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Visit Ancient Egypt - Legal Study Tour
You're Invited To Join A Legal Study Tour And Visit Ancient Egypt •Cairo •Memphis •Aswan •Luxor
Travel down the Nile River aboard a luxurious Movenpick River Cruiser and see the splendor of ancient Egypt in world-class comfort and experience the timeless treasures and beauty of the Pharaohs’ mysterious pyramids and temples.
Program Cost:$3585 Per Person From New York
February 12 - 23, 2009
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Here's What's Included
• Scheduled Air Transportation
• Breakfast Daily, Other Meals Per Itinerary
• Movenpik Nile Cruise Program-Including Theme Parties
• All Meals On Your Nile River Cruise
• Lectures By Egyptologists
• Deluxe Hotel Accommodations In Cairo
• All Sightseeing
• Local Guides For Sightseeing
• CPC Tour Manager Every Step Along Your Way
• Special Sound And Light Show In Cairo
• Local Air Transportation In Egypt
• Local Gratuities and Baggage Handling
Your Optional CLE Program Includes
•Study Materials •Meetings With Lawyers And Judges •Background Seminars •Certificate Of Attendance •Final Report
Program Goal
This legal study tour is planned to provide both formal instruction and meetings between American attorneys and judges and their colleagues in Egypt. By comparing the legal systems and actual legal programs we plan to provide our registrants with relevant knowledge about the problems of functioning in cross cultural environments.
About CLE Approval
This activity is approved for California minimum continuing legal education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 5 hours and the Corporation For Professional Conferences, Inc. certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education prescribed by the rules and regulations
of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education. We anticipate that the trip will qualify for at least 5.0 hours for Continuing Legal Credit for Pennsylvania, California and other states.
About Your Final Report
Shortly after the completion of your program you will receive a final report detailing all educationally related time during the study tour. Your report can be used as a professional diary and to verify CLE credit as required. Your final report is designed to conform to the California Bar Association’s M.C.L.E. requirements.
About Your Education Leader
Hon. Joseph A. Del Sole
The Waterfront Building
200 First Avenue, Suite 300
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Tel: 412-261-2393 / Fax: 412-261-2110
jdelsole@dscslaw.com
Joseph Del Sole served as President Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from 2001 until 2006 and served on the court from 1984 until his retirement in 2006. Prior to being elected to the Superior Court, he served on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas from 1978 until 1984 and was its
Calendar Control Judge. From 1965 until assuming the bench, he was in private practice specializing in civil litigation and has extensive experience in civil cases, personal injury, professional negligence, commercial, employment and insurance disputes.
Judge Del Sole served as an adjunct professor at Duquesne University School of Law lecturing on Pennsylvania Civil Procedure. He has lectured widely on a variety of topics and frequently spoke at the Pennsylvania School for New Judges.
During his tenure on the bench, he was the first Chair of the Judicial Conduct Board and served on the Appellate Court Rules Committee. He was appointed Chair of the Supreme Court's Ad Hoc Committee reviewing post-trial practice in civil and criminal litigation and the Court's Ad Hoc Committee establishing
special procedures to resolve litigation resulting from silicone gel breast implants. He has lectured at the Pennsylvania School for New Judges and served as vice chair of the Supreme Court's Committee on Judicial Education.
Judge Del Sole is a member of the Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations and of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. He is a member of the Century Club of Distinguished Alumni of Duquesne University and serves on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
Your Complete Itinerary
We have designed this program to enable you to enjoy your tour of the major and most important places of ancient Egypt in comfort, safety and style.
Facts about your modern Five Star Nile River Cruiser
••• Type - HS Radamis II Movenpick Nile Cruiser
••• Owner -Movempick Hotels and Resorts
••• 70 Deluxe Cabins
Each cabin has a private bath with bath tub, hair dryer, in-house music and great views of the Nile. The dining room, bar and lounge feature entertainment. Each cruise has a masquerade party. Your
Movenpick cruiser has a swimming pool and sun deck. Tea is served each afternoon on the sun deck. Tour briefings and shore excursions are under the personal guidance of expert Egyptologists.
