a program of the stanford a lumni assoc iat ion

S T A N F O R D T R A V E L / S T U D Y

Canada,s Maritime Traditions and Coastal BeautyJu ly 19 to 27, 2012

Nova Scotla

With its unspoiled coastline,

charming small towns and incredibly friendly

people, Nova Scotia is one of the most delightful

– yet undiscovered – summer destinations in

North America. This Canadian Maritime province

was once a colonial border touching three great

empires, as the French, English and later the

Americans struggled for control of the Eastern

seaboard. You can still sense the storied past

of Nova Scotia’s colonial days in the streets of

imperial Halifax and Louisbourg, and the smell

of the salt air lingers in the sails of historic fishing

vessels along the dramatic coastline. Join political

scientist Kathryn Stoner-Weiss and our favorite

Canadian historian Barry Lane for a look at this

delightful corner of our northern neighbor.

BRETT S. ThOmPSON, ’83, DIRECTOR, STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY

HighlightsD I S C O V E R the romance of sailing vessels while admiring elegant schooners and barques at the Tall Ships Festival in Halifax.

D R I V E along the spectacular Cabot Trail in Cape Breton and visit an Acadian fishing village to learn about the area’s seafaring traditions.

E X P L O R E the largest historic reconstruction in North America in the former French fortress-town of Louisbourg.

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ThURSDAY, JULY 19Depart u.s. / haLifax, nova scotia, canaDaFly from home to Halifax, former capital of the province of Nova Scotia. Upon arrival, transfer to our hotel and gather for a welcome reception and dinner at a local restaurant. hALIFAX COURTYARD mARRIOTT (D)

FRIDAY, JULY 20 haLifaxFollowing breakfast at the hotel, enjoy a guided tour of Halifax. Stop at the site of the Halifax explosion in 1917, when a French munitions ship exploded in the harbor and destroyed half the city, and visit the dockyards of the Canadian Navy with a local historian. Return to our hotel and enjoy a free afternoon to tour the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Canada’s largest maritime museum, or visit the tri-annual

Tall Ships Festival in the nearby harbor. hALIFAX COURTYARD mARRIOTT (B)

SATURDAY, JULY 21peggY’s cove / Lunenburg / haLifaxTravel southwest of Halifax to the small seaside community of Peggy’s Cove on the Atlantic Coast. Once a mecca for local artists and photographers, this picturesque town boasts a scenic lighthouse perched above a rocky, granitic outcrop. Continue to the fishing village of Lunen-burg, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and enjoy an architectural walking tour. Explore the Nova Scotia Fishery Museum, located on the town’s docks and learn the story of the famous Bluenose, a historic fishing vessel that appears on the Canadian dime. Return to Halifax via beautiful Mahone Bay. hALIFAX COURTYARD mARRIOTT (B,L)

SUNDAY, JULY 22cape breton / baDDecK / bras D’or LaKeDepart Halifax and drive northeast to beautiful Cape Breton Island, stopping for lunch in the town of Antigonish, where the oldest continuous annual highland games have been played in North America beginning in 1863. Continue to beautiful Baddeck on the northern shore of Bras d’Or Lake and check in to our comfortable inn. Embark a local boat and enjoy a sail on the lake, passing within sight of Beinn Bhreagh, Alexander Graham Bell’s summer estate. INVERARY INN RESORT (B,L,D)

mONDAY, JULY 23cape breton / baDDecK Spend a full day exploring the sights of this scenic region, including the Alexander Graham Bell Museum, which honors the famed inventor and his technical achievements.

Itinerary

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Continue to the renowned Gaelic College in the town of St. Anne’s, where we enjoy lunch, a private demonstration of Scottish piping and dance, and a tour of the school’s Hall of the Clans Museum. INVERARY INN RESORT (B,L,D)

TUESDAY, JULY 24cabot traiL / baDDecKDepart this morning by coach along the famous Cabot Trail, considered one of Canada’s most scenic coastal drives. Enjoy spectacular scenery of the Cape Breton Highlands and the sea, and take a short walk on a boardwalk trail for possible sightings of moose. Visit the Acadian fishing village of Chéticamp, founded in 1755, and tour the town’s impressive 19th-century church. Savor a picnic lunch on the slopes of MacKenzie Mountain before returning to our hotel in Baddeck. INVERARY INN RESORT (B,L,D)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25Louisbourg / baDDecKSpend the day discovering the history of Louisbourg Fortress, a partially restored French fortress-town dating back to the 18th century. Once a town that encompassed over 100

acres, Louisbourg was destroyed after its conquest by English troops in 1758. Today, the site covers 40 acres and represents the largest historical reconstruction in North America. Enjoy a guided tour of the main fortress and the museum, viewing original documents that trace the construction of Louisbourg, and stop for lunch in an 18th-century inn. INVERARY INN RESORT (B,L,D)

ThURSDAY, JULY 26haLifaxReturn to Halifax by way of Antigonish and stop for lunch in the town of Truro. This evening, toast the end of our journey at a farewell reception and dinner at a local restaurant. hALIFAX COURTYARD mARRIOTT

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FRIDAY, JULY 27 haLifax / u.s.After breakfast at our hotel, transfer to the airport for flights home. (B)

