I too am so sorry about your camera, unfortunately London is plagued by pickpockets, when I went there on a school trip in February we had to keep everything very close at all times. It's so annoying that people want to spoil others' holidays But at least you still have some pics

The Italy trip sounds fantastic, I will be going on a school trip in April to Italy and will be doing very similar things to what you did

I'm so glad you had a good time and I'm sure it was a great experience