Italian Trip to Venice and Ravenna

Over the course of 4 days in March myself and other students and teachers travelled to one of Italy’s most famous places, Venice! It was definitely a trip to remember – we had so much fun. We stayed in Venice Mestre which was a short train journey (on a double decker train!) to Venice’s islands where we explored many unique and exciting places throughout the trip and ate so much amazing food (mainly pizza and pasta as you can’t go wrong and it was delicious!).

We visited loads of monuments and churches that were ancient and breathtaking by how much detail and precision must have taken to create them. Also how vast and big they were, such as St Mark’s Basilica. We even got to experience going on a boat along the canal which was one of my favourite parts. Two islands, Murano and Burano, we visited by boat and got to learn what they were famous for. Murano is famous for its coloured glass and we watched a man making a horse out of glass. Some of us collected souvenirs to take back to our families!

On day 3 we travelled to Ravenna to meet up with our partner school which was an interesting, new experience to go to a school in a different country and see new places. I loved spending time with some of my closest friends but also making some new ones. We got to explore in small groups during free time and made some funny and great memories with our friends and we also got to speak Italian to different people like when ordering food! But overall Venice was so beautiful and enjoyable to visit thanks to the amazing teachers!

By Florence Webb