Day 2 Pompeii and Vesuvius
Day 2- What a challenge! Off we set to Pompeii in the morning. The sun shone and there was a lot of excitement at what was going to be seen. The first stop in Pompeii was the amphitheatre where a...
Northern lights Forecast
My bags are now packed, I now need to get my family sorted out. Just been checking out the Aurora forecast. Saturday promises to be a cold, clear day so we might just see the Northern Lights.
Day 3 in Italy- Capri
We walked from the hotel, up a very steep flight of steps into Sorrento town centre before descending a very steep path to the harbour which was at least 100m below us. Easy enough to go down, not so...
Day 2 in Italy
Just had a fabulous breakfast at Hotel del Mare. Well set up for the day ahead. On bus now on way to Pompeii. The sun is shining. It’s going to be a great day 🙂
Departure!
01:30am, a lively group of 54 young geographers scramble onto the coach as we depart for a 3 hour journey to Dublin Airport, waved off by tearful Parents of course! By Sarah Young (U6)
Day 4 in NYC!
On day 4 of the NYC tour we woke up at 7:30am and had the standard breakfast of bagels and muffins. We set off walking for Central Park at 8:45 in good spirits and reached our destination at 9:20....
Day 1 in Italy
We have had a really busy day today. Departing school at 1am we had a 3 hour journey to Dublin, followed by a 3 hour flight to Rome. A number of pupils got a snooze either on the coach or on the...
Excitement
In 13 hours we will be departing Irish soil to head to Italy. I think everyone is getting very excited. A few reminders have been posted on the group Facebook page. We are meeting at Coleraine High...
Check Ms Di Landro’s hoodie
Posing in the ‘Village’ – as I write we are less than a week away from our trip. Wondering whether we will meet any of the other bloggers on this site.
Faringdon College: Day 5 (Final Day)
It was a very fine breakfast once again but with an added “course”; presentations were made by the staff on behalf of themselves and the pupils to Rasa and Lena of B&B Selfoss, Magnus...
Day 3 in NYC
On Day 3 we started our journey to Battery Park at 8:30 on the subway, where we travelled to the port where we departed to Staten Island via a Ferry. The ferry was a rocky ride, but we took in...
Faringdon College: Day 4
A day of anxiety! Could we or couldn’t we? Could we get out to Heimaey and back again on the ferry? Various websites were checked, our great GT Coaching Company assisted us by making many phone...