1	Spring Break in Germany 2004 THE RHINELAND
2	Pre-flight excitement at O’Hare
3	Jet lag and all that
4	Meeting the Japanese Consul
5	The Palace at Benrath
6	Bus Tour
7	Heinrich Heine, Germany’s great romantic poet was born in Düsseldorf just over two hundred years ago; ever since that time Germany’s main the city on the Rhine River has been identified with the nation’s industrial heart. Düsseldorf’s unique business history and proximity to Cologne. That is what drew thirteen Monmouth college students in the international business program, three faculty and one faculty wife, there for spring break. SPRING BREAK IN GERMANY At the Japanese Temple
8	The EKO Temple
9	The program was led by Don Capener, professor of business; William Urban, Lee L. Morgan professor of history; Jackie Urban, instructor in German; and Mathias Betyna, a stage designer and artist who has been to Monmouth several times.
10	Karissa Ulanski and Paul Murphy at the WRD Broadcasting Studio in Cologne
11	The non-business students went to Cologne to meet Kate Ogilvie Halm (MC, ‘93) and her husband Michael, who showed them parts of this tourist center that few visitors get to see. Including a great restaurant at our prices.
12	Michael obtained a key to the Jewish ritual bathhouse on the site of the medieval synagogue, and took us through the cathedral treasury.
13	The next day Urban led the non-business students to Neanderthal, the site of the discovery of the first bones to be recognized as predating homo sapiens. Below: MEAL TIME. GREAT FOOD. David Ehrenhart, Sarah Hicks, Carrie Boona
14	The visit to the factory
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16	Professor Urban, who has taken numerous groups out of the country, was enthusiastic about these students: "They were a great group—up on time, no complaints, no problems, and, most importantly, very important, they took advantage of every opportunity to learn, were interested and were having a good time." He added, referring to last year’s group, "They would be warmly welcomed back again at the youth hostel in Düsseldorf, just as we were this year." Two of the students, Carolyn Boona and David Ehrenhart, had taken German from Jackie Urban. Eight others claimed that they would enroll in beginning German with Professor Urban in the fall. Marilyn Kloeppel, wife of Peter Kloeppel in Physics, had been on an earlier spring break trip to Berlin.
17	The faculty members and students all became experts in navigating Düsseldorf’s famous Altstadt, the location of the best restaurants and Bierstube in the region. Real beer, authentic food if you wanted it. Or a simple meal.
18	Evening Entertainment
19	Opera and Theater Mathias Betyna arranged for the group to see the opera premier of La Coronazzione de Poppae on the day of arrival. The audience greeted the singers and musicians in this early opera by Monteverdi with enthusiastic applause, but booed the director for the inappropriate and detracting costuming and over doing the sexual situations. He later arranged for William Urban to see the premier of Einmal Nicht Aufgepasst, a sold-out performance by one of Germany best comedic actors and a strong supporting cast. One day while Betyna, a stage designer and artist, was with the group he received a call inviting him to design the set for a major production of Man of La Mancha. Betyna was to have directed a Brecht play at Monmouth two years ago, but because of September 11th that year he could not get a visa to work in America.
20	Photo ops
21	Trip to Aachen! To see thee cathedral built by Charles the Great in 800 AD.
22	Headed Home!
23	Tired but Happy Heathrow Airport in London