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At this point, South Carolina's defense was saying "no mas." It was tired and had had enough. LSU was set up in an I-formation with the tight ends Clement and Jacobs stacked on the right side next to freshmen Turner and Vadal Alexander, who were starting at guard and tackle, respectively.
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South Carolina had just taken a 14-10 lead with 5:02 left in the third quarter and kicker Adam Yates kicked off short. But Ford completely misjudged the ball and had to field it on a high bounce at the 7-yard line. By that time South Carolina had five players within 13 yards of Ford and he looked trapped.
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We stopped at Orvieto , a beautiful medieval hillside town just off the highway in Tuscany.  A short ride on a funicular and a shuttle bus took us into the main piazza where the imposing Cathedral Duomo s towering facade set the tone.  Beautiful shops selling brightly painted local ceramics lined the streets of the old town, now largely pedestrian walkways.  We had a panini for lunch Italian-style, buying a made-to-order sandwich of fresh mozzarella and tomato to eat while wandering, afterwards tasting the local olive oil and Chianti from a family-run business.
I bought a little cutting board made from the local olive wood and a mezzaluna , a special Italian kitchen dicer in the shape of a half-moon with a curved las vegas hotels with jacuzzi suites blade and two round wooden handles.  Now when I chop parsley or garlic, I will think of Italy and remember that It is all about essence , particularly in relation to food.    I was surprised to find that even in the auto-grilles in the middle of the highways where we stopped on our longer traveling days, one would find chefs making las vegas hotels with jacuzzi suites to order custom dishes like risotto their fast food made from scratch right in front of us and replenished frequently.
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In Florence at the modern Hotel Londra , we stayed a short walk from all the historic and architectural treasures.   Our local guide Simone Giovannoni gave a lecture on the art of the renaissance.     He told us how during the 1400s the merchants, wealthy through trade, became las vegas hotels with jacuzzi suites the bankers of the larger Italian city-states like Florence and Siena.  They began to compete with each other to see who could build the most beautiful churches and make the most inspiring art particularly in the realms of architecture, painting and sculpture.   The ruins of ancient Rome, still very much visible throughout Italy, have continuously reminded all who live or visit of their glorious past. The artistic renaissance that flowered during this time was a kind of rebirth of the beauty of the earlier classical forms.
The next day we had much to think about when we saw Michelangelo s famous statue of David and his powerfully unfinished Prisoners at the Accademia Museum in Florence.   One could see all the emotions the young David was experiencing as he readied himself to kill Goliath determination and pensiveness at the same time masterfully sculpted into the marble, as he readied his sling and shifted his weight preparing las vegas hotels with jacuzzi suites to fire his shot.
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Ever conscious of these extraordinary accomplishments, I think of our own American culture and how it could benefit from more of a Renaissance outlook. I wonder how we can move away from a culture of media images that are often violent and superficial to a culture that shapes everything that it does in its most glorious possible form?
Beyond Florence, there seems to be a symmetry of beauty throughout Italy, particularly in the Tuscan countryside where all is harmonious and the loveliness of the landscape cannot be over-described.    The glorious Tuscan light shines through the grapevines and olive trees planted in perfect rows on hillsides among the earth-based colors of the Tuscan farmhouses and agritourismos where guests may stay. With not a billboard or piece of litter to be seen anywhere, our advertising images in the United States seem to be a curious anomaly in comparison.
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If this self print ticket option is as wide spread has some purpose, the SNCF has set itself up for

I will need to purchase our tickets on the TGV train from CDG to Lyon and will not have access to a printer. Are the tickets vancouver pan pacific hotel emailed to me in a pdf (or some other format) that can be printed at a later date? Thanks!
You will get a confirmation email with a reference number and a link to "your account" where you can go at any later date and print them out. You should also be able to find the equivalent of "my account" on the general sncf website - something like "mes billets" or "mes transactions" or something like that where you can print any time. Sorry, running out now but will check this later and give better details if someone else doesn't.
The conductor on the TGV scans the printed out ticket with a hand-held gadget he has. I can see how it would be a problem if you can't print it out, however we had no ready access to a printer at our apartment a couple of weeks ago. My wife just took her iPad with her to a Galleries Lafayette fashion show, where I think they scanned vancouver pan pacific hotel her screen.
I just remembered how I've retrieved purchased tickets from the SNCF sight. Pretty sure when you log on you'll see Mes Voyages vancouver pan pacific hotel somewhere at the top. Click on that and you should be able to get a link to print from.
Any other type of ticket purchased on line can be picked up at any SNCF ticket kiosk IF you have a EMV (pin and chip) credit card. If you have a magnetic strip credit card, you will need to ask at any SNCF boutique or train station service window and present, for the agents inspection, the exact same credit card that was used for the on line purchase as well as the reservation number of the transaction.