Day 1 We meet at JFK airport and depart for Egypt at 6:30PM via Egyptairs non-stop flight to Cairo. There is full inflight meal service.
Day 2 (B,D) We arrive in Cairo and are taken to the Cairo Conrad Hotel This evening we socialize at a welcome dinner.
We arrive in Cairo this afternoon, are met and assisted through customs and transported to our hotel. The afternoon is free to shake off jet lag. This evening we socialize at a welcome dinner.
About The Cairo Conrad Hotel
Soaring impressively above the Nile River, the luxurious Conrad Cairo offers elegant accommodations and guestrooms with panoramic views of the Nile, private balconies and spacious bathrooms with separate showers. Located downtown along the corniche, the hotel lies in close proximity to Cairo’ s main tourist attractions.
Voted "Best Downtown Hotel in Cairo", the Conrad Cairo is the city's first choice for dining and entertainment, featuring International, Italian and Oriental specialties. The hotel's facilities further include a heated outdoor swimming pool, fully equipped health club and world class casino, jacuzzi,
sauna, sports court. For dining and refreshments, the hotel offers many restaurants and lounges and 24 hour coffee shops. Room service, laundry , porter, concierge, and currency exchange services are provided.
Day 3 (B,L) This morning we visit the ancient cities of Memphis and Sakkara. We continue our sightseeing at the Pyramids of Giza , the Sphinx and the Valley Temple.
Cairo Conrad Hotel
This morning, after breakfast, we will travel back in time and visit the ancient capital of Egypt at Memphis. Here will see the gigantic statue of Ramses II, the Temple of Ptah and the ancient Sphinx. We will then move to the old Necropolis of Sakkara where, in the shifting desert sands, stand the oldest
Pyramids known to man. We will visit the tomb of Ptahotep. the Serapeum, the famous Pyramid of Zoser. Next we visit the picturesque Mena House Hotel and enjoy lunch. Next we visit one of the seven wonders of the world, the Pyramid s of Giza. When you face the Great Sphinx as it silently defends this ancient resting place of the Pharaohs of Egypt, you will be swept back thousands of years into the very beginning of civilization.
Day 4 (B,D) We meet with Egyptian lawyers , then visit the Egyptian Museum (including the Tutankhamen exhibit) and Old Cairo. Tonight we enjoy “Sound and Light Show” depicting the history of ancient Egypt.
Cairo Conrad Hotel
This morning we meet with Egyptian lawyers at a local practice. Next we visit the Egyptian Museum. Incidentally, Egyptian things are so ancient that a very special area of studies was organized to study them. Known as Egyptology, this area of science is devoted only to the study of ancient Egyptian artifacts. During this comprehensive tour of the Egyptian Museum, we will be better able to understand all of the ancient sites and civilizations we visit during our Nile River Cruise. We will also have time to enjoy the famous Tutankhamen exhibit.
Tonight, we enjoy a sound and light show that dramatizes the history of ancient Egypt.
Day 5 (B,D) This morning we attend to our professional agenda. This afternoon we travel to Luxor.
(Sonesta Hotel)
This morning we attend to our professional agenda. Later, we have time for shopping until our late afternoon flight to Luxor where we will stay at the Sonesta hotel.
Day 6 (B,L,D) This morning we sightsee in Luxor, then we board our cruise ship. We visit the East Bank and see the Karnak and Luxor Temples.
