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Lunch & Learn - The Wonders of China
with Shirley Splittstosser

Visit Shanghai and the 3 Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world. Sail theYangtze River and see the sites flooded by the 3 Gorges Dam. See Chongqin, the largestcity in the world (30 million). This was the U.S. airbase location of the famous FlyingTigers of WWII. Look at ancient terra cotta warriors at Xian built to protect the emperor.In Bejing, see the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. China is a land both old and new.
Tuesday, February 11
$15
Lunch & Learn - Antarctica, Land of Ice and Penguins
with Shirley Splittstosser

Antarctica is a continent where penguins and seals, not people, are the natives.See seven types of penguins as we travel to Antarctica and surrounding islands. Visit theFalklands and South Georgia with its whaling village of Grytviken abandoned in 1967after processing 1/2 million whales. The famous explorer Earnest Shakleton is buriedhere. Travel with Shirley Splittstoesser onto the continent of Antarctica for a look at thenative wildlife.
Wednesday March 12
$15
Lunch & Learn - Moscow to St. Petersburg
with Shirley Splittstosser

Travel along a 1,000 mile long system of rivers, canals, reservoirs and lakes fromMoscow to St. Petersburg. See diverse buildings such as the world famous BolshoiTheater and the old KGB building. In Red Square, we see Lenin’s tomb; Russia’s largestdepartment store with 150 shops -GUM Department store; and the 9 highly decoratedtowers of St. Basil’s Cathedral. We see Czar cannon - the largest cannon in the world. Anisland set as a museum of rural buildings from the past features a church with 22 oniondomes. In St. Petersburg, we’ll walk through Catherine the Great’s Winter Palace that isnow an elaborate art museum.
Monday, April 7th
$15
Lunch & Learn - Footprints of Those Colorful Vikings
with Shirley Splittstosser

Vikings were the terror of Europe around the year 1,000 AD. Visit their homelandof Norway, Denmark, and Sweden with trips to areas they raided. York, England has apopular tourist destination of a recreated Viking village at the time Vikings controlledEngland. Along with their travels, we will learn why they started raiding and catch upwith why they stopped. Did you know William, Duke of Normandy was a Viking? Thecurrent king of England has some Viking blood. Danville Highschool's mascot is theVikings for both the boys' and girls' teams.
Tuesday, May 13th
$15