My friend, a French guy living in Lyon uses TGV trains often for work and for private travels and he doesn't need to printe paper tickets. He says he has confirmation on his iphone and he rides the trains that way. I have never paid much attention and don't know how exactly it works but your question remonded me of that. I would ask him next time, maybe I will speak to him already this evening. It seems he buys Prems tickets.
They must have changed their system to be totally computerized and require ID to tell when to refund a ticket, as it used to be a paper ticket was essentially vancouver pan pacific hotel like cash, if you had it, you could get a refund. Which is why they would never allow you to print tickets yourself if they were refundable.
This must be a very recent change. What precludes someone from printing vancouver pan pacific hotel a ticket for travel and then printing a second ticket to submit vancouver pan pacific hotel for a refund? This was the very reason that only non-refundable vancouver pan pacific hotel tickets (PREMs vancouver pan pacific hotel or iDTGV) were printable by the user.
It hasn t been since the days of People Express since I last saw someone verify vancouver pan pacific hotel a ticket on board an aircraft. Unless the conductor checks individuals as they board or he has some type of satellite communication as he scans tickets during the voyage, the only thing that kept people from traveling on one copy of a ticket and claiming a refund on a second copy was to limit self print to non refundable tickets.
If this self print ticket option vancouver pan pacific hotel is as wide spread has some purpose, the SNCF has set itself up for wide spread fraud unless they have secretly invested vancouver pan pacific hotel in massive new hardware and software vancouver pan pacific hotel to control all tickets in real time. I know they planned to upgrade their ticket tracking network, I just remain skeptical that the SNCF has fully implemented such a sophisticated system this soon.
he has some type of satellite communication as he scans tickets during the voyage, the only thing that kept people from traveling on one copy of a ticket and claiming a refund on a second copy was to limit self print to non refundable tickets.
On the scanning quesion, i would assume once a barcode is scanned it triggers vancouver pan pacific hotel something to indicate the tix has been used, yes? On the airlines, if they scan your boarding pass whether its a piece of paper that you printed off or the barcode on a phone, ad etc, it shows u were on the flight.

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If you have ever read Under a Tuscan Sun and watched the movie, you know that the author and her counterpart are not living the same adventure. Last night I watched the movie again thinking that now that I am a broad living abroad I might find it ridiculous.
The book is a good read, and I think that our own snowbirds can relate easily to the authors' experience. Writer Frances Mayes and her boyfriend, now husband, bought a villa in Italy that they restored during working vacations. They are full time residents in San Fransisco and part-time homeowners in Cortona. Frances is a food critic and has written several books based on her life in Italy. In the movie, she is played by Diane Lane. In this version, Frances is recently divorced, takes a trip to Italy where she impulsively purchases a villa that is restored over time while living full-time in Cortona. Single Broads Abroad are likely to have a keener connection with Lane's portrayal of Frances.
Like Lane, I heard myself asking, long term car rental "What the hell have I done!" This wasn't simply a case of buyers remorse as I didn't purchase my house until living here for three months. Everyday long term car rental of those first six months I wanted to jump into my car and go home. One of my very dearest friends arrived a year before I did. I read happy emails and happier blog post, but when I was the first person called on Christmas day I knew for certain that the happiness was a rouse. We finally long term car rental discussed the deep sadness and the unexpected flurry of tears over seemingly inoccouse events. This frenetic desire to go back is not the same as disliking where we are living. These are divided experiences; like two pairs of gloves, a different color for different occasions. Welcome to the Twilight Zone Broads Abroad.
Partnered Broads Abroad are no longer as independent. It could be that you are now down to one vehicle. Remember those times back home when one of the cars was in the shop? Now imagine living in another country, sometimes quite isolated and with poor public transit, or living in a country that doesn't allow women to drive unless escorted by a male relative! Yikes! I'm grateful for having decided to live in Mexico.
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The stress and grief levels of becoming an expatriate have been compared to the depth of loss associated with the loss of a spouse. Everything in our lives has changed. Research on expatriates reveals that if you can make it through the first two years, you will probably only return to your home country for end of life issues. For now, as I begin the second year, I imagine returning when my first grandchild long term car rental is born. Admittedly, after my visits to Austin and New Orleans this summer, I was most unhappy living long term car rental so far from my family and friends. I miss deeply the connections, the benefit of touch, and the activities, including favorite foods. During the two months following these trips I was blessed to be busy with work, to have girlfriends here and back home that I could confide in, and more frequent contact with my children. I made it through and have decided that my visits home, at least for now, need to be shorter. I've fallen back in love with my house and my life here in Merida. I've even managed to fall in love with my little rescue dog, but that is a story for later.
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I am looking for some forum safety advice. I am a seasoned traveller to Italy, familiar with the trains and ticketing, etc. However, for my upcoming trip in November, I will be "solo" and travelling distances with luggage (ie. Genoa to Stuttgart). Prior trips were either chicago cubs tickets online with a companion, or day trips without luggage, so leaving the compartment chicago cubs tickets online to use the restroom, etc. was never an issue.
