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China |
| Overview Itinerary Why this Trip Trip Leaders |
Overview |
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Itinerary |
| Saturday |
8/23 |
Head to O'Hare for a 10am flight – nonstop to Shanghai! |
| Sunday |
8/24 |
Land at 2pm in China, check into the hotel, sober up (drinks are free on international flights you know), head out for a group dinner, then a night on the town. |
| Monday |
8/25 |
Morning tour of Shanghai, free afternoon to wander around town, and
we'll spend the evening cruising along the Huangpu River. |
| Tuesday |
8/26 |
Free day. See the sites or get a massage for $15! We will go to a Chinese acrobat show this evening and then test out our livers once again. |
| Wednesday |
8/27 |
Explore the markets of Shanghai and compete in first ever Random Walk Olympics. We celebrate our last night in Shanghai with a flip cup tournament in the hotel before heading out. |
| Thursday |
8/28 |
Morning flight to Beijing. Afternoon sightseeing at one of the wonders of the world - the Great Wall. Check into the hotel, nap, dinner, then out for the night on the new town. |
| Friday |
8/29 |
Sightseeing in the Forbidden City, lunch with a local Chinese family and tours through the Hutongs. Back to the hotel, then out clubbing in Beijing with locals. |
| Saturday |
8/30 |
Visit the Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, and the local markets.
We'll celebrate our last night in Asia with a fancy Peking Duck
dinner and an all night bender. |
| Sunday |
8/31 |
Sadly, it has to come to an end at some point. Luckily we get the
end over quickly with a nonstop flight from Beijing to O'Hare. At home
you can sleep off the 7 day hangover. |
Why This Trip |
This trip is for you if:
- Like having a great time while enjoying cultural sites
- Are awesome
- Are already on the list for a liver transplant
- Want to have the greatest Random Walk trip experience of all your future GSB friends
This trip is not for you if:
- You don't like to party
- Have a fear of flying
- Want to hike 15 miles per day, eat wild berries, and sleep on dirt
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Trip Leaders |
 Scott Brodrick
- E-mail: sbrodric AT ChicagoGSB.edu
- Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN
- Undergrad College: Northwestern University
- Undergrad Major: Computer Engineering / Economics
- Work Experience: Consulting
- GSB Concentrations: Entrepreneurship, Economics
- Hobbies: Binge drinking, binge eating
- Fun Fact: Has yet to take the stairs at the Harper Center. Won the China Random Walk Trip Leader Moustache contest. Routinely orders 3 jack and cokes at once (or a bucket of it) to start the night off.
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 Eric Handsman
- E-mail: ehandsma AT ChicagoGSB.edu
- Hometown: East Windsor, NJ
- Undergrad College: Penn State Univeristy (Go Lions!!!) Undergrad Major: Finance and International Business
- Work Experience: Investment Management GSB Concentrations: Accounting, Finance, Strategic Management
- Hobbies: Partying, volleyball, soccer, skiing (water & snow), dressing up in costumes
- Fun Fact: Woke up on a random front yard in a Miami suburb after 5 too many rum & cokes on the last day of my Random Walk last year
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 Sara Pollock
- E-mail: spollock AT ChicagoGSB.edu
- Hometown: Suburbs of Pittsburgh
- Undergrad College: University of Pennsylvania
- Undergrad Major: International Finance and Marketing
- Work Experience: Institutional investment products
- GSB Concentrations: Analytical Finance, Entrepreneurship, Accounting
- Hobbies: Stalking Eric Handsman, fighting crime, "bringing it" (or rather, cycling, running, swimming, boxing, painting, the Pittsburgh Steelers, cooking, fantasy football)
- Fun Fact: I can quote Anchorman from beginning to end
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 Katie Radcliffe
- E-mail: kradclif AT ChicagoGSB.edu
- Hometown: Hinsdale, IL
- Undergrad College: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Undergrad Major: Finance
- Work Experience: Vice President, Real Estate Development
- GSB Concentrations: Finance, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship
- Hobbies: Running, learning to speak Italian, Cubs games, playing
Flip-cup, drinking wine, kickin' ass and taking names
- Fun Fact: I've ridden an elephant, held a boa constrictor, and
I'm hell bent on hugging a panda in China
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