Sunday, July 15, 2012

THANK YOU!

Thank you to an amazing group of student travelers. Bell' Italia 2012 was an amazing and successful trip! We had a wonderful time and created many life long memories. I look forward to our reunion at the Family Banquet on Sunday, September 9th. Details to follow!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Did we ALL eat Chinese Tuesday night???

Hi Everyone, Mrs. G. and I arrived home around 6 p.m. and had Chinese food delivered to our home. (Following the blackout for 2 days, our refrigerator was totally empty!) I have been on Facebook and it looks like Chinese was the order for the evening.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Final fight home

We landed...walked quickly to the gate...and are now on our way to Newark airport. See you between 3:30-4:00 pm.

At the airport

At Venice airport awaiting our first flight! AND ANDREW IS OFFICIALLY LYME DISEASE FREE!!!!!

Monday, July 9, 2012

Ciao' Venito

Sadly, we say goodbye to beautiful Venice. A view from our hotel balcony.

Farewell Venice & Dimitra

We bid farewell to Venice and thank our wonderful tour guide, Dimitra for an amazing Italian adventure.

A typical American tourist?

I just could not resist taking this pic :)

Devon's favorite

Our final dessert was vanilla gelato, Devon's favorite :)

Gondola rides

We all took gondola rides prior to our final dinner.

Murano glass

Lots of Euros were spent in the famous Murano glass factory.

Loving the Espresso

Every morning, Andrew enjoyed a cup or two of Italian Espresso.

Saturday, July 7, 2012

More to come

I learned a hard lesson...I used up all 100mb of my global data in just 4 days. So, I am waiting until I am in a FREE Wi-Fi area to post additional blogs and Facebook posts. Thanks for understanding :)

Yellow

Many of us enjoyed dinner and/or linchpin at the amazing restaurant :)

Misuri leather factory

Lots of gifts were purchased at this store.

Florence in a Day tour

Cristina led our group for a 3 hour tour. First stop...the Academia

Assisi

We discovered what a beautiful hilltop town Assisi is.

Friday, July 6, 2012

Worn out

Had a wonderful visit to Assisi. But these students are just way too tired :)

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

A Star is born

Our favorite artist, Lumberto, did portraits for 6 of our students. Allie was first :)

Maddie's future husband

We watched how gelato was made and Maddie fell in love with one of the store owners, Andrea.

St. Peters

Local guide Valle guiding us through St. Peters church.