PARIS CHECKLIST: January Immersion 2007

PARIS CHECKLIST: January Immersion 2007 Departures (for those who purchased group fares):

Leaving on Air France Flight 051 from Chicago O'Hare at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, December 28. International Terminal 5. Arrival in Paris, Charles de Gaulle Airport at 8:50 a.m. on December 29th. Check-in at Air France counter no later than two hours prior. Students must arrange their own transportation to and from O’Hare.

Flight information home:
Air France Flight 50 from Charles de Gaulle Airport at 1:15 p.m. Arriving at O’Hare at 3:40 p.m. Sunday, January 14.

Accommodations: FIAP Jean Monnet
30 rue Cabanis
75014 Paris
Phone: 01.43.13.17.00

From the US, dial 011-33-1-43-13-17-00 (Paris is 7 hours ahead of Central Standard Time). Cheaper rates may be obtained by dialing “10-10-345” before the above set of numbers. People can call you, but you cannot dial directly from your room. There are payphones downstairs in the FIAP that use French calling cards (in increments of the equivalent of about $7 and $15. There are even cheaper cards available if you expect to call home a lot. Do NOT buy American phone cards here as they are a waste of money compared to the French cards.

1. Get $50 in Euros before leaving (American Express or Thomas Cook offices or O'Hare Airport). The exchange rate of the euro fluctuates depending on the stock market. You do not want to change all your money here because the rate is much better in France. Currently, one euro is about $1.20.

2. Bring a small photo if you want to take advantage of the cheapest transport pass. If you attended the orientation meeting, passes were given to you to fill about before leaving.

3. Bring your student ID -- unlike in the US, France has many, MANY more discounts for students (from museums to clubs).

4. Don't forget books and materials for the class. You also will need to give us the equivalent of 30 euros once in Paris for the purchase of two additional texts needed for the course. (This is cheaper than shipping them to the US.)

5. No more than two checked bags and a carry-on are allowed (purses do not count towards baggage allowance). O’Hare may not let you lock your bags due to inspection procedures - - please take anything of value on the plane with you in a carry-on. Since summer 2006, there are additional regulations on the amount of liquids you can carry in your hand luggage (less than 3 oz.)

6. Have ticket and passport handy at all times at the airport.

7. There are two teaching assistants for the course who will both be staying at the FIAP. Nicole Surprenant is a graduate student in French and a Millikin alum and Dinah Armstead is an Assistant Director in the Office of Minority Student Affairs at the University of lllinois. Both assistants have extensive experience with the Paris course, have lived in France, and are fluent in the language.

8. You can always contact the two professors of the course while in Paris. Professor Toman’s cell number is 06.25.12.31.08. Professor Accad’s cell phone is 06.25.51.57.02.

9. You do not need sheets or towels, but you do need your own toiletries such as shampoo, soap, etc. As you are sharing a room with up to seven people, past students of the course have advised that you bring shower sandals.

10. Millikin students will need about $50 for transportation passes and museum entrance fees while in Paris. These expenses are already covered in the fees paid by students from The University of Illinois.

11. Most of the time, attire is casual, but you need one nicer outfit (no jeans) for the visit to Lycée Louis-le-Grand and “athletic” clothing for the African dance course. Shoes are not worn in the dance studio.

12. Please bring three magazines or newspapers in English to give to the French students we will meet as part of the course. These readingmaterials need not be brand new—they may be magazines that you have already read and would have discarded. However, they prove most useful to French students studying English.

13. You get breakfast and one other meal per day as part of the FIAP package. Meals are purchased through a ticket system with points. If you do not use all your points on meals, you can use them to buy bottled beverages, etc. for your room. If you miss meals one day, you can make them up other days.

14. Any problems? Professor Toman’s number in Chicago is 312-316-3707 and Professor Accad’s number in Paris is: 011-33-1-42.26.13.82.