The Meeting

This week, parents, students, and I held an evening meeting with EF Tours.

Friendly, upbeat representatives cautioned us:

Breakfast portions in Europe are not, "American sized." Rolls and juice. No sausage, eggs, etc.

Our suitcase must NOT weigh more than 50 lbs. I don't think my entire dresser wears more than 50 lbs. But for our students--who plan to buy matching sweatsuits for the plane ride--this could be a challenge.

Many of the old Italian hotels do not have, "American" air conditioning. In other words, they can be stuffy. This shouldn't be an issue in February. They also typically lack elevators, and have small stairways. The tour operator warned us, "This is a good reason to keep your suitcase modest. You really want to be able to carry it over your head."