England / France Study Tour

Airplane tickets are going to be a significant percent of our trip's cost -- about 40% of the whole price will be for airfare.

*UPDATE*
How much is Airfare going to cost you?

I previously had 38,000 as the price for airfare, but that was airfare from Taipei to Paris. After a little bit of research, I have learned that it is signicantly cheaper to fly to London instead. Flying to London will also make it easier on everyone to pass through customs as English is the lingua-franca of the Heathrow (London) International Airport. We will fly into England and on the return trip, fly out of Paris. This will save us train money and time.

-- Approximately 28,000 NT for a round-trip ticket.

Still too much? Then you can swim part of the way...

Congratulations!

You've chosen to go to France and England. To assist you in your travel preparations, we here at TAPA have come up with a friendly website. So welcome to our humble, little blog where you'll find all of your Europe Study Tour information: itineraries, sites, hotels, eating, pics, and of course, prices.

Some questions you may be pondering:

"When are the study tours again?"

-- The study tours take place in late April. Some tours last a week; however, ours will last approximately 10 days (that includes travel time, too). We plan to leave Taipei on the evening of April 19 and will return the morning of April 30. Again:
4/19 --> 4/30

"Who are the tour leaders for our trip?"

-- Ms. Heather Runyon and Mr. Roland LaFrance are the 2 tour leaders for this trip.

Ms. Runyon has a working knowledge of all things English. Her grammar is top-notch. She is also a natural speaker of the English language and therefore should be very useful in England. While a student in Spain, Ms. Runyon journeyed to England for a short time. She has been seen wearing tennis shoes.

Mr. LaFrance has a very small working knowledge of the French language, so he should at least be useful for getting you food and for finding "les toilettes"--although he makes no guarantees. He studied in France for 1 year. He has a cactus on his desk.