Italy TripMarch Break, 2015

Your TourFly Overnight to Italy

Arrive Rome Meet your Tour Director, Visit Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain

Rome Guided Tour (Forum Romanum, Colosseum), Borghese Gardens

Rome Guided Tour of Vatican City, Castel Sant’ Angelo

Anzio, Monte Cassino Anzio Beach, Abbey of Monte Cassino

Ortona Guided Tour of Pompeii, continue to Ortona

Ortona Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, drive to Rimini, Tavullia Monument

Florence Drive to Florence, Guided Tour (Giotto’s Bell Tower, Il Duomo)

Florence Accademia Gallery, Guided excursion to Pisa

Florence Uffizi Gallery, free time in Florence

Milan Drive to Milan, Guided Tour, Visit the Duomo

Fly Home

Itinerary Highlights

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Day 12

Discover Italy: From Ancient History to

WWII

12 Days

Departing March xx, 2015

From Vancouver, BC

Tour Number: 1417213WE

What is covered?

Hotels

Transportation/Flights

Breakfast and Dinners

24 hr Travel Director

Medical Insurance

Travel Protection, Emergency Assistance, Tour Cancellation

Baggage fees

Entrance fees to all sites

Participation: Limited to those students in Grade 11 and 12.

Priority to Grade 12s, especially in CC12 or History 12

Student must have NO incident records

If approved applications exceed the maximum group number, a lottery system will be employed

You must complete an application form, Abide by the Rockridge School Code of Conduct

Demonstrate exemplary behaviour on other school field trips and functions (dances)

IMPORTANT INFO

SIGN UP and join the group list TODAY

Early 2014 there will be a MANDATORY MEETING for all those who have decided to apply (tba)

You will bring your parents

You will pick up an application form

You will receive official tour dates, and application deadlines

There will be snacks.

Failure to abide with these expectations could result in your removal from the Italy trip and loss of funds that have been paid

Hotels You will be sharing a room

Girls with girls, boys with boys.

You are NOT allowed to share a room with the opposite sex.

No shenanigans of any kind. If you think “I wonder if we are allowed to…” the answer is NO

You are subject to local laws, and Rockridge Secondary School’s Code of Conduct. YOU WILL BE SENT HOME and be sad.

Packing Pack, go to sleep, then take out half your stuff. You still

probably have too much.

YOU and ONLY YOU are carrying your suitcase around Italy. If you cant lift it, you are going to have a bad time.

Imagine. YOU lifting it UP and DOWN stairs, and carrying it down cobblestone streets.

Bring comfortable walking shoes.

Average temperature in Rome in March is 10c, with rain. Rain coat would be smart.

A small daypack or travel purse is a good idea

If you won’t wear something MORE than 3x, don’t bring it.

What to bring Passport and student ID

Photocopies of ID

Proof of Overseas Medical Insurance

Copy of Itinerary

Map of Rome (and any we give you at meetings)

Clothing for dressing in layers

Sweater or hoodie for cool mornings/evenings

Pajamas

COMFORTABLE walking shoes with rubber soles. 2 pairs.

Rain gear

Money pouch

Sunglasses, extra contact lenses/prescription glasses

Day pack or shoulder bag

Camera (name labeled with tape. Must be registered before you leave the country. See Selzer)

Extra memory card.

Toiletries

Medication

First Aid items

Grocery bags for dirty laundry

Hat

One small travel alarm clock per room

One hair dryer per room

Pens/pencils/erasers

Snacks

Mini flashlight

BATTERIES

Electrical outlet adaptor

They are Catholic

RULES in all Cathedrals

No shorts, bare shoulders, or cleavage

Generally no photography

NEVER photograph during a religious ceremony

Whisper.

Most things are closed on Sundays.

Pickpockets target tourist sites

Suggestions:

A BORING travel purse

Wear a money belt.

Keep belongings out of side and hard to access

Keep NOTHING of value in outside pockets on bags, coats, or purses

Use the hotel safe for passports

Do NOT put your bag on the floor or on a seat next to you…

Do not hang your bag on the back of a chair

Expectations! FOLLOW the Rockridge Code of Conduct

Be respectful, positive, and kind!

Polite, cooperative with teachers and other adults

Do not leave the group. Ever.

Be on time for breakfast / the bus.

No alcohol, drugs, or smoking

REGARDLESS of the legal drinking age in Italy.

ONLY Rockridge members may be in your room

Ie: No Italian boyfriends/girlfriends

No vandalism…. Or crime…?

Individual and Group Responsibilities

You will be responsible ensuring THREE others are still with us.

You are responsible for: your personal luggage, property, PASSPORT, and money.

You are responsible for being on time and staying with the group.

Administering your own medication / cold medication/Advil

Keep all emergency contact information with you. And your Consulate.

School dress code in effect

Conservative in places of worship.

Consulate in Rome

Via Zara 30, 00198, Rome

My skills and abilities

Can you walk? IN THE SHOES YOU BROUGHT?

Can you go up stairs?

Can you carry your own bag?

Can you speak Italian?

What am I like when I am VERY tired?......

What are my expectations at night?

Destination Boundaries

Cultural expectations

Emergency number: 113 (police) 118 (ambulance)

STAY WITH THE GROUP unless otherwise authorized.

NEVER leave the hotel without a chaperone

Possible Risks Loss of personal property / luggage / passport

Ms Selzer will kill you if you lose your passport. And then Ms Kashani will kill you.

Getting lost, separation from the group

Injury or death

Slips, trips, falls

IF YOU MISBEHAVE WE WILL SEND YOU HOME AT THE COST OF YOUR PARENTS

Right to be excused

If you feel your safety is at risk, you have the right to excuse yourself from the activity.

… I don’t know what that activity would be on a SIGHTSEEING trip….

Safety First!

Italian tour director has First Aid Training

We will have a First Aid kit

BRING your OWN medication / Advil etc

Common sense… don’t jump into a pool if you can’t swim?

If you get hurt you must tell a chaperone!

Emergency Contact

WE WILL HAVE A SATELLITE PHONE.

# tba

EF Tours

1-800-263-2806

113 = Italian Police

118 = Italian Ambulance