Program Itinerary
A major aspect of NostrAmerica teaching is to provide the students with as many opportunities to interact with local people as possible. This is why we provide fifteen hours of excursions per week, which roughly breaks down to three hours of excursions per day, Monday through Friday. However, some of the excursions depend on seasonal events; for example, July 4th Independence Festival.
1st session 28/6 - 12/7
Saturday 28/6
- Participants arrive
- Welcome dinner
Sunday 29/6
- Tour of UC Berkeley
- Proficiency test
Monday 30/6
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Shopping in the Marina district
- Crissy Field, walking tour across the Golden Gate Bridge
Tuesday 1/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Annual Marin Festival
Wednesday 2/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Tour of Berkeley continued
- July 4th Independence Day Celebration
Thursday 3/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Excursion to downtown San Francisco
- Cable Car Museum, cable car trip
Friday 4/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Bowling
Saturday 5/7
- Depart Berkeley
- Camping in Big Sur
Sunday 6/7
- Surfing in Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
- Return to Berkeley
Monday 7/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Baseball game
Tuesday 8/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Fisherman's Wharf
- Tour of Alcatraz Island at night
Wednesday 9/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thursday 10/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Night at the theatre
Friday 11/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Tour of North Beach and Chinatown
- Farewell Dinner
Saturday 12/7
- Departure
2nd session 13/7 - 27/7
Sunday 13/7
- Participants arrive
- Welcome dinner
Monday 14/7
- Tour of UC Berkeley
- Proficiency test
Tuesday 15/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Shopping in the Marina district
- Crissy Field, walking tour across the Golden Gate Bridge
Wednesday 16/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Shopping
Thursday 17/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Tour of Berkeley continued
Friday 18/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Excursion to downtown San Francisco
- Cable Car Museum, cable car trip
Saturday 19/7
- Depart Berkeley
- Camping in Big Sur
Sunday 20/7
- Surfing in Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
- Return to Berkeley
Monday 21/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Baseball game
Tuesday 22/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Fisherman's Wharf
- Tour of Alcatraz Island at night
Wednesday 23/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thursday 24/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Night at the theatre
Friday 25/7
- Lessons 9am - 12pm
- Bowling
Saturday 26/7
- Shopping
- Tour of North Beach and Chinatown
- Farewell Dinner
Sunday 27/7
- Departure
On the first Saturday of their stay, students will travel by coach to Big Sur, a small town on the pacific coast three hours south of San Francisco. Big Sur is known for its Sequoia trees and beautiful hiking trails. Once in Big Sur, Magnus Toren, the director of the Henry Miller Memorial Library, will give a lecture on local history and literature. Students will eat dinner at the library and camp under the stars.
The next morning, the students will travel by coach to Santa Cruz, a beach
town midway between San Francisco and Big Sur. Students will spend the day at the
famous Beach Boardwalk. On Sunday evening, the coach will take the students back to
their rooms at UC Berkeley.