My question is if it is reasonable safe to leave your luggage (locked) or should I travel chicago cubs tickets online wtih a bike lock or someting to chain it up while I run to the toliet? (I'm laughing as I am typing this and thinking perhaps I should just by some Depends....). In this day in age, asking someone to "watch chicago cubs tickets online your bag" is not often an option.
In all seriousness, I am aware that there are "gypsies" chicago cubs tickets online that are more than willing to help you board your luggage, and I'd hate the thought of leaving for 5 minutes and finding it "gone." I only travel with a carryon, and a small sachtel("You bring it, you sling it!") and use first class whenever possible.
The advice chicago cubs tickets online to take to the bathroom everything you would hate to lose -- your passport, computer, camera chicago cubs tickets online -- but ask a fellow passenger to watch your luggage is good. Also good advice to use the facilities before boarding the train, or just when you leave the station.
chicago cubs tickets online I have a bike lock that has a cable almost as thin (but not quite) as the retractable ski cable that I take and use when traveling by train, chicago cubs tickets online since it can slip through quite a few backs and the luggage rack, and is very lightweight.
But are you in a single sleeping compartment that has a lock? You mentioned "compartment" -- if that's the case, I don't see any reason to lock it up inside a locked compartment chicago cubs tickets online (although I'd still take my purse).
I can understand your apprehension, I have travelled chicago cubs tickets online solo for some time by choice and have never had a problem in Europe on trains chicago cubs tickets online with my luggage. If you are seated near a few people who are not travelling all together in a compartment I'm quite sure one of them will not try to lift your bag when the others know it is not theirs. Sounds a bit corny but true. Also not everyone is a suspect thief and I've always chicago cubs tickets online managed chicago cubs tickets online to pinpoint someone I thought I could trust for the short time it takes to find the 'loo'. Geuinine and honest people are very helpful chicago cubs tickets online when travelling solo and thank goodness there are still plenty chicago cubs tickets online out there.I have travelled solo in France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Holland and Germany on trains and they are my favourite form of transport over there. Just keep your valuables on you at all times but I'm sure we don't need to remind you of that. Have a great time.
The EC train between Milan/Zurich (is that your route?) will be more like Trenitalia's AV trains - open seating. Your luggage can slide in behind your seat unless you are in a seat at the end of the car without a table.
I traveled first class on FrecciaBianca from Milan to Genova (the line runs both ways) and I highly recommend it over the old IC trains. which still have uncomfortable compartments. Nobody is going to steal your luggage on that FrecciaBianca line. It only makes a very few stops and the cars are completely open to view with lots of train personnel on them, and plenty of trustworthy fellow passengers. And they have cleaner bathrooms.
I doubt the OP can wait until after 1 pm to catch a Frecciabianca train (the earliest departure shown on Trenitalia is 13:12) and still make connections to Zurich and Stuttgart in one day. There are multiple early departures for IC or R trains, none shown for Frecciabianca.
Too bad. I hate those old trains with first class compartments. Sometimes 2nd class is actually more comfortable than first, especially in November, when air conditioning is not an issue. However, but not to count on working toilets.
Thanks everyone for you great input. I'm not paranoid and I have taken the Genoa Milan train before. And heavens, I my crossbody purse never leaves me. Right now, it will be the Milan Zurich connection, unless I decide to change everything and take an overnight train Florence Munich.
I went from Milan Genoa, Genoa Florence, Florence Venice, chicago cubs tickets online and Venice MilanMalpensa in February and honestly, never had a problem with the train toliets. Not my first choice, certainly, but hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go!

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I am travelling to Europe in 2 months for a month and planning to buy a wedding dress there. Could you please suggest me a good place in Italy or Austria to buy a dress a good one with a good quality around 15000 euro? Can you also tell me if there any sales season for wedding dresses? I have also heard about a village in Italy, where only wedding dresses are sold, unfortunately I have no idea where is it close to. If somebody has any information about it, please let me know.
I live in Venice, previously travelled frequently to Italy and now you mention it, I've never seen a wedding dress in a shop here. But if it's anything like Britain, you try on shop samples, choose your dress, get measured then your one is made for you, with delivery hotel california song meaning time generally hotel california song meaning c.3-5 months. Then any last minute adjustments are made when it's delivered, just before the wedding. Is it for yourself, i.e. would you be able to get measured hotel california song meaning have it sent on (minus last minute adjustments)? Again in Britain (but the seasons are obviously the same), the shop sampls tend to be sold off at a discount during mid-late summer, after the main season for ordering is past.
