Afternoon: Check-in at the Admiral Semmes Hotel is at 3 PM. From 4-5:30 PM you can register with Road Scholar. From 5:30-6:00 PM orientation for the program week will be in the ballroom. University history and all handout materials (schedule, bios, menus, field trips, etc.) will be discussed. Any questions about the schedule or the program will be answered at this time. (Please note: schedule is subject to change based on weather and instructor availability.)

Dinner: Dinner in the hotel.

Evening: Introductions and questions answered in the classroom. Evening ends by 8:30 PM. (Schedule subject to change depending on weather and instructor availability.)

Lodging: Admiral Semmes Hotel

Meals Included: Dinner

All meals served in the hotel/Morning classes on Bellingrath and Architecture / Afternoon field trips to Richards DAR, Oakleigh, and Cox Deasy Museum Homes/Evening session with the Azalea Trail Maids

Breakfast: Breakfast served in the hotel dining room.

Morning: Two morning classes: Explore the lives of the Bellingraths and the development of Bellingrath Gardens and Home. Discover little known facts about the Bellingraths and their home on Fowl River. Discuss, with the Bellingrath curator, the antiques, silver, china and other unique features of the home. The second class will explore Mobile's distinctive architecture with an Architectural historian. Discuss the various periods of architectural history in Mobile with examples of each.

Lunch: Lunch served in the hotel.

Afternoon: Take a Field trip to Richards DAR, Oakleigh, and Cox Deasy Museum Homes. Get a glimpse of gracious living in Mobile's Official Period House Museum, Oakleigh, circa 1833. This unique T-shaped Greek Revival mansion is furnished with fine period antiques, exquisite portraits, porcelains and silver. Oakleigh reflects opulent Mobile living when "Cotton was King." Other facilities that operate as part of Oakleigh Historic Complex are the Cook’s House, an 1850’s slave cabin located behind the main house, and the Cox-Deasy Cottage, an 1850s raised plantation house that interprets the middle-class lifestyle in 19th century Mobile. The second stop on this field trip is the Richards DAR House . This historic Italianate style Town House tells, in superb architectural detail, of fashionable life during Mobile's affluent ante-bellum days. The house is famous for its iron lace that lavishly decorates the front facade. Interior adornments of this spacious dwelling speak of the cultivated tastes of the time: magnificently carved Carrara marble mantels; in double parlors and reception hall, massive brass and bronze chandeliers, etched panes of bohemian glass frame the doorway. One of the largest crystal chandeliers in the city reflects in a French mirror over the mantel in the dining room. Furnishings are prior to 1870. Gracious southern hostesses serve tea and cookies during your visit to the Richards DAR Home.

Dinner: Dinner served in the hotel.

Evening: Spend the evening with Mobile's Ambassadors, the Azalea Trail Maids.

Lodging: Admiral Semmes Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast in the hotel dining room/Two morning classes on Hanukkah and Bellingrath/Lunch in the hotel/Field trip to Bellingrath Gardens/Dinner at Bellingrath Gardens/Lights of Bellingrath

Breakfast: Breakfast served in the hotel dining room.

Morning: Two morning classes: In the first class you will explore, with a Rabbi, the customs and rituals involved with Hanukkah. The second class will continue your exploration of Bellingrath Gardens and Home before your visit to Bellingrath this afternoon.

Lunch: Lunch served in the hotel.

Afternoon: Free time this afternoon before boarding the bus for the field trip to Bellingrath Gardens. Readers of "Southern Living" recently chose Bellingrath Gardens as one of the top three gardens in its annual Readers Choice Survey. Bellingrath Gardens offers visitors 65 acres of landscaped beauty among towering live-oaks draped in Spanish moss. The Bellingrath Home is the first in Alabama to appear on A&E's America's Castles.

Dinner: Enjoy dinner in the Garden Cafe at Bellingrath.

Evening: See Bellingrath Gardens and Home transformed into a winter wonderland with giant swans, charming toy soldiers, and millions of twinkling holiday lights. Enjoy a leisurely stroll through this holiday display of glittering lights, Poinsettias and Mums. From the towering Poinsettia Tree in the Cafe to the 15 rooms of the Bellingrath Home every angle provides holiday beauty.

Lodging: Admiral Semmes Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast in the hotel dining room/Check out and Morning class on Holiday treats/Farewell lunch

Breakfast: Breakfast served in the hotel dining room.

Morning: Check out of hotel and Class on Holiday Treats! During a class with a local expert, discover some wonderful holiday treats that you can make at home. Come ready to sample these tasty treats.

Lunch: Farewell lunch served in the hotel or box lunch to go.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch