2006 Volleyball Asia Tour Schedule

DATE

DAY

CITY

ITINERARY

ACTIVITIES

May 16

Tues.

Lincoln

Final Practice at Coliseum

 

May 17

Wed.

Omaha

Depart Omaha

 

May 18

Thurs.

Osaka, Japan

Arrive Osaka Kansai airport

 

May 19

Fri.

Osaka, Japan

Travel to BSSC - short tour through Osaka

Match 1 vs. BSSC Women's VB team; 4:30PM

       

Match 2 Husker intra squad scrimmage -

       

Post game cultural exchange

       

Welcome Party - Dining Hall

May 20

Sat

Osaka, Japan

Short tour

Huskers practice for local community

       

Peppering with local youngster

       

Husker coaches presentation for local coaches

       

Photo/autograph session

May 21

Sun.

Kyoto, Japan

Travel to Kyoto with coach bus to Kyoto Station

Sight seeing day w/ BSSC student guides

     

Trravel to JT by coach bus

Check-in @ JT dorms

May 22

Mon.

Osaka, Japan

Afternoon sightseeing

JT activities

       

Sightseeing tour of Osaka - Minami, Nagahori-dories

       

American Village

May 23

Tues.

Osaka, Japan

 

Activities

       

Farewell dinners

May 24

Wed.

Beijing, China

Depart Osaka

Short practice

     

Short sightseeing

Tianannmen Square - PLA dusk flag lowering

       

Donganmen shopping after dinne

May 25

Thurs.

Beijing, China

Afternoon sightseeing

Morning practice and competition

       

US Embassy visit

       

Silk Street shopping

       

Meet w/UNL students and UIEB students

May 26

Fri.

Beijing, China

 

Morning practice and competition

     

Afternoon sightseeing

Temple of Heaven, shopping

May 27

Sat

Beijing, China

Sightseeing Day

Hutong visit w/rickshaw ride

       

Forbidden City

       

Summer Palace

       

Dinner and Beijing Opera (Li Yuan)

May 28

 

Beijing, China

Sightseeing Da

Ming Tombs

       

Great Wall (Mutienyu section)

May 29

Mon

Beijing, China

 

Morning practice and competition

       

Afternoon sightseeing

       

Lama Temple, Beijing University

       

Dinner - Tian Di Yi Jia

May 30

Tue

Beijing, China

 

Morning practice and competition

       

Olympic venue visit

May 31

Wed

Shanghai, China

 

Morning short scrimmage w/Shanghai team

     

Transfer to Jin Cai High School

Afternoon scrimmage w/Shanghai team

     

Short Shanghai city tour

Shanghai Acrobats Show

June 1

Thurs

Shanghai, China

 

Training, Scrimmage and Match Jin Cai School

       

Match w/ Shanghai Team

       

Lunch

     

Afternoon sightseeing

Gallup International -Shanghai Office Visit

       

Shanghai Museum tour

       

TV tube factory tour

       

Hosted dinner (SVA)

       

Pudong evening riverside walk

June 2

Fri.

Shanghai, China

Sightseeing Day

Yu Garden, Chenhuangmiao and the Bund

       

Pearl of the Orient, Jin Mao Center 54 lunch buffet

       

Nanjing East Road Shopping

June 3

Sat

Shanghai, China

Depart Shanghai

Final AM shopping/sightseeing/lunch

June 4

Sun

Omaha

Return to Omaha

 

June 5

Mon.

Lincoln.

First Day of UNL First Summer Session classes