PRELIMINARY ITINERARY (as of September 2016) The 2017 Program will explore the world of Dante and the Divine Comedy. Thursday, February 16 th

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1 FEBRUARY 2017 FLORENCE PROGRAM Special Treasures of Tuscany IX: Following he Pah of Dane s Divine Comedy Thursday, February 16 h hrough Tuesday, February 21s PRELIMINARY ITINERARY (as of Sepember 2016) The 2017 Program will explore he world of Dane and he Divine Comedy. Paymen for direc program coss in he amoun of $3,000 per person and a perperson ax-deducible conribuion of $2,000 are required o regiser. Our primary hisorians will be Dr. Bill Cook and Dr. Ross King. A block of rooms a a discouned rae is available a The Wesin Excelsior (Piazza Ognissani, 3; Firenze), our daily saring poin while in Florence. See below for more informaion on raes and how o make a reservaion. Please make your hoel reservaions for he days we are in Florence. Do no make reservaions a The Wesin Excelsior for he nigh of 18 h of February. We will spend one nigh ouside Florence during he course of he program. This will be Saurday, February 18 h in Verona. Lodging coss for his nigh will be included in he Program coss porion of your paymen. Thursday, February 16 h 2:30PM Welcome meeing a The Wesin Excelsior, followed by lecures by Dr. Bill Cook and Dr. Ross King on Dane s Divine Comedy. During he afernoon, visis o he Bapisry of Florence and he Cahedral as we walk our way hrough he firs porion of he Divine Comedy, Inferno. Dinner a an hisoric sie in Florence. Friday, February 17 h Morning deparure o Siena and Monaperi, o he Palazzo Pubblico, Cahedral Museum, and oher sies as we walk our way hrough he middle porion of he Divine Comedy, Purgaorio. Luncheon in a privae home. Reurn o Florence in he lae afernoon.

2 Cockails and Dinner in Florence, a a sie relaed o Dane. Saurday, February 18 h Deparure o Verona where we will visi sies ha welcomed Dane while he lived in his lovely ciy in he Veneo region. Wineasing dinner. Noe: You should bring an overnigh bag for our rip o Verona and Ravenna. You will be able o sore your suicases a The Wesin Excelsior in Florence while we ravel o Verona and Ravenna. The cos of he hoel in Verona is included in he Program cos. Sunday, February 19 h Deparure by bus from Verona o Ravenna. Lay a wreah a Dane s omb and visi he churches and mosaics of San Viale, San Apollinare in Classe, and oher sies as we discuss Paradiso from he Divine Comedy. Lunch in Ravenna. Evening reurn o Florence wih dinner before reurning o The Wesin Excelsior. Monday, February 20 h Visi San Miniao al Mone and Sana Croce churches, and he Hisorical Dane Sociey. Luncheon a he Caninea Aninori in he Palazzo Aninori. Privae visi o he Uffizi Gallery o view recenly resored Friends of Florence projecs and works relaed o he Divine Comedy. Dinner in a privae palace. Deparures. Tuesday, February 21 s

3 HOTEL RESERVATIONS Friends of Florence has negoiaed special room raes for Program aendees. A block of rooms a discouned raes will be available a The Wesin Excelsior (Piazza Ognissani, 3; Firenze). The opions are lised below. A he Wesin Excelsior, he single occupancy room rae is Euro % VAT per nigh and he double occupancy room rae is Euro % VAT. Arno River view rooms will be available for an addiional Euro % VAT per room per nigh. Premium Deluxe caegory rooms are available for an addiional Euro % VAT per room per nigh. Raes are per room, per nigh, inclusive of breakfas. Raes do no include he 10% VAT nor he ciy ax of Euro 5.00 per person, per day. Check in ime is afer 2.00 p.m. and check ou ime is a p.m. Laer deparure or earlier check in can be arranged subjec o a charge. Hoel deposi and cancelaion policies are below. DEPOSIT AND PAYMENT POLICY INDIVIDUAL BOOKING A 1-nigh deposi is required a ime of booking and is no refundable. INDIVIDUAL CANCELLATION POLICY Per Hoel policy, in case of oal or parial cancellaion, you will be held responsible for he following cancellaion fee: From ime of booking up o 30 days prior o arrival: he reservaion may be oally cancelled wihou penaly, wih he excepion of he reenion by he Hoel of he non-refundable deposi; 29-0 days prior o arrival: he whole cos of he reservaion will resul in a penaly fee equivalen o 100% of he Group s oal esimaed expendiure; No shows: will be charged he whole cos of he reservaion (rooms). Reducion of say: will be charged he whole cos of he reservaion (rooms). How oreserve your Hoel Room: You mus conac Sandra Bagni a Sandra.bagni@sarwoodhoels.com and menion he Friends of Florence February 2017 Program o receive he discouned rae. Room reservaions mus be made by 1 December 2016 o receive he special Friends of Florence rae.

