The next day we docked at Ravenna. It wasn't much of a town and it was extremely hot so we only stayed in the town for lunch and then we went back to the ship and I went for a swim for about three hours with Mikayla and Ava while the others all had a rest. Then after we went up to the bridge and watched sail away. We had a nice dinner and went and watched the show again, this time even better than before! It's hard to explain what we do on the cruise because we d...

Today we had a bit of a sleep in and to enjoy the last day and it being 37 degrees we went to one shop the one bar then one shop then one bar etc for the whole day. We did a little bit of shopping and my family got to meet two of my Irish friends and three Italian friends, Sara Irene and chiara! It was Nice to be able to introduce my friends to them. Tonight we all had dinner together with my host family at my house and mum dad Matt and Nicole experienced just ho...

We stopped in Verona for a walk and an ice cream. We went to the arena that Verona is famous for and seen what it's like now. We also went to the balcony of Romeo and Juliet and touched the famous good breast and of corse took plenty of photos! Also another roasting day! Then after that we carried on home for dinner

Today we went to another part of Italians biggest lake, we visited a very nice small town and then carried on to the lake in Peschiera. We had hamburgers on the beach front in togs and bikinis. Cecilia and I spent most of the time in the water between eating and drinking! It was 35 degrees so it was very hot and the water was very nice! It could have even been colder in the water and it still would have been very nice! At about 4:30 we headed of for Verona.

Matt arrived on Tuesday but somehow we had wrong time for his arrival so we were an hour early so we had to do what all kiwis would do and have a drink while we waited! He arrived in jeans shirt and boots thinking it wasn't very warm and when he went outside into the 32 degrees that morning he nearly died! We looked around Parma and did a little bit of shopping and showed them my school etc. We had lunch in the centre and that night (7pm so Italian day) we went a...