51 pupils and 6 members of staff arrived safely back in Haddington at 5.15 pm on Saturday 15 May 2010 after a superb Activities Week excursion to Italy.

A few words from Lucy-Jade Tait and Maura Drew:

Italy has been one of the best experiences in our life, it will be a trip we will never forget.  It is a great place to go with plenty sightseeing (especially the San Siro in Milan) and the many great views. 

The journey may be long but it’s great with your friends, the hotels are brilliant and the staff were so helpful.  You get to know, and make new friends, whom you would have never talked to at school.  The weather was good, a few days saw some rain, but it never made us stop having fun!  Even with the short spells of rain the sun still shone brightly.

There was beach near the second hotel (Hotel Cavana) - it was great to paddle in, and was warm (much warmer than British seas). 

This year we had “Knox Has Got Talent - Italy 2010”, it was great fun!  We took a boat trip twice on the holiday one around the lagoon (on our trip to Venice, Murano and Burano) and the other when we went to Lake Garda, which was beautiful.  Near Lake Garda we explored a waterfall close up – this was amazing to watch. 

We went to the 3rd most popular theme park (Gardaland) in Europe and the largest in Italy.  We had a game of Rounders on the beach, the teachers joined in, it was brilliant!  When we took a trip to Verona, we went to the balcony where Romeo and Juliet kissed.

It is an experience of a lifetime.  We think it is a great trip to go on and we would recommend it to everyone.  We had booklets to fill in which were very good for information during our journey and while sightseeing during the stay.  Italy is the best Activities Week holiday ever!  We enjoyed Italy so much!

If we had to sum up the trip in five words we would say: “Absolutely the best trip ever!”

Lucy-Jade Tait and Maura Drew 2T1