Day 8 and 9 We have woken up to beautiful Venice - it is a little overcast and may shower later today. We have a tour planned for this morning exploring the main cites of Venice followed by a gondola ride. Anthony and Jermaine will be celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary on a love gondola, which was far from romantic - they couldn't wait to get off as it pelted down with rain. Anthony was ducking for cover under his jacket at one end of the gondola, whils...

Day 7 Last day in Florenze - making our way to Venice. This morning we had a bit of a sleep in and had breakfast at 9.15am. We then spent a couple of hours touring the city of Florence, bought some souvenirs, had lunch and boarded a coach headed for Venice. Did you know that Venice was built between 3 land islands using wood to establish the foundation of this beautiful city. After 3.5 hours on the bus we finally arrived to Venice where we then had to catch a m...

Day 6 We all had an early start today, leaving the hotel at 8am. We walked to the Ponti Vecchio Bridge which is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno River, noted for still having shops built along it. It was the only bridge across the Arno in Firenze(Florence) until 1218. During WWII Hilter was to bomb the bridge, but due to its beauty, decided not to. Soon after, we made our way to the Palazzo Pitti also known as the Pitti Pala...

Day 5 An early 7.30am start this morning. We left Sorrento headed for a six hour trip to Firenze (Florence). The trip was broken up with two stops. The students took the opportunity to catch up on sleep. As the day progressed, there were many conversations happening and for some, they practised their dance moves. We arrived to Firenze (Florence) a little later than expected where we were greeted by a tour guide where they saw the sights of Firenze (Florence), F...

Day Four After a good night sleep, breakfast was well received. The usual was on offer; bread rolls, crunchy cornflakes and pastries washed down with a glass of orange juice, but today there was an espresso machine - so hot chocolates and REAL coffee were on offer. Tiziana our guide stayed with us overnight so we had somewhat a late start to the day. Our tour started with a 9:45pm pickup with a smaller bus (similar to the Mitchell High School bus) destination -...