491 Itinerary

**MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2003**
**NEW YORK CITY**
	Like migrants of the last century, we’ll begin our journey in bustling New York City. Our flight arrives in time to settle into the hotel. Then, we’re off for an evening walking tour of midtown Manhattan. We’ll see the bright lights of Times Squares, view the city from atop the Empire State Building and catch the flavor of New York’s vibrant immigrant districts.

**TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2003**
**NEW YORK CITY**
	Our day begins at the unique Lower East Side Tenement Museum the only living history museum in the nation dedicated to the experience of European immigrants. Curators have designed a special program for us that includes a tour of the museum’s restored tenement building, the local immigrant neighborhood, and a workshop on researching and teaching the immigrant past. Next stop is lunch in nearby Chinatown, followed by a ferry ride across New York Bay. We’ll spend the afternoon at thes Ellis Island Immigration Museum, the port of entry for over 22 million people from 1892-1924. In the evening we’ll share dinner in Manhattan with a group of New City York Public school teachers.

.WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2003
**NEW YORK CITY**
Following a tour of the Statue of Liberty we will return to the Ellis Island Immigration Museum where we’ll have the opportunity to meet with curators and use the museum’s archives. The evening will be free to explore Manhattan.

Following a tour of the Statue of Liberty we will return to the Ellis Island Immigration Museum where we’ll have the opportunity to meet with curators and use the museum’s archives. The evening will be free to explore Manhattan.

**THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2003**
**NEW YORK CITY**
	Today we visit the Center for Migration Studies of New York on Staten Island, a specialized library dedicated to the study of international migration, refugees and ethnic groups. Here we can gather materials from the center’s large collection of newpapers, periodicals and photographs. The return ferry ride affords a spectacular view of the New York skyline. Then it’s dinner at Coney Island and a walking tour of Little Odessa, home to many recent Russian immigrants.

**FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2003**
**NEW YORK CITY**
	Enjoy a relaxing morning on our last day in New York before a visit to the Henry Street Settlement House, a neighborhood center founded in 1893 to serve the immigrant poor and still active today. From Henry Street we’ll have lunch in Little Italy a popular tourist destination. There is time for last minute shopping and then we head for the airport and an overnight flight to Argentina (dinner and breakfast will be served onboard).

**BUENOS AIRES**
**SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2003**
Welcome to Buenos Aires, one of the most beautiful capital cities in the world! Our exploration of the immigrant experience, begins on the pampas, the vast grasslands, that first attracted immigrant families to Argentina. We will travel north on a private bus to Concepcion, where we’ll spend the night at a sumptuous 19th century mansion. At the San Pedro mansion, center of a large dude ranch, we’ll be treated to a traditional barbeque lunch, and then visit the Palacio San Jose for an introduction to Argentine history. After dinner, there will be time to explore the ranch which features horseback riding, golf, and other outdoor activities.

Welcome to Buenos Aires, one of the most beautiful capital cities in the world! Our exploration of the immigrant experience, begins on the pampas, the vast grasslands, that first attracted immigrant families to Argentina. We will travel north on a private bus to Concepcion, where we’ll spend the night at a sumptuous 19th century mansion. At the San Pedro mansion, center of a large dude ranch, we’ll be treated to a traditional barbeque lunch, and then visit the Palacio San Jose for an introduction to Argentine history. After dinner, there will be time to explore the ranch which features horseback riding, golf, and other outdoor activities.

**SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2003**
**BUENOS AIRES**
After a leisurely breakfast at the ranch, we’ll board our bus for a guided tour that will take us to San Jose and Villa Elisa, two of the oldest and best preserved immigrant colonies in Argentina. Before departing, we’ll detour in Villa Elisa’s thermal baths and arrive refreshed in Buenos Aires in time for dinner at an old world German restaurant.

**MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2003**
**BUENOS AIRES**
	We’ll spend our first day in Buenos Aires immersed in two of the city’s most fascinating and ever- changing immigrant neighborhoods, San Telmo and La Boca. Our guide will tell us about Italian immigrant life in these neighborhoods and the impact they had on Argentine history. She’ll even teach us to tango!

**TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2003**
**BUENOS AIRES**
Our morning begins at the Immigrant Hotel Museum, the Argentine counterpart to Ellis Island. A tour of the exhibits and interview with a curator will help us compare how the immigrant experience has been remembered in public museums in Argentina and the United States. After a walking tour and lunch in the La Recoleta neighborhood, home to Argentina’s wealthiest families, we’ll visit the Museum of Fine Arts A guided tour here will highlight thedepiction of immigrants in the nation’s art. In the late afternoon and evening relax in the Hotel or explore the chic bars, shops and cinemas in this arts and culture district.

Our morning begins at the Immigrant Hotel Museum, the Argentine
counterpart to Ellis Island. A tour of the exhibits and interview with a curator will help us compare how the immigrant experience has been remembered in public museums in Argentina and the United States.   After a walking tour and lunch in the La Recoleta neighborhood, home to Argentina’s wealthiest families,
we’ll visit the Museum of Fine Arts
              A guided tour here will highlight thedepiction of
immigrants in the nation’s art.   In the late afternoon
and evening relax in the Hotel or explore the
chic bars, shops and cinemas in this arts and culture district.

**WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2003**
**BUENOS AIRES**
	Today will be dedicated to guided visits at the Museum of the City and the Center for Latin American Immigration Studies where we will learn how immigration is studied in Argentina. We’ll further explore this theme at lunch with a group of Buenos Aires school teachers. Our dinner at a traditional Spanish restaurant will remind us of the enduring influence of the large Spanish migration.

**THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2003**
**BUENOS AIRES**
	We’ll spend the morning in the Escobar neighborhood, home to thousands of recent Bolivian migrants. Interviews with community leaders and presentations by our guide will allow us to consider the continuing importance of immigration in modern day Argentina. After lunching on Peruvian cuisine, we’ll take water taxis to the Tigre Delta. This group of resort islands, home to country clubs and scenic walking paths, also houses the Museo Sarmiento (summer home to the former president Domingo Sarmiento). Our afternoon at the Tigre Delta will include a visit to the Museo Sarmiento and a leisurely discussion of Argentine history accompanied by a sampling of local pastries. Evening activities are at your leisure.

**FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2003**
**BUENOS AIRES**
On our last day in Buenos Aires, we’ll visit the Italian and Spanish consulates where we’ll find the descendants of former immigrants applying for exit visas. In assisted interviews, participants will have opportunity to ask questions about this reverse migration. The afternoon is free for shopping and sightseeing. Meals will be served enroute that evening on the return flight to Madison.

On our last day in Buenos Aires, we’ll visit the Italian and Spanish consulates where we’ll find the descendants of former immigrants applying for exit visas. In assisted interviews, participants will have opportunity to ask questions about this reverse migration. The afternoon is free for shopping and sightseeing. Meals will be served enroute that evening on the return flight to Madison.