hours ahead of EDT (Ex. 8pm in France = 2pm Florida time) | |
| Thursday, August 10, 2000 | |
| 1:10 PM(EDT) | Depart Orlando via Delta Airlines |
| 5:55 PM(EDT) | Depart Atlanta via Delta Airlines |
| Friday, August 11, 2000 | |
| 8:20 AM | Arrive in Paris - Charles de Gaulle |
| City Tour of Paris | |
| Lunch at Latin Quarter in Paris | |
| Hotel: Concorde St. Lazare (or click here) - Paris | |
| Saturday, August 12, 2000 | |
| 10:00 AM | Tour of Eiffel Tower (or click here) , built for Universal Exhibition in 1889 and the world's tallest building until the Empire State Building in 1931 |
| 8:00 PM | Game vs. Sceaux at Gymnase des clos St-Marcel in Sceaux, France |
| Hotel: Concorde St. Lazare (or click here) - Paris | |
| Sunday, August 13, 2000 | |
| Tour/Museum Options: | |
| MUSEE D'ORSAY: Museum in the old Paris railroad station with arts from the period of 1848 to 1914. | |
| SACRE-COEUR: Beautiful church with view of Paris. Bell tower contains one of the heaviest bells in the world. Ovoid Dome is second highest point in Paris after Eiffel Tower. | |
| THE LOUVRE: Perhaps the most important art collections in the world. | |
| 8:00 PM | BATEAUX MOUCHE: Open air Seine River Boat tour; Sail past the Eiffel tower, Louvre and Notre Dame Cathedral. |
| Hotel: Concorde St. Lazare (or click here) - Paris | |
| Monday, August 14, 2000 | |
| 9:00 AM | Bus to Bonn, Germany (495 KM) |
| 4:00 PM | Check in at Hotel in Germany |
| Hotel: Gunnewig Hotel Residence. Five story hotel in traditionally styled building surrounded by Gardens. Five minutes to downtown and the Rhine River. | |
| Tuesday, August 15, 2000 | |
| 9:30 AM | Bus to Koln, Cologne for sightseeing Tour. Cologne Cathedral was built in 1248 and is located in the heart of the City of Cologne. |
| 8:00 PM | Game vs. Telekom Basket Bonn, Bonn, Germany |
| Hotel: Gunnewig Hotel Residence. Five story hotel in traditionally styled building surrounded by Gardens. Five minutes to downtown and the Rhine River. (website: residence@guennewig.de) | |
| Wednesday, August 16, 2000 | |
| 9:00 AM | Boat trip on the Rhine River |
| 8:00 PM | Game vs. Brandt-Hagen (Germany) |
| Hotel: Gunnewig Hotel Residence. Five story hotel in traditionally styled building surrounded by Gardens. Five minutes to downtown and the Rhine River. (website: residence@guennewig.de) | |
| Thursday, August 17, 2000 | |
| 9:00 AM | Bus to Freiburg, Germany (410 KM) |
| 7:30 PM | Game - vs. Freiburg BBC (Kepler, Gymnasium, Freiburg, Germany) |
| Hotel: Panorama Hotel Mercure, Freiburg. Five story hotel on a hillside overlooking Freiburg, the Rhine River Valley and Kaiserstuhl. Located 10 minutes away from downtown. | |
| Friday, August 18, 2000 | |
| 9:00 AM | Bus to Zurich, Switzerland (250 KM) |
| 3:00 PM | City Tour of Zurich. Sites include Grossmunster, the "Great Minister" Church founded in the ninth century from where the Reformation was first preached in Switzerland; Fraumunster, a ninth century church with a Romanesque choir decorated in 1970 with gorgeious stained glass by Chagall; Kunsthaus, the premier art gallery in Switzerland with a host of major 19th and 20th century works. |
| Hotel: Central Plaza Hotel - Zurich. A four-star riverfront Hotel in the heart of the city between the main metro station and the "Old Town". | |
| Saturday, August 19, 2000 | |
| 9:45 AM | Depart for Zurich Airport (10 KM) |
| 11:45 AM | Depart on Swiss Air for Nice, France |
| 1:15 PM | Arrive in Nice, France |
| 8:00 PM | Game against AS Monaco (Salle Gastan Medecin, Monaco, France) |
| Hotel - Plaza Concorde, a four-star hotel just off the Promenade de Anglais. Two blocks from the beach and within walking distance of shopping. | |
| Sunday, August 20, 2000 | |
| 9:00 AM | Bus tour of Monaco (or click here) . Sites include Prince's Palace, the residence of the Grimaldi family. Changing of the guard takes place daily at 11:55 am and Oceanographic Museum. |
| Hotel - Plaza Concorde, a four-star hotel just off the Promenade de Anglais. Two blocks from the beach and within walking distance of shopping. | |
| Monday, August 21, 2000 | |
| 12:30 PM | Depart Nice Airport via Delta |
| 3:15 PM(EDT) | Arrive at JFK in New York |
| 8:10 PM(EDT) | Arrive at Orlando Airport |
