Please note that this schedule is from 2002. Future trips may include differant events and times which, for security reasons, will not be posted here.

SUNDEF excursion à Bruxelles

lundi - mardi 22-23 avril 2002

Monday 22 April: Schedule for visit to European Parliament

8.15-9.00 Breakfast at Hôtel Armorial 9.10 Walk to EP 9.30-9.40 Meet Mr. Francis Cole at EP main entrance (Spinelli building, Rue Wiertz) for security passes and admission. All should bring passports.

10.00 Introduction to European Parliament - Mr. Cole 10.30 Tour of European Parliament premises - Coffee - Mr. Cole

11.00 Talk on multilingualism and enlargement of EU - Mr. Patrick Twidle, Mr. Ken Cleary - Interpretation Directorate

12.00 Meetings with MEPs - to be confirmed 13.00 Lunch - EP canteen

14.00 Free time ( possibility of further meetings with MEPs)

15.00 EP Committee meetings

16.30 Tea break

17.00 Committee meetings (cont)

18.30 Reception, debriefing - EP bar 20.00 Dinner: Students are on their own to dine in a Brussels restaurant of choice. (See note on reimbursement below)

P.S. Our visit has been made possible by the hard work of Mr. Francis Cole, Official Staff Interpreter at the EP, and by Mr. Stephen Hughes (M.E.P.), who sponsored our group. The reception at 18h30 will be an excellent opportunity for you to thank them and to share with them your reflections on the visit. I also want to thank you students for representing the University of Notre Dame with dignity and respect, on this first our first SUNDEF visit to the EP.

-- Mme Julia Our hotel is Hôtel Armorial, 101 blvd Brand Whitlock (coin avenue Georges Henri) 1200 Bruxelles. Tel. 02.734.56.36

Varia: (Money, travel, and security issues)

1) Dinner. SUNDEF will reimburse up to 20 euros for your dinner Monday night. Save your receipt.

2) If you return late from dinner, please take a taxi back to the hotel, in groups if possible.

3) Please remember to be discreet and inconspicuous while visiting Brussels, or dining in town. Security concerns continue to be an important issue for us all.

4) Students will be completely at liberty for visit to Brussels on Tuesday April 23. Just make sure to check out of the hotel by check-out time, and to be at the train station (Bruxelles midi) and in your reserved seat on the train, on time for the departure at 16h19.

5) Taxis. SUNDEF will reimburse for the following taxi expenses:

a) trip from train station to hotel on arrival Sunday night April 21;

b) return to Hôtel Armorial from restaurant or downtown, on Monday night;

c) trip from train station in Angers to your host family homes on Tuesday evening April 23

6) As agreed, SUNDEF will also reimburse students 25 euros for the trip to Brussels. (This sum represents the price of a one-way train ticket from Paris to Brussels.)

7) The return journey to Angers on Tuesday April 23. Mme Julia will distribute your train tickets on Monday morning at breakfast. It is your responsibility to keep this ticket safe, and to make sure that you are on the train(s) for the return journey. For security reasons, our seats are randomly selected, so we are not necessarily sitting together.

Schedule for the return journey: Tuesday 23 April 16h19: departure from Bruxelles Midi. Arrive Roissy, Aéroport CDG: 17h38 18h25: departure from CDG. Arrive Angers: 20h45

Bon voyage et bonne visite à Bruxelles!