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Places we visited: Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Umbria, Cinque Terre, Venice
Length of stay: 19 days
High point: First glimpse of the Colosseum, inexpensive wine, seeing the Pope, exploring Spello (a small Umbrian hill town), Michelangelo's "David", our balcony in Corniglia, meeting Lady Gaeta
Low Point: Florence's crowds over Easter weekend, when gypsies tried to break into our studio in Rome
Local food/flavor: Wine, pizza, pasta, espresso, gelato...(you get the idea)!
Language: Italian
Currency: Euro
Unique Sights: The Pope's procession from the Colosseum to Palatine Hill on Good Friday, watching and hearing the restaurant kitchen staff celebrate AS Roma's goal against Manchester United.
Purchases: None
Things we did:
- Saw the major sights including the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, Via Sacre, St.
Peter's Basilica, Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, Borghese Park, and the Pantheon
- Explored various neighborhoods including Campo de Fiori, Monti,
Trevestere
- Saw the major sights including the Duomo, Michelangelo's "David", the
Arno River, and Pontevecchio Bridge
- Explored the hill towns of Spello, Bevagna, and Cortona
- Biked from Greve to Lemole in Chianti
- Hiked to each of the five villages
- Sampled the local specialty, marinated sardines
- Waded in the Ligurian Sea
- Floated the Grand Canal
- Visited the Murano glass factories
- Stayed in the home of a Venetian couple
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