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Welcome to Italy! Your Learning Journeys Concierge will be waiting at the arrival terminal hall and greet you for a departure for Tuscany to your villa. Training orientation will take place at 6PM. This evening, enjoy a welcome Tuscan Feast Dinner featuring local wines and traditional Tuscan fare! Overnight at the Villa. ( D)

This morning from 9 a.m to 11 a.m you will engage in Transformative Travel: Create Your Own Brand - Focus On What You Love

After class, you will spend the day at a pastry and wine tasting in Siena and San Gimignano for your experiential training!

Meet your guide for half-day guided tour of Siena, a unique city with the red of the Piazza del Campo  - with an alchemy geometry of the Piazza, suggestively neo-Gothic and cathartic - commanded by the Duomo and surrounded by narrow streets and alleys. Sweet-smelling Trattorias, the sounds of the artisans and spouting fountains; Fontebrande and the mystery of the Diana, a famous river underneath Siena. Pastry tasting will take place at a legendary “ Pasticceria” in Siena. You will then continue to San Gimignano for lunch. Your authentic lunch includes a delicious tasting of the local wine produced with grapes that grow just outside of the medieval walls. Taking a short drive across the valley to reach your destination, you will be amazed by the beauty of the location of the vineyard we have selected for you.

The highlight, of course, is the wine! Enjoy 3-4 different wines handpicked by the owners and learn the basics of this world-famous wine region. A tasty light lunch will accompany your wine tasting followed by a personal tour of the winery.

Free time in San Gimignano. Your Tuscany Day Trip ends back at your  Villa , with a camera full of pictures and perhaps a bottle of Tuscan wine from the vineyard you visited earlier in the day.

Overnight.

( B, L)

This morning from 9 a.m to 11 a.m your training will be : Grow Your Business With Niche Groups and Independent Travelers.

In the afternoon, your experiential training will be an olive oil tasting experience at a castle!   We will learn the art of olive oil tasting.  Starting with the fragrance, we warm up the glass and savor the oils to taste the various grades and flavors.

Return at Villa and Overnight

( B )

Your morning training from 9 a.m to 10. a.m will be on : Selling Travel as an Investment.

For your experiential learning, get ready to live your day as a local! 

During the morning, you will visit the local market in Figline Valdarno, the fresh food market where the locals shop! This is a great way to learn from the chef how to choose the most tasty and savory ingredients directly from the  stand, just as Italians experience in their everyday life. The day will start with a visit to the market led by the chef that will teach you how to cook a perfect Italian meal. The cooking class will be a unique chance to experience and learn all the secrets in a small group of participants. In fact, after the shopping, you will attend the cooking lesson divided in 2 groups for a more hands-on demonstration. During class, everybody will have the chance to learn and cook as a protagonist. While the first group attends the class, the other group will enjoy an amazing wine tasting led by an expert! Tuscany is not only the cradle of Renaissance, but also the cradle of wine! At the end of the cooking classes, you will  eat together to taste the specialties cooked. After the meal, your day as a local is not finished yet! You can relax and take a stroll in the quiet and peaceful neighborhood, where you will meet the locals and visit the typical cafes and gelaterias of the town and chat with the inhabitants of Figline.

Overnight

(B, L )

This morning from 9 a.m to 11 a.m your training will be : Bring Your Brand To Life: Sales, Marketing, Database Management

In the afternoon, you will get another chance to live as a local, but this time in Florence! 

Continue your experience like a local. You will take a train from Figline Valdarno and reach Florence, beginning your afternoon with a lesson on the "Pleasure of 'Caffè". Afterward, you will have an insightful walk through small historical stone streets, where the Art of Roman, Medieval, Renaissance and Modern blend. During this walk you will see Churches, Palaces ("Palazzi"), Towers, Squares, and Bridges to observe what the dream of the Medici's Florentine family was during the late 14th century: "to create an ideal city”.

After, you will have free time before having another fantastic experience, visiting the Italian language school! Here you will have a 1 hour experience to learn Italian language!

You will return to Figline by rail and engage in a festive farewell dinner and certification ceremony - recapping your curriculum and enjoying farm to table Tuscan cuisine!

( B , D )

Return transfer to the airport according to your flight time back to the U.S.