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InformationD a t e sJuly 19 to 27, 2012 (9 days)

s i z eLimited to 45 participants

C o s t *$5,995 per person, double occupancy$7,095 per person, single occupancy*Association nonmembers add $200 per person

i n C l u D e D8 nights of best-available hotel accommodations 8 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 6 dinners Welcome and farewell cocktail receptions Bottled water on excursions Gratuities to porters, guides and drivers for all group activities All tours and excursions as described in the itinerary Transfers and baggage handling on program arrival and departure days Minimal medical, accident and evacuation insurance Educational program with lecture series and pre-departure materials, including recommended reading list, a selected book, map and travel information Services of our professional tour manager to assist you throughout the program

n o t i n C l u D e DInternational and U.S. domestic airfare Passport and visa fees Immunization

costs Meals and beverages other than those specified as included Independent and private transfers Trip-cancellation/interruption and baggage insurance Excess-baggage charges Personal items such as email, telephone and fax calls, laundry and gratuities for nongroup services

a i r a r r a n g e m e n t sInternational and U.S. domestic airfare is not included in the program cost. Round-trip, economy-class airfare on Air Canada from San Francisco to Halifax, Nova Scotia, is approximately $880 as of September 2011 and is subject to change without notice.

W H a t t o e X P e C tWe consider this program to be mildly active. Most of our touring is done by motorcoach and on foot. Full days are balanced with plenty of free time on one’s own. Daily excursions may involve one to two miles of walking on city streets, which are, in some cases, uneven or cobblestoned. In some instances, such as museums and fortresses, guided tours require standing for long periods at a time and climbing up and down several flights of stairs. Some sites and museums do not allow buses to pull up in front, thus requiring a 10- or 15-minute walk to reach the entrance. Participants must be physically fit, active and in good health. We welcome travelers 15 years of age and older on this program.

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Deposit & Final PaymentA $1,000 deposit is required to hold space for this program. Complete and return the attached reservation form or place your deposit online. Final payment is due 120 days prior to departure. As a condition of par-ticipation, all confirmed participants are required to sign a Release of Liability.

Cancellations & refundsDeposits and any payments are fully refundable, less a $500-per-person cancellation fee, until 120 days prior to departure. After that date, refunds can be made only if the program is sold out and your place(s) can be resold, in which case a $1,000-per-person cancellation fee will apply. We recommend trip-cancellation insurance; applications will be sent to you.

insuranceStanford Travel/Study provides all travelers who are U.S. or Canadian citizens with minimal medical, acci-dent and evacuation coverage under our group-travel insurance policy. Our group policy is intended to provide minimal levels of protection while you are traveling on this pro-gram. We strongly recommend that you subscribe to optional baggage and trip-cancellation insurance. A brochure offering such insurance will be mailed with your confirmation about one week after we receive

your deposit. The product offered in this brochure includes a special Waiver of Pre-Existing Conditions and coverage for Financial Insolvency and Terrorist Acts if you postmark your insurance payment within 15 days of the date listed on the confirmation letter.

eligibilityWe encourage membership in the Alumni Association as the program cost for nonmembers is $200 more than the members’ price. Parents and their children under 21 may travel on one membership. For more information or to purchase a mem- bership, visit alumni.stanford.edu/goto/membership or call (650) 725-0692.

responsibilityThe Stanford Alumni Association, Stanford University and our opera-tors act only as agents for the passenger with respect to transportation and exercise every care possible in doing so. However, we can assume no liability for injury, damage, loss, accident, delay or irregularity in connection with the service of any automobile, motor- coach, launch or any other convey- ance used in carrying out this program or for the acts or defaults of any company or person engaged in conveying the passenger or in carrying out the arrangements of the program. We cannot accept any responsibility for losses or additional

expenses due to delay or changes in air or other services, sickness, weather, strike, war, quarantine, force majeure or other causes beyond our control. All such losses or expenses will have to be borne by the passenger as tour rates provide arrangements only for the time stated. We reserve the right to make such alterations to this published itinerary as may be deemed neces-sary. The right is reserved to cancel any program prior to departure in which case the entire payment will be refunded without further obliga-tion on our part. The right is also reserved to decline to accept or re-tain any person as a member of the program. No refund will be made for an unused portion of any tour unless arrangements are made in sufficient time to avoid penalties. Baggage is carried at the owner’s risk entirely. The airlines concerned are not to be held responsible for any act, omission or event during the time that passengers are not onboard their plane or conveyance. Neither the Alumni Association, Stanford University nor our operators accept liability for any carrier’s cancellation penalty incurred by the purchase of a nonrefundable ticket in con-nection with the tour. Program price is based on rates in effect in September 2011 and is subject to change without notice to reflect fluctuations in exchange rates, tariffs or fuel charges.

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K A T H R Y N S T O N E R - W E I S S is a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; deputy director at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law; and faculty director of the Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies – all at Stanford University. Prior to coming to Stanford in 2004, she was on the faculty at Princeton University for nine years. Her main research interests include comparative state building and effective governance, political economy of developing countries, Russian domestic and international politics, and Canadian politics.

B A R R Y L A N E, a native of Saskatchewan, studied history at the Royal Military College of Canada and served as an officer in the Canadian Army and with the UN Emergency Force, Sinai, on the Suez Canal in Egypt. His interest in North America’s European roots, and how they have evolved differently in Canada and the U.S., led to a passion for educational travel and a desire to provide visitors to Canada with a unique perspective on his country’s history and cultures. He is vice-president of Mendel Tours, which he co-founded in 1984 with fellow historian David Mendel, and has helped hundreds of Stanford travelers discover the wonders of his native land. During our program, Barry will discuss the history and cultures of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton and the economic future of the Canadian Maritimes.

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