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Egypt |
| Overview Itinerary Why this Trip Trip Leaders |
Overview |
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Itinerary |
| Saturday |
8/23 |
Mid-morning flight leaving from Chicago O'hare |
| Sunday |
8/24 |
Arrive in Cairo. Transfer to hotel and chill out. |
| Monday |
8/25 |
Full day tour of the Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, & Sakkara |
| Tuesday |
8/26 |
Cairo tour including Egyptian Museum, Citadel, Mohamed Ali Mosques, & Khan El Khalili bazaar |
| Wednesday |
8/27 |
Morning free time in Cairo. Then fly south to Luxor. |
| Thursday |
8/28 |
Tour Valley of the Kings, The Colossi of Memnon, Ramaseum, El Madinah Monastery, and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut |
| Friday |
8/29 |
Visit the East Bank of the Nile including Karnak and Luxor Temples. More free time to explore the Nile. |
| Saturday |
8/30 |
Fly back to Cairo with free time to explore |
| Sunday |
8/31 |
Head back to the city of big shoulders… CHICAGO! |
Why This Trip |
This trip is for you if you:
- Want to explore one of the ancient cultures of the world. We'll
take you to all the great treasures including the Giza Pyramids,
the Sphinx, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, and the oldest bazaar.
- Want to go on a trip led by the coolest second years on campus.
- Like the heat and want a suntan, a serious one.
This trip is not for you if:
- Are looking for five days of luxury and pampering. We are packing in a great trip in a busy schedule and will be on the go.
- You do not like hot weather, sand, or the sun.
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Trip Leaders |
 Alexis "Cleo" Perry
- E-mail: aperry AT ChicagoGSB.edu
- Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA
- Undergrad College: University of California - Irvine (GO ANTEATERS!!)
- Undergrad Major: Political Science & Dance
- Work Experience: Four years performing venture capital research for Dow Jones.
- Chicago Booth Concentrations: Strategic Management, Finance, & International Business
- Hobbies: Dance, Theatre, Wine-tasting
- Fun Fact: Active member of popular dance band, Borts Minorts, as seen on the well-known video sharing website, YouTube.com.
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 Jasper "I stole the Sphinx's nose"
Platz
- E-mail: jplatz AT ChicagoGSB.edu
- Hometown: Berlin, Germany (best city ever)
- Undergrad College: University of St. Andrews, Scotland
- Undergrad Major: Economics
- Work Experience: 3 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Chicago Booth Concentrations: Entrepreneurship, Finance & Marketing
- Hobbies: Golf, Basketball, Whisky, Döner Kebab
- Fun Fact: Lived next door to Prince William for a year.
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 Eva "Varminator" Varma
- E-mail: evarma AT ChicagoGSB.edu
- Hometown: Costa Mesa, CA
- Undergrad College: University of California - Los Angeles
- Undergrad Major: Communications
- Work Experience: 3 years UCLA Alumni Association
- Chicago Booth Concentrations: Marketing Strategy, Strategic Management, & Strategic Strategery
- Hobbies: Stratego, thinking strategically, Bollywood films, college sports, Bruins, more strategy
- Fun Fact: Avid hot sauce connoisseur, and pre-eminent Chicago Booth philatelist. Seriously, look that up.
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 Byron "Beluga" Boone
- E-mail: bboone AT ChicagoGSB.edu
- Hometown: Sealy, TX (home of me, NFL Great Eric Dickerson, and the mattress)
- Undergrad College: Harvard University
- Undergrad Major: Engineering Sciences Work Experience: Six years in wind energy (4 yrs designing wind farms in US, Canada, and Scotland, 2 yrs selling wind turbines)
- Chicago Booth Concentrations: Entrepreneurship & Finance
- Hobbies: The Bangles, Whisky (preferably single malt), Running, and BBQ
- Fun Fact: I like hot dogs. And I cycled across the US in 2005.
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