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Academic
Calendar
| Students
arrival |
August 28 - 29, 2009 |
| Orientation
period |
August 29 - 30, 2009 |
| Core course begins |
August 31, 2009 |
| Opening dinner |
September 15, 2009 |
| Regular classes begin |
September 16, 2009 |
| Fall
Break |
November 2 - 6, 2009 |
| Classes
resume |
November 9, 2009 |
| Last
day of classes |
December 15, 2009 |
| Examination |
December 16 - 18, 2009 |
| Final Dinner and End of the program |
December 18, 2009 |
| Departure |
December 20, 2009 at latest |
Fall 2009 Flier
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Schedule
Schedule Fall 2009
Reach-Out Activities
| Aug 29 – 30 |
Orientation period
Get to know each other and CHP staff. Orientation in the neighborhood, basic information - how to get to the program facility, where to change money, where to eat, where the best jazz clubs and cafés are... Program rules. |
Aug 31 – Sept 15
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Core course
Introduction to the Czech culture and
civilization complemented by intensive Czech language training. |
Sept 5 |
Trip to Kutna Hora
From the 14th century Kutná Hora was an important
royal silver mining town with royal mint. Since 1995 Kutná
Hora is on the UNESCO world heritage list. The Cathedral of
St. Barbora is considered one of the most impressive gothic
cathedrals in Central Europe. |
| Sept 12 |
Trip to Terezín
Excursion to the town of Terezin (Theresienstadt), originally
an impregnable military fortress, which gained notoriety under
the Nazis as the nefarious concentration camp. |
| Sept 15 |
Fall 2009 Session Opening dinner
Informal meeting with CHP faculty and staff. |
| Oct 10 |
Trip
to Karlovy Vary
The oldest Czech spa known throughout the world by its German
name Karlsbad. You can find 12 hot springs on the famous colonnade.
But there is another so called 13th "spring" - Becherovka
- liqueur made of nineteen different herbs, which is supposed
to ease digestion. |
| Oct 20 |
Opera in the Estates Theatre
Rinaldo - a special opera performance aimed at evoking the poetic atmosphere of the Baroque Opera.
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Oct 24 |
Trip to Ceský Krumlov
Medieval town in Southern Bohemia, one of the most beautiful
Czech cities with an absolutely unique Baroque theatre. |
| Nov 26 |
Thanksgiving dinner
Traditional “turkey feast” with the Czech cuisine touch. |
Dec 18 |
Farewell
Dinner |
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