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Day 13 - The Colosseum in Rome was one of the the things we were looking forward to the most on this trip. Today was our day, and it did...

Day 12 - When I think about the Vatican, I think of the Sistine Chapel (and Michaelangelo's renowned frescos on its ceilings), and St....

Day 11 - Yep, we made it to Rome!! We rode the train from Siena to Florence, then Florence to Rome! We had a great introduction to...

Day 10 - Today we had a fabulous day exploring the medieval Tuscan hilltop towns of Volterra, San Gimignano and Monteriggioni with our...

Day 9 - Siena, Italy. Yes, that brick-colored Crayon in your box was named for the color of the soil/bricks here. Never did we imagine...

Day 9. Since we had an extra 90 minutes before our shuttle arrived to take us to the train station, Lori and Gayle headed out to see The...

Day 8! We had a packed day today…but it was amazing! We started out at the Florence Duomo (Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral). The Duomo...

The afternoon of our Day 7 was spent on a Foodie Tour with three other US couples, and our lovely Italian Guide, Karin! No museums, no...

Day 7 was spent exploring Florence in the most wonderful ways! Gayle started off the morning with an early morning walk to just wander...

We had a rough start getting here, but are finally on Italian soil! We flew from Paris to Florence, and the rough start happened when Dan...

Day 6 and our last day on French soil for this trip. We are sad to leave this beautiful country and it’s helpful and gracious people....

After our morning touring Chateau du Pont-Rilly, we headed off in our rental car for the two hour drive to Mont Saint-Michel. Scott is...

Day 5 started out with a lovely breakfast served by our gracious hosts, Annick and Jean-Jacque at the Chateau du Pont-Rilly. Annick is a...

Day 4 was a full day with a private guide (Matt) on a tour of many World War II sites. Matt designed our tour to start with some 82nd and...

When our girls were growing up, we watched the movie “Ever After” over and over. I have to admit, I’m a sucker for a Cinderella story. ...

Day 3, and we are riding the train from Paris to Caen. From there, we’ll have a rental car (Scott will be our DD!) and drive through the...

We got 12 glorious hours of sleep and nipped that jet lag right in the bud! After a delicious breakfast at the hotel, we strolled...

Paris, it’s been a minute! The last time I (Gayle) was here was 36 years ago! This will be the only city on our upcoming trip that I’ve...

What were we thinking?! We could have picked any day to start this trip, and wayyyy back in February, we decided September 2nd was it....

2022 seems like a new start! We retired on July 1, 2019 and started our travels right away with a trip to Alaska! Our next big trip was...