4 PROGRAM HISTORIAN BIOGRAPHIES Dr. William Cook Unil las year Dr. William R. Cook was he Disinguished Teaching Professor of Hisory a he Sae Universiy of New York a Geneseo, where he augh since He earned his bachelor's degree cum laude from Wabash College and was eleced o Phi Bea Kappa. He was hen awarded Woodrow Wilson and Herber Lehman fellowships o sudy medieval hisory a Cornell Universiy, where he earned his Ph.D. Professor Cook has augh courses in ancien and medieval hisory, he Renaissance and Reformaion periods, and he Bible and Chrisian hough. Since 1983 Professor Cook has direced 11 Seminars for School Teachers for he Naional Endowmen for he Humaniies. His books include The Medieval World View, Images of S. Francis of Assisi and Francis of Assisi: The Way of Povery and Humiliy. Dr. Cook conribued o he Cambridge Companion o Gioo and edis and conribues o The Ar of he Franciscan Order, in Ialy. Among his many awards, Professor Cook has received he Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 1992, he Council for he Advancemen and Suppor of Educaion named him New York Sae's Professor of he Year. In 2003 he received he firs-ever CARA Award for Excellence in he Teaching of Medieval Sudies from he Medieval Academy of America. Dr. Cook has produced several Grea Courses for he Teaching Company ha can be seen and heard on DVD and CDs on Dane s Divine Comedy, on Sain Francis of Assisi, on Machiavelli, on Grea Chrisians, The Cahedral, and his laes work, The World s Greaes Churches. Dr. Cook is a member of he Academic Advisory Board for Friends of Florence. He has led numerous programs for YPO and WPO members over many years. Dr. Cook recenly founded he Bill Cook Foundaion, a 501(c)(3) U.S. based nonprofi, ha provides urgen suppor o needy children and young aduls around he world in he form of financial aid and in-kind assisance for educaion, housing, medical care, and basic needs. Dr. Ross King Dr. Ross King is he besselling auhor of five books on Ialian, French, and Canadian ar and hisory. He has also published wo hisorical novels, Domino (1995) and Ex- Libris (1998), and edied a collecion of Leonardo da Vinci's fables, jokes and riddles. Translaed ino more han a dozen languages, his books have been nominaed for a Naional Book Criics' Circle Award, he Charles Taylor Prize, and he Naional

5 Award for Ars Wriing. He has won boh he Governor General's Award in Canada (for The Judgmen of Paris) and he BookSense Non-Ficion Book of he Year in he Unied Saes (for Brunelleschi's Dome). In Ocober 2012, his laes book, Leonardo and he Las Supper was published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. Born and raised in Canada, Dr. King has lived in England since moving o London for pos-docoral sudies in He has lecured widely in boh Europe and Norh America, including a evens a he Ar Insiue of Chicago, he Smihsonian, he Aspen Insiue, and he Frick Collecion. He has also given lecures and guided ours in Florence, Rome, Paris, and Giverny. He lives near Oxford wih his wife Melanie, also a wrier and hisorian. Dr. King is a member of Friends of Florence s Academic Advisory Board.

6 FEBRUARY 2017 FLORENCE PROGRAM Special Treasures of Tuscany IX: Following he Pah of Dane s Divine Comedy Thursday, February 16 h hrough Tuesday, February 21 s RESERVATION FORM To make a reservaion, please complee and reurn his form wih your paymen of he Program Cos of $3,000 per person by December 15, This amoun is no ax-deducible. Addiionally, each paricipan is required o make a fully ax-deducible per-person conribuion of $2,000 o Friends of Florence. Paricipans are responsible for heir air ravel arrangemens o and from Florence, as well as heir hoel reservaions and expenses in Florence. Lodging for he wo nighs ouside of Florence and ground ransporaion during he Program will be provided. FOR FURTHER DETAILS, PLEASE READ ITINERARY AND TERMS & CONDITIONS. Name #1: Name #2: Address: (In full, as i appears on passpor) (In full, as i appears on passpor) Ciy: Sae: Zip: Arrival Dae in Florence: Telephone: Fax: Card Number: Name on Card: Signaure: Card Billing Address: Please charge $ o my rvisa r MaserCard r American Express. r The billing address for his card is he same as my mailing address above. (If differen from your mailing address above) Exp. Dae: Ciy: Sae: Zip: I confirm ha I have read he informaion conained in he aachmen, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, peraining o refunds, general condiions, and he Responsibiliy Clause, and undersand ha full paymen including he $2,000 per-person conribuion porion is due by December 15, Signaures: & Dae: By December 15, 2016, please complee and reurn wih your $3,000 per-person Program fee and he fully axdeducible per-person conribuion of $2,000 cos o: Friends of Florence 4545 W Sree, N.W. Washingon, DC Tel: Fax: heaher@friendsofflorence.org Please make checks payable o Friends of Florence. For securiy purposes we are unable o accep credi card informaion via . If you would like o pay wih a credi card, please reurn his compleed reservaion form o us via fax ( ) or mail.

