European Travel with Mount Marty University

11/04/2023

2024 Destination: Italy, March 1-10. Attend a meeting on Wednesday, April 12th at either 5:00 or 7:00 PM in the Roncalli South Dining Room at Mount Marty University to learn more about an itinerary that includes Venice, Florence and Rome.

03/03/2019

Paris, we will see you on March 9th:

Paris à noite.. Mágico! 😍

28/02/2019

A reminder to everyone that the $250 bonus applied to our 2020 trip to Munich, Prague and Berlin expires at midnight Thursday, February 28th. Congratulations to the four travelers who have already registered for this trip.

23/02/2019

Our final group meeting before our March 8th departure to Paris, Provence and Barcelona will be on Sunday night, February 24th at 6:30 in Bede 326.

04/02/2019

Meetings to provide information about the MMC March, 2020 trip to Munich, Prague and Berlin will be held at 5:00 and 7:00 PM on Wednesday, February 6 in the Roncalli South Dining Room at Mount Marty College. You can attend either meeting. This diverse itinerary will include an exploration of urban life in Munich, an excursion to Dachau, a tour of Nuremburg, overnight stays in Prague, the capitol of the Czech Republic, a stop in Dresden, and overnight stays in Berlin, a city with immense connections to World War II and Cold War history. Details concerning a $250 discount that is in place until the end of February will be presented. Repeat travelers can add another $100 discount.Contact Rich Lofthus (605) 668-1462 if you have any questions.

28/01/2019

The destinations for our March 2020 Spring Break trip to Europe: Munich (Nuremburg), Prague (Dresden) and Berlin. Tour four cities in Germany and the Czech Republic! Stay tuned for more details.

08/01/2019

Two months from now we will be in France and when we are in Provence we will visit the places were this look at Van Gogh's final days was filmed:
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Actor Willem Dafoe, director Julian Schnabel talk about their film's perspective on the almost-mythical artist, which focuses on what he created rather than the madness that consumed him

18/11/2018

Our November meeting for our 2019 trip to Paris, Provence and Barcelona will be tomorrow (November 18th) at 6:30 in Bede 326.

21/10/2018

Tonight (October 21) our Paris, Provence and Barcelona group will meet at 6:30 in Bede 326. We will learn about several of the architectural styles we will encounter on our March 2019 trip.

07/10/2018

We are still actively recruiting for our March, 2019 trip to Paris, Provence and Barcelona. We have a $150 discount in place until October 15th. Contact Rich Lofthus at [email protected] to join the 26 travelers who are already registered to make this trip.

23/09/2018

We will have our first group meeting for our 2019 Paris, Provence and Barcelona trip on Sunday, September 23 at 7:00 PM in Bede 326. Join us to prepare for our visit to Paris!

11/09/2018

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08/09/2018

Education First has extended a $200 discount through September for our 2019 Spring Break trip to Paris, Provence and Barcelona. Repeat travelers get another $100 discount. We will have meetings about the 2019 trip at 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM on Wednesday, September 12th in the Roncalli South Dining Room. Attend either meeting and learn about the itinerary and the discount.

09/08/2018

I would like to encourage everyone to spend some time in the Bede Art Gallery at Mount Marty College. MMC Alum Chris Buschelman has eleven photographs in an exhibit entitled "Paris Streets." It provides us with an introduction to several of the sites we will visit in Paris in March, 2019. Here is a look at his unique perspective of the famed "Arc de Triumph":

10/04/2018

Education First has extended a $200 discount through April 16th for our 2019 Spring Break trip to Paris, Provence and Barcelona. Repeat travelers get another $100 discount. We will have meetings about the 2019 trip at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, April 9th in Roncalli 202 and again at 7:00 PM in the Roncalli South Dining Room. Attend either meeting and learn about the itinerary and the discount.

24/03/2018

Here is a link to the Rich Lofthus Photography website and a series of photos from our Italy 2018 trip (scroll to the left):
http://www.rlofthusphotography.com

09/02/2018

Thirteen travelers have taken advantage of the $250 discount to join us for our March, 2019 trip to Paris, Provence and Barcelona. The discount has been extended through February 16th! Contact Rich Lofthus at [email protected] if you are interested.

30/01/2018

Congratulations to Grace Steffl and Lisa Steffl for being the sixth and seventh travelers to take advantage of the $250 discount and regsiter for our 2019 trip to Paris, Provence and Barcelona! The $250 discount is in place until February 1!

30/01/2018

Congratulations to Audrey Sinclair and Miguel Manriquez for being the fourth and fifth travelers to register for our 2019 trip to Paris, Provence and Barcelona! The $250 discount is in place until Feb. 1.

29/01/2018

Congratulations to Chantel Brende, Hannah Harberts and Elizabeth Watchorn for being the first to take advantage of a January $250 discount and register for our March, 2019 trip to Paris, Provence and Barcelona!

26/01/2018

On Monday, January 29th at either 5:00 or 7:00 PM we will have meetings about our 2019 trip to Paris, Provence and Barcelona in the Roncalli South Dining room at Mount Marty College. Attend either meeting to learn about the itinerary and a $250 discount.

18/01/2018

Group Meeting for Italy, 2018: On Tuesday, January 23rd at 5:00 in Bede 326. Learn about Italian writers, the Vatican and voltage converters. We will also introduce our 2019 destinations:

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28/12/2017

Our March 2019 itinerary has been selected and we will begin recruiting in January, 2018:

https://www.efcollegestudytours.com/my-quotes/2088780wz/quote/2143698/bf9dd7a79da545ef9a

01/11/2017

With the passing of the October $150 discount, we can report that our Italy 2018 group has now reached 47 travelers. Bring on the big bus Education First!

24/10/2017

On Tuesday, October 24th at 5:00 PM in Bede 326 we will have our second group meeting for our Italy 2018 trip, with the focus on Florence. For anyone still considering this trip, a $150 discount is in place until the end of October. Here is a look at Vasari's murals on the inside of the dome of the Cahtedral of Saint Mary of the Flowers in Florence:

30/03/2017

The Education First March $200 discount for our 2018 trip to Italy: Venice, Florence and Rome, is in place for two more days. Our 2018 group is at 27 and growing so if you are still considering, please take advantage of the discount and register before April 1 and you will travel with us to places like Assisi:

20/03/2017

We returned from our Ireland, Wales and England trip a week ago. Here is a link to my website and 24 photos in a Collection entitled British Isles 2017: http://www.rlofthusphotography.com

12/03/2017

Thirty-one travelers returned from our trip to the British Isles on March 11th. Here is a look at one of the stops we made along the Ring of Kerry in Ireland:

08/03/2017

Snowdonia National Park, Wales:

07/03/2017

Well-known 21st century writer Jamie Sullivan poses next to James Joyce in Dublin, Ireland.

Jamie Sullivan and another great writer, James Joyce, in Dublin, March, 2017.