Travel Journal - Florence

We have arrived in beautiful Florence and the time is moving a little too quickly. I type from the stunning grounds of the Canadian School of Florence (CSF), Fiesole. These junior and middle schools are tucked high in the Tuscan hills above Florence in a tiny hamlet called Fiesole. How lucky for these local students to get to attend school in such a bucolic location with a wonderful team of Italian and international teachers! 

All the kids are busy in exam review mode inside the middle school walls.  It is a chance to be in an actual classroom after almost four weeks of learning as you roam! 

Florence has been beautiful- the food divine - and the kids continue to be pretty darn great. We “popped” over to check out the Leaning Tower of Pisa last night and had a fantastic pasta Bolognese, under the Tuscan sun. The heat persists, but so do we!  

After class today, we will hop on the bus back down to Florence and reunite at the Accademia for a viewing of Michelangelo’s Statue of David- never to be missed! Tomorrow we will board the train to Venice for a full day on the canals and Saturday is final exams and a celebratory grand finale dinner. 

The kids will all be very much looking forward to seeing your smiling faces at various airports across the country this Sunday, but I can assure you there will be some tears for goodbye at the same time. 

Thank you again for reading and listening!  

Here is the view of the school grounds and some kids hard at work. 

Julia Atkinson 
Principal, Blyth Academy Summers