Maria, Sarah, Katie, Gage and Jon admiring a Kierkegaard residence in Copenhagen.

ITINERARY
Monday, July 3: 1:00 p.m. - Departure from Seattle to Copenhagen.
(Northwest Airlines: Seattle-Amsterdam-Copenhagen)

Denmark, Copenhagen: 3 nights
Tuesday, July 4: 11:30 A.M. - ARRIVAL COPENHAGEN.
City Tour, Town Hall.
Wednesday, July 5: Roskilde: Cathedral, Viking Ship Museum
Thursday, July 6: Glyptoteket, National Museum, Freedom Museum.

Norway, Oslo: 3 nights
Friday, July 7: TRAIN RIDE TO OSLO: CITY TOUR.
Saturday, July 8: Oslo: Akershus Castle, Edvard Munch Museum.
Sunday, July 9: Norwegian Folk Museum, Viking Ship Museum.

Trondheim: 3 nights
Monday, July 10: TRAIN RIDE TO TRONDHEIM: CITY TOUR.
Tuesday, July 11: Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim Art Gallery.
Wednesday, July 12: Trondelag Folk Museum, Museum of Art and Design.

sweden, Stockholm: 3 nights
Thursday, July 13: TRAIN RIDE TO STOCKHOLM. CITY TOUR.
Friday, July 14: Vasa Ship Museum, National Museum.
Saturday, July 15: Town Hall, Skansen Open Air Museum.
Denmark, Copenhagen: 1 night
Sunday, July 16: TRAIN RIDE TO COPENHAGEN: TIVOLI.

Monday, July 17: 6:25 a.m. Departure from Copenhagen to Seattle, Arrival 2:15 p.m. (Northwest Airlines: Copenhagen-Amsterdam-Seattle)
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Nobel banquet place setting, Stockholm City Hall.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Following the Viking attack on the monastery at Lindisfarne, England in 793 AD, the following approx. 300 years constitute 'the Viking Age in which the peoples of Scandinavia put their cultural imprint on large parts of Europe and the Middle East and North America! They were conquerors and partners in a world vibrant with cultural exchange and trade. During this trip we'll visit museums and sights pertaining to Scandinavia's past and consider the possibility of finding traces of the rambunctious Viking past in the modern Scandinavian states. The Danish, Norwegian and Swedish descendents of the Vikings have excelled in numerous ways most of all in their open, friendly, and liberal societies. Along with first-hand experience of contemporary life in the three Scandinavian nations, we will study ancient Viking culture, and more recent history, in museums and sights, in order to make connections between the present and the past. Course requirements include preparatory meetings, book reports, completion of travel journal, and a post-travel research paper on a topic chosen in conjunction with the instructor targeting a contemplation of the relationship between past and present.