Prelude
Well... it's time for another trip - can't wait. This year's trip is Italy for 2
and a half week. 8 of us going this year including me and Michael, my parents,
niece Larissa and Michael's sister, brother-in-law and nephew. We fly out the
evening of May 29th and return June 14th. Arriving in Rome, we'll spend one
night at XY Rome Affittacamere Bed and Breakfast before taking the train to
Florence to pick up our rental cars. Then it's off to our Villa for a week in
the Chianti Region - Il Fornacino. Beautiful 4 bed, 4 bath Villa with amazing
inground pool close to Siena, Florence and Pisa. After this, it's a train trip
to Venice for 2 nights at Hotel Venezia then back to Rome to our hotel Suite
Beccaria in Piazza del Popolo. We are staying for 5 days while Michael's sister
and family is staying for 3. A side trip to Pompeii and maybe Herculaneum then
it's back home - a busy, fun-filled trip but looking forward to every minute!!
We have our tickets booked already for the Colosseum and Statue of David - now
we just need the Vatican. While in Venice we are doing a pub crawl - 3 local
restaurants with wines, tapas and lot's of fun. Stay tuned for updates and
hopefully LOTS of amazing pictures - CIAO folks!!