Geography Department Classics Department

Icelandic Adventure

Roman Holiday

Geographers in Years 10 to 13 visited Iceland over the Easter holidays. They were delighted to see volcanoes, waterfalls, glaciers, geothermal power, geysers and basaltic columns during their trip!

In the Easter holidays, about 50 girls from Years 8 and 9, a handful of teachers and I travelled across the sea to the beautiful city of Rome for four nights and I can definitely say that it was well worth the waking up at 3:00 in the morning on a Monday. We saw everything from the Trevi Fountain to the Colosseum to the Sistine Chapel, which was my favourite. I think it’s safe to say that most of my friends enjoyed the shopping days at the Spanish Steps as there were some very interesting shops there: Gucci, Dior and Sephora being the main ones. We were even lucky enough to spot the Pope as we were on our way to the Vatican museum! I got a good view because I was clever enough to fall down the hotel stairs the day before (oops) so I had to go in the taxi with Ms Field. All of us had such an amazing time there and I plan to visit with my dad in the future. I would highly recommend this trip to anybody who has the opportunity because Rome is such a stunning place, full of art, fancy buildings, shops and best of all great pizza! Just make sure you take enough euros for all of the souvenirs you’ll want to buy.

CLASSICS DEPARTMENT

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