The Honeymooners

[jere7my]

No turning back now — we're going to Rome.

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I found tickets at Orbitz that were (a) about 2/3 the price of the lowest tickets I'd seen previously (~$600 each, including all taxes and fees), and (b) non-stop on the return flight, when we'll probably be desperate to get home. We'll stay a few days in Rome, then spend a week touring the north of Italy by train in an easterly arcwise direction, going from Florence to Ravenna and...some other places. (Any suggestions? adfamiliares is down on Venice.)

I've never been to Europe, and haven't left North America since I was eleven. Eep.

Comments

[sinsofthedove.livejournal.com]

I've heard lovely things about both Lucca and Siena, if you are into small walled cities, though I have been to neither.

[flammifera.livejournal.com]

Yes, during my trip last fall I chose to spend a week in Ravenna, but both of those cities were highly recommended to me by my boss (whose wife is Italian and who spent some time in Lucca earlier in 2008) and the local Slow Food leader. I mentioned Ferrara in my email, too.