7 Friends of Florence FEBRUARY 2017 FLORENCE PROGRAM Special Treasures of Tuscany IX: Following he Pah of Dane s Divine Comedy Thursday, February 16 h hrough Tuesday, February 21 s TERMS AND CONDITIONS - PROGRAM COST: $ 3,000 per person (no ax-deducible) THE PROGRAM: WHAT IS INCLUDED All iems noed on he aached iinerary; Hoel accommodaions ouside Florence; Four lunches and five dinners; Ground ransporaion o desinaions included in iinerary; Enrance fees for all scheduled visis; and Grauiies o local guides and drivers. WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED Air ravel o and from Florence; hoel coss in Florence; breakfass; passpor fees; iems of a personal naure; airpor/hoel ransfers; rip insurance. CONTRIBUTION In addiion o he $3,000 per-person Program Cos, a ax-deducible conribuion of $2,000 per person, made payable o Friends of Florence, is required wih your final paymen. HOTEL To make your reservaion: Conac Sandra Bagni a Sandra.bagni@sarwoodhoels.com and menion he Friends of Florence Winer Program o receive he discouned rae. Room reservaions mus be made by 1 December 2016 o receive he special Friends of Florence rae. PAYMENT SCHEDULE Full paymen of all Program fees boh he $3,000 per-person Program cos and he ax-deducible conribuion of $2,000 perperson is required no laer han December 15, Checks should be made payable o Friends of Florence and mailed o 4545 W Sree, N.W., Washingon, DC If you would like o pay wih a credi card, please see he Reservaion form. For quesions, call , or heaher@friendsofflorence.org. CHANGES IN ITINERARY The iinerary is subjec o scheduling changes. INSURANCE Trip cancellaion/emergency medical evacuaion/baggage/ acciden/sickness insurance are recommended and are he responsibiliy of he paricipan. CANCELLATION POLICY Friends of Florence (FOF) will sricly adhere o is cancellaion policy o offse coss incurred prior o he commencemen of The Program, which may include, bu are no limied o: advance paymens made o land operaors; communicaion expenses; and he loss of ime ha migh have permied resale of reserved space. FOF srongly recommends he purchase of rip cancellaion/ inerrupion insurance. All cancellaions mus be made in wriing o FOF a 4545 W Sree, N.W., Washingon, DC All refunds are limied o amouns acually received by FOF. On he dae FOF receives noificaion of cancellaion, he following cancellaion charges will apply: for cancellaions received prior o January 1, 2017, FOF will reain fify percen (50%) of he amoun paid; for cancellaions received afer January 1, 2017, FOF will reain 100%. In he case of a cancellaion due o shorage of paricipans, FOF will aemp o noify all paricipans a leas 45 days prior o he commencemen of The Program. However, FOF reserves he righ o cancel The Program for any reason and, in such case, full reimbursemen of all refundable coss of The Program by FOF shall consiue full selemen wih he paricipan. In he unlikely even ha a dispue arises beween a paricipan and FOF, he maximum amoun of recovery o which a paricipan shall be eniled under any and all circumsances will be he sum of all moneys acually received from he paricipan by FOF. The paricipan agrees ha his is a fair and reasonable limiaion on he damages, of any sor whasoever, ha a paricipan may suffer. Upon advancemen of he deposi o FOF, he paricipan agrees o be bound by he above erms and condiions. RESPONSIBILITY CLAUSE FOF assumes no responsibiliy or liabiliy for any ac, error, or omission, or for any injury, loss, acciden, delay, or irregulariy which may be occasioned by reason of neglec or defaul of any subconracor or oher hird pary, which may be used wholly or in par in he performance of heir duy o he paricipans of The Program. Nor will FOF be responsible for loss, injury, damages, or expenses o persons or propery, due o illness, weaher, srikes, local laws, hosiliies, wars, erroris acs, acs of naure, or oher such causes suffered by any person in connecion wih The Program. FOF is no responsible for unexpeced ransporaion delays and changes, nor addiional expenses or loss of ime ha may be incurred. In he even i becomes necessary or advisable for he comfor or well being of he paricipans or for any reason whasoever, o aler he iinerary a any ime, wihou noice o he paricipans, such aleraions will be made wihou penaly o FOF. Addiional expenses, if any, shall be borne by he paricipans. FOF reserves he righ o accep or decline any person as a paricipan a any ime, or o require any paricipan o wihdraw from The Program a heir own expense when such an acion is deermined by FOF o be in he bes ineres of he paricipan s healh and safey, or he general welfare of he oher paricipans.