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What a whirlwind trip the last two weeks have been!! We have just arrived home yesterday afternoon with everyone intact and all passports in hand and smile on faces!

Below are a few pictures taken at our final destinations, Heraklion of Crete and Oia of Santorini!















This trip has been full of memories to last a lifetime, life lessons have been learnt, independence has been gained, adventure has been had and new friendships have been made. We are a small school and as chaperones we were surprised to learn that at the beginning of this trip that some of the students had never really spoken to each other, we started off as a small groups within a larger group of 26 but we can confidently say that we are returning from our European adventure as one big happy family.




From Italy and Greece  and back, the kids were great, complaints were never made (even with that 4am wakeup!!) and their behaviour has shown what respectful young adults they all are and what great ambassadors they are for King's-Edgehill School.

Be sure to ask for photos because I think they set a record for the amount of pictures taken in 15 days!

From the chaperones and students ew are happy to have had this experience and happy to be home after two days of travelling!

Cheers,
KES Europe Trip

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