Day 1

Introductory conference at hotel.

Visit of a dairy farm

MULLIS DAIRY FARM

Lunch in Sonoma

VIANSA WINERY

Tour and tasting

VIANSA WINERY

Tour and tasting

MOUNT ST. JOHN/MADONNA ESTATE

Day 2

Arrival

University of California at DAVIS

Int'l Agricultural Visitors Program

Meeting with

Dr. Martina McGloughlin, Dir.

UC Davis Biotechnology Program

Conference on biogenetics—the future of genetically modified crops.

Day 3

Conference at University of California at Berkeley by a leading professor of economics, founder of the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy.

Theme:

The global economy

Lunch

Berkeley Faculty Club

Tour

Berkeley Campus

Dinner

Round-table with local experts at a private club.

SAN FRANCISCO

Discover the city through its movies.

Meet in hotel lobby for briefing of rules. Black sunglasses, rules, and kits distributed to each participant. The theme of the San Francisco TREASURE HUNT will be films shot on site in San Francisco.

Lunch in Sausalito—restaurant with panoramic views of San Francisco Bay. Judging of teams. Prizes awarded. Each participant gets a prize.

Return to San Francisco by ferry, passing close to the Island of Alcatraz. Arrival at Pier 39. Rest of afternoon free for shopping.

LOS ANGELES

“Bay Watch” day: A day on the beach. Attire: informal, bathing gear, hat, sunglasses, beach towel. Sunscreen provided.

Arrival by bus Santa Monica Pier.
Rental of mountain bike or roller-blades.

Guided tour in small groups of Venice Beach on foot, in mountain bike or roller-blades. Mingle with the colorful natives as you walk, glide, or ride along the streets of Venice Beach with their carnival atmosphere: Body builders, street artists…

BBQ lunch on the beach at Perry’s Café where many episodes of the TV series “Bay Watch” have been filmed. Try your hand at a volleyball game while the hot dogs and hamburgers cook on the grill.

Dinner at the fashionable and trendy CONGA ROOM
(owned by the actors Jimmi Smits and Jennifer Lopez, among others.) Following dinner, guests can stay for a Salsa lesson and dance the evening away.

LAS VEGAS

After the Grand Canyon visit, experience:

Departure from the hotel in Jeep Wranglers convertibles. Guided tour of Valley of Fire with several picture stops.

Lunch at a Cowboy Restaurant --colossal steaks

Or: A day of rafting along the Black Canyon

Glide along the Colorado River for 19 km aboard a Zephyr raft, passing by waterfalls, geysers, and magnificent geologic formations. Picnic lunch on the edge of the Colorado River.

CHICAGO

A 4th of July in the Midwest.

4th of July parade in small suburban community of Oak Park, birthplace of Ernest Hemingway and where Frank Lloyd Wright practised architecture for more than twenty years.

Chicago Architecture River Tour.

Dinner at famous “Al Capone” style steak-house.

Dinner in a saloon with country-music orchestra

A day in the Far West in the mountains of California: a visit to an ancient gold mine.Pan for gold in the Sacramento River. Cowboy-style barbeque lunch.

Attend a football, basketball, hockey or baseball match with catered meal. Expert on site to explain the rules of the games and update on the play.

Cross Yosemite Valley on horseback. Gourmet meals at every stop.

Dine-arounds: the group is divided in smaller groups for dinner at trendy restaurants around the city.

Board the night club bus: Visit a jazz club, a salsa club, a blues club.