Day 13 - Milan to home - Friday, June 12th

We'll rise early. I will get you on the bus to the airport in time for your flight home.

We will leave with many hugs and smiles!

Your coursework will be completed during the summer in WebCT.

Day 12 - Milan - Thursday, June 11

We'll eat breakfast at the hotel and take the Metro from the train station to

National Museum of Science and Technology (Museu Nazionale della Scienza e della Technica. Leonardo da Vinci was not just a great artist, but a great technologist as well. In the Leonardo Gallery, check out the models made from his drawings of the cannons, war machine, glider, parachute, self-propelled car, revolving crane, drilling machine,etc.

Santa Maria delle Grazie, Leonardo da Vinci's, Last Supper. When the painting was completed in 1497, it was famous then, and still is today.

Dinner will be on our own. Then back to the hotel to pack to go home.

Day 11 - Milan - Wednesday, June 10th

Today we arise early, eat breakfast in our hotel, and take the Eurostar to Milan.

We'll unpack at our hotel right across from the train station and hop on the Metro to go down town. We'll tour the Duomo, the Galleria, and La Scala.

Day 10 - June 9 - Tuesday - Venice/ Murano

We'll get up early, eat at our hotel, catch the train to Venice. From the station we will catch a vaporetto to Murano to see how glass is blown. We will see amazing glass art.

The afternoon will be spent in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari examining the magnificent painted alterpieces of Titian.

Day 9 - Travel to Mestre/Venice - Monday

With great sadness, we will leave Florence after breakfast in our hotel. We'll hop the Eurostar to Mestre where we will unpack and jump back on a train to Venice (only 10 minutes away).

We'll buy you a bus pass for Monday and Tuesday that will allow you to ride any Vaporetto. Gondola rides are optional. It is about 100 Euro for 40 minutes. But up to six may share the price.

We'll wander around Piazza San Marco, take you to see the Bridge of Sighs, tour St. Mark's Cathedral, and walk to through the "Gaunlet of Gold" to the Rialto Bridge.

Day 8 - Florence - Sunday

We'll get you to church in the morning. Just let us know which one you would like to attend earlier in the week and we'll get you on the bus.

After lunch, we'll explore the Baptistry (including Ghibertti's "Doors of Paradise", Santa Maria del Fiore, Il Campanille, and Palazzo Vecchio. Then enjoy sunset on Ponte Vecchio.

Dinner will be on your own.

Day 7 - Florence - Sat. June 6th

This is a day for optional side trips. Would you like to do a day of cooking school? Would you prefer seeing the hills of Tuscany including the Towers of San Gimigniano and Siena? Escape to Pisa and il Campo di Miracoli and the Leaning Tower? Go to the Museo del Duomo? Hike to the top of the Duomo or Bell Tower? Wander the city by yourself or with a friend? Or stay home and wash your clothes?