MAIDSTONE — Maidstone Travel Club has returned from an amazing tour of London, Paris and Rome/Pompeii. Twenty-one youths and 18 adults flew out of Saskatoon April 4, returning April 13 at 11 p.m.
In England, we saw Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, royal horse guards, the Tower of London, Big Ben and London Bridge and chose either the Wicked Play or Jack the Ripper tour. We also rode the London Eye, the fourth-largest Ferris wheel in the world with a nearly 40-kilometre view of London.
We travelled to France by train and toured by bus and boat, taking in the Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, Arc de Triomphe, Palace of Versailles and Eiffel Tower. We also enjoyed an evening river cruise on the Seine River.
Then we flew to Italy where we visited the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon and Catacombs in Rome, Ponte and the archaeological site of Pompeii.
It was an educational and enjoyable adventure with knowledgeable tour guides. The food was fantastic and some of us even took a pasta-making class in Rome. We also had time to shop and explore on our own. Thank you to everyone who made this trip possible with special mention to organizer Michele Bailey. It was truly a spectacular trip of a lifetime.
