During the 2000 Summer half term break a small group of boys (and a few mums) went with Miss Kendall and Mrs Laver to Venice.
Here are two of them, on their first evening in Venice, sketching the view from the Scalzi Bridge which is one of only three bridges across the Grand Canal.
And here is the view that they were sketching - the Grand Canal with the evening light on it. Venice is a UNESCO World Heritage site and with a view like this you can see why. The boat just about to go under the bridge is a vaporetto - the public transport of Venice.
This was taken on the first day in the Campo San Barnaba (St. Barnabas Square) where the group had lunch on their way to a mask making workshop.
Why go all the way to Venice for a mask making workshop? Well, masks and Venice do go together; masks play a big part in Venice's carnivals. Here the group are painting their own masks. Above them are hanging some of the moulds for making the masks.
Here they are outside the mask workshop modelling their masks. The small Pierrot and the larger figure in black are not members of the party but model figures standing outside the shop.
It was a beautiful warm day - even rather on the hot side - so the time spent inside in the cool of the mask making workshop was rather appreciated; but so were the products of this icecream stall they found over the bridge from Campo San Barnaba.
Now here is another world famous cultural high spot of Venice - Harry's Bar! They have just got off a vaporetto and are on their way to St. Mark's Square. By the way, no they didn't stop off in Harry's as the prices were far too steep.
As well as world class architecture and art treasures Venice can offer another attraction - a trip to the beach. If you take a vaporetto across the lagoon that Venice is built on and get off at the Lido stop then its only a 100 yard walk to this beach on the Adriatic. Here are two of the party who have just been cooling off in the Adriatic.
© St. John's - DTP, 2000 & 2005 - N. Pauli