TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama National Alumni Association’s tour program will travel the world with 24 scheduled tour packages from Antarctica to the Yucatan.
A Travel Preview Dinner will be held Friday, Aug. 11, at 6 p.m. at the Bryant Conference Center highlighting the upcoming 2007 tour destinations. Prior to the dinner, a reception will be held in Alumni Hall at 5 p.m. The cost is $12 per person and includes the reception, dinner and slide presentation of tour destinations. Dress is casual.
Pam Lyons, UA Alumni Association tour coordinator, said all of the tours are open to the general public as well as UA alumni. “All of our tours, even the ones called ‘Alumni College,’ are open to our friends of the University,” Lyons noted.
The UA Tour Program’s Destinations include:
Antarctica
The Panama Canal
Prague/Budapest
Galapagos Islands
Holland and Belgium
Mediterranean Cruise: Greece, Italy, Turkey
Cruising the Mosel, Rhine, and Neckar Rivers
Cruising the Baltic Sea and the Norwegian Fjords
China and the Yangtze River
Argentina and Chile
Peru
New Zealand
The Canary Islands
Western Mediterranean Cruise: Spain, France, Italy
Southern Africa
Egypt
Ukraine
Barcelona, Spain
Europe: Germany, France, Switzerland
Sorrento and Orvieto, Italy
If you would like to receive more information about these and other trips or would like to reserve tickets for the preview, contact Pam Lyons at 205/348-5964 or plyons@alumni.ua.edu.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Slides of tour destinations are available via e-mail, upon request.
Contact
Suzanne Dowling, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8324, sdowling@ur.ua.edu