Tours for Members 



English Homes and Country Tour 



July 1—15 

 price $2,725 (double occupancy) 



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The "treasure houses" of Britain are best experienced within 

 their architectural context and amidst their natural landscapes. 

 Here we travel the paths of history and culture in the most 

 immediate sense. But unlike most tours that rush you around 

 for a cursory introduction, Field Museum is offering the dis- 

 criminating traveler an opportunity to get to the heart of the 

 English people and live in the English countryside as they do. 

 The English are a thoroughly hospitable people, making you 

 feel truly welcome as they take you into their comfortable 

 homes as a guest of special importance. Past travelers have 

 made lasting friendships with their hosts, returning again and 

 again, even reciprocating the welcome as their English friends 

 visited here. This view of a remarkable country is rare indeed, 

 and especially relaxing since you stay several days in one home 

 instead of spending your time on a bus. We stay in the south- 

 eastern counties where charming thatched villages comple- 

 ment vast cathedrals and living hedgerows set off lush royal 

 gardens. Your hosts and hostesses include baronets, generals, 

 company directors, doctors, members of Parliament, and 

 landowners. Their homes range from mansions to more mod- 

 est yet extremely comfortable cottages. Accommodations in- 

 clude use of a private bathroom. 



Come and visit this 'tied to the past' yet forward-looking 

 and charming country. Inquire into the customs and foibles of 

 the people as you tour with not only a local guide, but with a 

 scholar from Field Museum, who was born and raised in this 

 remarkable country. Dr. Peter Crane got his Ph.D. in botany at 

 the University of Reading. He is an associate curator in the 

 Department of Geology at Field Museum and was recognized 

 as one of ten "Outstanding Young Citizens" by the Chicago 

 Junior Association of Commerce and Industry in 1985. He is 

 excited about this unusual travel opportunity in his native 

 country and invites you to join him and his countrymen in an 

 exploration of English Homes and Country. 



July 1. Depart Chicago O'Hare for Heathrow. 



July 2. Arrive Heathrow. Met by tour director; board lux- 

 ury coach for drive to Canterbury. Meet hostesses and drive to 

 their homes to unpack and freshen up before lunch. At leisure 

 for the rest of the day. In the evening dinner with hostesses. 



July 3. Canterbury. A day in and around Canterbury. First 

 a tour of the cathedral personally introduced by a canon from 

 the cathedral staff, followed by a wander in Canterbury before 

 lunch. After lunch further time to wander in Canterbury before 

 visiting the village of Fordwich, which has the oldest town hall 

 in England. Dinner in a private house. 



July 4. South Kent. Drive south to the Cinque Port of Rye 

 with its steep cobbled streets and period houses, and the world 

 famous Mermaid Pub. A short drive to Bodiam Castle, built in 

 1386 to defend the Rother Valley from incursions by the 

 French, followed by lunch at the Castle Pub. Another short 

 drive to Great Dixter, a house built about 1450 (not long after 

 Chaucer) and which now has a lovely garden containing a 



wide variety of unusual and interesting plants. Dinner in a pri- 

 vate house. 



July5. Mid-Kent. After breakfast a leisurely drive to Leeds 

 Castle for a private tour of what was described by Lord Conway 

 as the "loveliest castle in the world." On through typical Kent 

 countryside to Sissinghurst Castle, with its well-known and 

 very beautiful garden. After lunch in the Castle restaurant, a 

 short drive to Godinton Park for a private visit to this mansion 

 with its fine Stuart panelling, carving, and magnificent furni- 

 ture and porcelain. Dinner with hostesses. 



July 6. Travel To Cambridge. Goodbye to the Canterbury 

 hostesses. A short drive to the great Norman cathedral at 

 Rochester in the heart of Dickens country where those who 

 wish may attend a service. Then by tunnel under the River 

 Thames northward into the county of Essex for lunch in a 

 Tudor pub. After lunch a drive through the changing East 

 Anglian countryside to meet and dine with Cambridge 

 hostesses. 



July 7. Suffolk. A day in Suffolk countryside immortalized 

 by artist John Constable. First to Newmarket, home of the 

 Sport of Kings, and center of the racing industry for a private 

 tour of the Gallops, Tattersalls Selling Ring and Jockey Club for 

 sherry. Lunch in Newmarket before driving to the medieval 

 town of Bury St. Edmunds with its beautiful cathedral. In the 

 late afternoon a short drive to Lavenham with time to explore 

 the Guildhall dating from the 1520s, and the most splendid of 

 all "Wool" churches before dining in one of the oldest build- 

 ings in Lavenham, the famous Swan Hotel. 



July 8. Cambridge. A day in and around Cambridge, first 

 visiting historic colleges and churches including Kings College 

 Chapel, followed by a visit to the American Military Cemetery 

 at Madingley which commemorates those Americans who 

 died in northwest Europe in World War II. Lunch at a private 

 house close to Cambridge. The afternoon in Cambridge explor- 

 ing the city before dining with hostesses. 



July 9. Travel To Chichester. After bidding farewell to 

 Cambridge hostesses a drive south to West Sussex bypassing 

 London to the west, and stopping for a pub lunch on the way. 

 In the afternoon visit the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens 

 at Wisley. These world-famous gardens contain an extra- 

 ordinary collection of plants, flowers, trees, and shrubs, and 

 attract visits by horticulturists from all over the world. A furth- 

 er journey to meet and later dine with hostesses. 

 July 10. Chichester. First to Bosham to visit Trinity Church 

 of King Canute fame before going to Chichester for a stroll 

 through the Pallants to the Hospice of St. Mary, then lunch in 

 the Dolphin and Anchor. A Private tour of the Cathedral and 

 free time to explore before having supper at the Festival 

 Theatre Restaurant and attending a performance at the theatre. 

 July 11. Winchester. A drive west, skirting Portsmouth 

 and Southampton, to Broadlands, home of the late Lord 

 Mountbatten. A short drive to Winchester for lunch in the 



