L'Ultimo Giorno A Venezia (o quasi...)

Sabato, il nostro ultimo giorno in questa stupenda citta'.

Il Ponte dei Sospiri

Our final dinner. We dressed up and had presentations at our Trattoria - Marco Polo.

This marvellous man told us that it is his dream to come to Australia. The whole team at marco Polo looked after us so well, grazie mille, siete stati bravissimi !

And so ends our Magical Mystery Tour. Or so we thought. It's Sunday night and we should be on our way home to our loved ones. Instead I'm at Planet Internet in Venice and we have extra days here because life is unpredictable. We want all our families to know we love them and miss them and thank them for their support. Thank goodness for Skype and modern technology. We will continue to think positive and hopefully we will all be together hugging and kissing you as soon as we can.

Lots of love from all of us on the LawleyItalia2010 team to all of you.

Venezia Giorno Tre

Che giornata splendida !

"O Sole Mio !"

What a ride ! Our gondolier is a famous champion in the Regatta they have in settembre. He's so alto !!!

Verona Che Meraviglia !

Allora siamo andati a Verona, citta' della Signora Dallicani e anche della Signora Basini. Ci siamo incontrati con la cugina di Alice, Sara, una maestra di scuola e suo figlio. Grazie tanto Sara per la tua ospitalita' e gentilezza, sei stata bravissima, grazie !

L'Arena Di Verona

Guess who !?

Giulietta e le sue compagne.

Giulietta e i suoi Romeo.

Ti amo ti amo ti amo ti amo.... Aaah l'amore !

What a coincidence ! We encounter our colleague Kathleen Carter and her students from St Mary's Karrinyup a Verona ! Totally unplanned, amazing coincidence !

St Mary's - 29 students, Mount lawley - 16 students. An Australian invasion !

Ma quanto sono bravi ! Can you believe that an Australian girl from Melbourne now lives in Verona and works in this store ? As they say, "Si sa dove si nasce..."

You can buy these products online too !

Venezia - Giorno Due

Il nostro albergo, favoloso vero ?

Aspettando l'autobus, oops scusate, il traghetto.

Murano glass demonstration.

A Myles piace !

"Scusi, quanto costa ?"

Che bellissima trattoria, vero Ashleigh ?

Il cibo in Italia è BUONISSIMO !!!!!!!!!!

Murano era un posto tranquillo e bellissimo.

Venezia - The Miracle City

What a way to end this magical mystery tour, in the City of Miracles !
We have a gorgeous hotel right near la Stazione and il Canale Grande. We start our stay here with a wonderful cena in the Marco Polo Trattoria. "Quanti ?" they ask as Bianca and I walk in. "Diciannove" we reply in unison and they almost fall off their chairs. They give us a back room all to ourselves and the lawleyitalia 2010 family settles in for a wonderful cena insieme. It's good to have the family together again.

"Tutto fa brodo" is one of the themes of this tour. We try to teach everything, from tips on washing clothes on the cheap to how to deal with street sellers to how to get a great photograph. What a learning experience !

Ponte Rialto !

Signor Spice finally meets his match ! ("I'm a REAL boy !")

Signora Petale shouts for joy, "C'è l'abbiamo fatta !!!!"

Piazza San Marco. Fa molto freddo ma una cioccolata calda al bar preferito di Fiona ci riscalda tanto. Grazie Bianca, è buonissimo !

A midnight serenade on the way home is a wonderful way to end our first day a Venezia !