EUROWEEK 2023
Tuscany
28th September – 4th October 2023
Conservatorio S.S.ma Annunziata
Empoli, Italy.
Thursday 28th September
Arrival day
Our host families and a group of teachers will be waiting for you at Empoli train station at your arrival time and we will give you the Euroweek bags.
Products for the International buffet that need the fridge will be collected by us at your arrival at the station.
Free dinner for teachers
Dinner with host families for students
Students in apts have dinner at school with Italian teachers (h. 19:00/19:30)
Friday 29th September
Meeting h. 9:00 Teatro “Il Momento” (Via del Giglio, 59 Empoli)
Some host families will bring your students at 8:00 am at school, so teachers have to be at school by this time.
The following delegations will perform and need to be at the theatre at 8.30 am (first part):
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany and Hungary.
Free lunch ( packet lunch prepared by host families)
🡪 h. 13.00 – 14.15: BRIEFING FOR TEACHERS in Teachers’ room at school
Meeting h. 14.15 at school garden
(some students of Activity 1 will be picked up directly at the theatre by a teacher.)
Students and teachers who will take part in Activity 1, will be divided in two groups, and will depart from school with their teachers to join the Medieval games at Serravalle Park. This activity also includes the visit at the Medici Villa in Cerreto Guidi.
Meeting with host families h. 18.15 at PalAramini.
Students and teachers who will take part in Activity 2, will be divided in six groups, and will depart from school with their teachers to join three visits: our school, the city centre and the local museums, Museo del Vetro and Museo della Collegiata di Sant’Andrea.
Meeting with host families h. 18.00 in Piazza Matteotti (just behind our school main entrance).
Teachers whose students stay in hotels or apartments are kindly asked to take them home after the end of the activities.
Free dinner for teachers
Dinner with host families for students
Students in apts have dinner at school with Italian teachers (h. 19:00/19:30)
Saturday 30th September
Teachers: at 9:00 at school to get prepared with their delegation for the flag parade. Please remember your students to wear their official Euroweek t-shirt (inside the Euroweek bag).
Students: at 9:15 at school.
Italy will open the flag parade; the other delegations follow in alphabetic order:
(1. Austria, 2. Belgium, 3. Bulgaria, 4. Croatia, 5. Czech Republic, 6. Denmark, 7. England, 8. Estonia, 9. Finland, 10. Germany, 11. Hungary, 12. Latvia, 13. Lithuania, 14. Luxembourg, 15. Netherlands, 16. Portugal, 17. Romania, 18. Slovakia, 19. Slovenia, 20. Spain and 21. Sweden).
h.10:30 flag parade around Empoli city centre
h.11:00 opening ceremony and greeting of the authorities
Free lunch for students and teachers
Meeting h. 15:30 in the school garden: International Buffet preparation
International Buffet for students and teachers
Meeting with host families h. 20:30 at school.
Teachers whose students stay in hotels or apartments are kindly asked to take them home after the end of the activities.
Sunday 1st October
Meeting h. 9:00 Teatro “Il Momento” (Via del Giglio, 59)
The following delegations will perform and need to be at the theatre at 8.30 (second part):
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Italy.
Meeting with host families h. 12:30 at Teatro “Il Momento”.
Free afternoon and dinner with families
Students in apts have activities and dinner with Italian teachers (19:00/19:30)
Teachers’ special dinner: h. 21:00 at Ristorante Cucina Sant’Andrea (Via Vincenzo Salvagnoli, 47) The restaurant is walking distance from all your hotels
Monday 2nd October
Teachers and students who go to FLORENCE:
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Sweden, Slovenia and Spain.
Some host families will bring your students at 8:00 at school, so teachers have to be at school by this time and you will walk with them to Empoli train station.
Meeting h. 8.30 at Empoli station
(The train leaves at 9:21 and arrives in Florence at 9:52)
h. 10:30 – 13:30: walking tour around the main attractions of Florence city centre
h. 13:30 – 15:20: free time for lunch
Meeting h. 15:20 in Piazza della Repubblica
(The train leaves at 15:53 and arrives in Empoli at 16:26)
Host families pick up their students at 16:26 at Empoli station.
Teachers whose students stay in hotels or apartments are kindly asked to take them home after the end of the activities.
Teachers and students who go to the TECHNOLOGIC HUB and PISA:
Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania, Portugal, Slovakia and UK.
Some host families will bring your students at 8:00 at school, so teachers have to be at school by this time and you will walk with them to Piazza Matteotti.
Meeting h. 8.30 in Piazza Matteotti (just behind the main school entrance).
Students and teachers will travel by a private bus.
Visit of the Technologic Hub
Free lunch for students and teachers
Meeting h. 13:30 at Empoli train station
Students and teachers will walk to Empoli station to take the train for Pisa.
(The train leaves at 14:01 and arrives in Pisa at 14:45)
Visit of Pisa centre
(The train to come back leaves at 18.31 and arrives in Empoli at 19.03)
Italian night for students and teachers
Meeting h. 19.00 for all students and teachers in apts (those who spent the day in Florence) at EMPOLI TRAIN STATION for transfer to
Pizzeria Scuderie dell’Antinoro and back.
Students and teachers arriving from Pisa will be picked up at EMPOLI TRAIN STATION for transfer to Pizzeria Scuderie dell’ Antinoro and back.
Host families pick up students from 22:30 to 23:00 at Pizzeria Scuderie dell’Antinoro.
Tuesday 3rd October
Teachers and students who go to FLORENCE:
Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania, Portugal, Slovakia and UK.
Some host families will bring your students at 8:00 at school, so teachers have to be at school by this time and you will walk with them to Empoli train station.
Meeting h. 9:00 at Empoli station
(The train leaves at 9:21 and arrives in Florence at 9:52)
h. 10:30 – 13:30: walking tour around the main attractions of Florence city centre
h. 13:30 – 15:20: free time for lunch
Meeting h. 15:20 in Piazza della Repubblica
(The train leaves at 15:53 and arrives in Empoli at 16:26)
Host families pick up their students at 16:26 at Empoli station.
Teachers whose students stay in hotels or apartments are kindly asked to take them home after the end of the activities.
Teachers and students who go to the TECHNOLOGIC HUB and PISA:
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Sweden, Slovenia and Spain.
Some host families will bring your students at 8:00 at school, so teachers have to be at school by this time and you will walk with them to Piazza Matteotti.
Meeting h. 8.30 in Piazza Matteotti (just behind the main school entrance).
Students and teachers will travel by a private bus.
Visit of the Technologic Hub
Free lunch
Meeting h. 13.30 in EMPOLI train station
Students and teachers will walk to Empoli station to take the train for Pisa.
(The train leaves at 14.01 and arrives in Pisa at 14.45)
Visit of Pisa centre
(The train to come back leaves at 18.31 and arrives in Empoli at 19.03)
Free dinner for teachers
Dinner with host families for students
Students in apartments will have dinner at school with Italian teachers
Meeting h. 21:00
Farewell party at Ottobit Art Lab (Via Gubbio, 9, Montelupo Florentine, FI)
All the teachers and students who stay in apts will be driven to Ottobit and back by Italian teachers.
Host families pick up students at Ottobit from 23:30 to 24:00
Wednesday 4th October
Departure day
Teachers will arrange time meeting at the train station with their students.
We are all looking forward to welcoming you to
T U S C A N Y
to spend a very special week together!
The Euroweek Tuscany team