(Movenpick Nile River Cruiser)
We sightsee in Luxor, then we board our cruise and begin our cruise program. Luxor has long been a favorite resort because of its beautiful location. It is a city of the past and was the center of Egyptian power and glory from 2100 to 750 B.C. After lunch , we visit the immense and magnificent 4000 year old Karnak Temple of the Sun God Amon (a vast and complex labyrinth of alleyways, sanctuaries and courtyards). Later, we will travel on to the Luxor Temple, paved in silver in ancient times, it remains unforgettable today. Most interesting is the 97 foot high Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut. This pink granite piece stands in the third court. As you pass through successive pylons and courts you travel back into time until you reach the oldest part of the temple - built by the Pharaohs of the middle kingdom.
Day 7 (B,L,D) We are cruising on the Nile River. We visit the West Bank and
see the Necropolis of Thebes, among other artifacts..
(Movenpick Nile River Cruiser)
After breakfast we cross by ferry over to the West Bank of the Nile river. The West Bank is a vast burial city that is dedicated to the eternal afterlife that was central to the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. They had a precise concept of the afterlife, and observed elaborate rituals to enter into
eternity. Our visit to the West Bank will give insight into these ancient ways. Among the sights that we will see on the West Bank are: the Necropolis of Thebes, the Colossi of Memnon, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Valley of the Kings (with tombs dating back to the 20th Dynasty) the Tomb of Tutankhamun, smallest of the tombs in the valley and the tombs of Amenophis III and Ramses VI. We will also see the largest and most splendid tomb in the valley - that of Seti I. Nearby is the Valley of the Queens where we will see the beautifully decorated tombs of Queen Nefertari, and Queen Nefertiti. We will then go on to visit the Tomb of Nacht, and the Tombs of Menna and Ramose. This evening
we attend to our professional agenda.
Day 8 (B,L,D) We are cruising on the Nile River, visit Esna and then sail to Edfu and see the 2000 year old Temple of Edfu. Tonight we enjoy a masquerade party.
(Movenpick Nile River Cruiser)
We sail to Esna and visit the Temple of Khnum, located beneath the surface of the earth, and dedicated to the ram-headed potter god who fashioned beasts, birds and men from Nile River clay. This temple is well preserved and restored. The drawings within it are representations of a Pharaoh found in
Egypt. Next, we sail to Edfu and visit the 2000 year old Edfu Temple (the temple dedicated to Horus, the falcon headed god) The temple is almost as it was, and is one of the the best preserved examples of Ptolemaic art in Egypt; and the best preserved of all Egyptian temples dedicated to Horus, the falcon headed god. On its walls are fine drawings of the New Years Day ceremonial
procession. This evening we sail on to Kom Ombo. Tonight there will be a party aboard our cruiser. Everyone is invited to dress up and enjoy the company of your fellow passengers. You can rent costumes on board ship.
Day 9 (B,L,D) We are cruising on the Nile River. We sail from Kom Ombo to Aswan. Tonight we relax and socialize.
(Movenpick Nile River Cruiser)
We are in Kom Ombo. In Kom Ombo we visit the Ptolomic Temple that was built in the early second century and dedicated to the two gods of Obos (the crocodile-headed Sobek and the falcon headed Haroeris). We will see the altar of sacrifice, the secret crypt and the pool where the crocodiles were kept. Later we will sail on to Aswan. Aswan has long been a favorite resort because of its beautiful location. We will visit the High Dam, the Old Dam, the Philae Temple and the Granite Quarries. Here we will board an ancient felucca sail boat and sail to the Botanical Gardens of the Aga Khan Mausoleum, Elephantine Island, Kitchener's Island. Evening reserved for professional activity.
Day 10 (B,L) This morning we return to Cairo. This afternoon is free. Cairo Conrad Hotel.
Day 11 (B,L) This morning is free. This afternoon we have lunch at the Al Azhar restaurant, then visit The Citadel, Alabaster Sutan Hassan Mosques and the Khalili Bazaar. Tonight we enjoy a farewell dinner cruise. Cairo Conrad Hotel
Day 12 (B, Inflight meals) This morning we return to New York via Egyptair’s non-stop flight with full inflight meal service. We arrive at JFK airport at 3:30PM.
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