PSU Magazine Spring 1987

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS THE WILD BOAR INN HADRIAN'S WALL THE LATIN QUARTER AND THE LOUVRE MAD LUDWIG'S FAIRYTALE CASTLE CHOOSE FROM 3 NEW TOURS FOR ALUMNI (AND OTHER SPECIAL PEOPLE): ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, PETER BRITT, EUROPE THROUGH THE BACK DOOR ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND 15 Days/$1,600 plus airfare Choose from 4 departure dates: June 9-23, July 7-21, August 11-25, September 1-15 Tour Leader: John Cooper, head of the English department. Dr. Cooper spent his early years in Great Britain and returned in 1977-78 for a year of research at Cambridge. Some tour highlights beginning in the romantic English Lake District - a wine-tasting and poetry reading at The Wild Boar Inn .. . a lake cruise. Then north to Scotland , Hadrian's Wall ,<".?~~ 1 and Sir Walter ~ 'f"" .1 Scott's home. ~11· See the Castle, .. ~ ,,A,,. I.!' Royal Mile, · f' 1• shop for Scott- ·: ~ ish woolens and Harris tweeds in Edinburgh . In the Highlands, explore Perth , Braemar, Balmoral and Aberdeen. Follow the North Sea coast to Inverness ... enjoy a ferry trip to the Isle of Lewis and the spectacular scenery to the Isle of Skye. Back to the mainland for a stay at the Kenmore Arms, Scotland 's oldest inn. Return to England via a 125-mile-an-hour British express train . Headquarter at the elegant St. Ermins Hotel near Buckingham Palace. Spend the final day touring London . PETER BRITT IN JACKSONVILLE TWO GREAT PLAYS IN ASHLAND August 14-16/$235 per person A weekend of great plays and classical music awaits you in this southern Oregon special. Leave Portland ~lir.:'l'~~ early Friday . . ? _-:__-•.,, morning - picnic ,,,,, ,.. enroute - arrive /'<j -~,, , 1 ••. ' 0 at Medford -:. · ' · ~ • ._,, in mid-afternoon. Join traveling companions for a leisurely dinner, then to the Shakespearean Theatre for the Elizabethean comedy, "The Shoemaker's Holiday." See Satur– day's matinee of the bittersweet story, "Member of the Wedding ." Enjoy an evening of Copland , Rachmaninov and Sibelius under the stars with Peter Britt guest conductor, Joann Falletta. Head home Sunday morning . PSU Alumni EUROPE THROUGH THE BACK DOOR 22 Days/$1,500 plus airfare Six 1987 departure dates: May 15, June 12, July 31, August 2, September 4 and 6 Here's what you'll see - seven different European cultures in the unique Back Door style. You 'll see - Venice, Rome, Paris - and Italian hilltowns acces– sible only by donkey path. You 'll sleep in a traffic-free Alpine village, and soak up sun on a sleepy Italian Riviera beach . You 'll explore castles , the Vatican , lunch at Pisa's Leaning Tower, visit the wine-tasting villages of France's Route du Vin ... and much more. -------------------------- FOR MORE INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS Complete and mail to: PSU Alumni Relations, PO. Box 751, Portland , OR 97207, or call (503) 229-4948. Please send me more information on : D England and Scotland D Theatre and Music D Europe through the Back Door Name _________ ~ Address _________ PO. Box 751 Portland, Oregon City ___________ • • 503/229-4948 State Zip _____ '----~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-'·