Around the World

In Time for Back to School

In the novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, the main character Phileas Fogg makes a bet with a fellow gentleman for the equivalent of 2 million dollars that he can travel around the world in 80 days. Fogg makes good on his bet with a day to spare after traveling by train, steamer boat, and even elephant!

Inspired by his journey, you've made a bet with your friends that you can follow the same route and be back in time for the start of the school year. As proof that you made it to each of your destinations, you'll need to collect information about the back to school traditions there and enter it into the locks below. Hurry! You don't have 80 days.