Agree that 15,000 euros for a wedding dress is a designer that will make whatever dress you want - based on samples that he shows you. Agree that 1,500 euros is a much more common price for a wedding dress you would find in a shop - rather than a designer workroom.
Try the above website for a directory of Italian Wedding gown designers if that is really your budget. The most beautiful wedding gowns I've ever seen were in a shop in Naples - one of a kind, in the thousands.
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Over the past few weeks, U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-FL) has convened a series of hearings on the failures of Amtrak, America s independent but fully federally owned national rail operator. Mr. Mica has used the meetings to wage an ideological crusade against the railway, arguing that it is too inefficient and expensive to continue receiving subsidies. Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney has also advocated selling Amtrak .
Here is the confusing truth about Amtrak, hotels escorts hong kong however: The rail agency, fully government-owned, is in many ways already a privatized hotels escorts hong kong operation that receives federal subsidies. The organization does not seem to have the larger public s interests in mind in setting policies: It has some of the highest fares in the world for services in the Northeast Corridor, it provides no discounts for people of lesser means, and it actively promotes the use of intercity buses for people who want to pay less, in effect strategically reducing its market share. These are not the actions of a government enterprise acting in the public interest; these are the actions of a private corporation attempting to maximize profit.
And of course, Amtrak is not making a profit it operates at a considerable hotels escorts hong kong deficit every year. But privatization can mean many things and is a private alternative any better than the current circumstances?
Over the past month, Stephen Smith has published articles on the failure of Britain s rail privatization , the success of Japan s effort, and the potential for privatization of Amtrak services . The overall conclusion from the articles seems to be that there may be benefits from the movement of rail services out of the public sector, but that without vertical integration in other words, single-company control of both tracks and services difficulties are likely to ensue, as in the case of the U.K. Smith points to the structure of Japanese National Railways (JNR), in which six private companies control services in different parts of the country.*
hotels escorts hong kong Smith suggests that with privatization, Amtrak could radically improve its efficiency. The biggest problems with the rail agency, he argues, are related to low worker productivity. Despite Amtrak s privately hotels escorts hong kong motivated interests that I pointed out above, much of its labor rules remain affected by politics and can be altered by Congressional action. Are we willing to accept reducing the influence of democratic actors in agency decision-making? It would mean restructuring labor agreements hotels escorts hong kong reducing the income and health benefits hotels escorts hong kong that unions have fought for decades to acquire and firing huge numbers of workers (a third in the case of JNR s privatization).
If privatization slashes the number of workers hotels escorts hong kong needed to do the same job, rail in the U.S. could indeed become profitable, since most of Amtrak s costs are labor related. For the transportation public, that could produce cheaper ticket prices and fewer subsidies. But it means, fundamentally, that we are bringing private companies in to do the dirty work that the government is politically incapable of doing.
Publicly owned tracks with competition for services . This is being implemented hotels escorts hong kong in mainland European hotels escorts hong kong countries under E.U. regulations; public sector track owners (such as RFF in France) allow operators both public and private to run competing services on the same lines.** This allows riders to choose operators on journeys with the same origins and destinations, just as can be done for airline journeys.
Publicly owned tracks with competition for contracts . This is the network organization in the United Kingdom; hotels escorts hong kong public Network Rail owns the tracks but then leases the rights to operating rail corridors to private companies. In general, contracts last around seven years and give each operator close to monopoly rights over each corridor.***
Privately owned tracks with competition for contracts . This was the system previously operated in the U.K.; the privately controlled Railtrack owned all tracks in the country hotels escorts hong kong between 1994 and 2002. The tracks were moved into the control of a public operator, as described in the second alternative.
Smith and other critics have argued that separating track ownership hotels escorts hong kong from rail operations that s what happens in alternatives 1-3 described above result in inefficiencies and potential competing motivations. The U.K. s attempt to privatize both tracks and operations (alternative 3) produced a number of failures, reducing the safety of the services provided. These difficulties led to the nationalization of the track ownership (a switch to alternative 2), but the contractual relationships between the track owner and the rail operators continue to be a cause for concern. In both cases, the U.K. government has subsidized capital upgrades and in some cases it has subsidies operations.
The problems have expanded over time. Operators hotels escorts hong kong have failed to follow through on their commitments. In some instances they have promised too much. In the case of services on the East Coast Main Line, operator National Express East Coast gave up its contract following higher costs and lower revenues than expected; hotels escorts hong kong the result was that the government took over operations directly through publicly owned (but supposedly temporary) Directly Operated Railways. National Express promises to the government for fees it would pay over the years were abandoned.
The government announced that FirstGroup (owner of Greyhound and BoltBus) would in December take over operating services from Virgin hotels escorts hong kong on the West Coast Main Line, Britain s most popular, and profitable, railway line. But Virgin, which was hoping to renew its contract, warned that the deal was a recipe for bankruptcy because of FirstGroup s inflated estimates of future ridership , which were used to determine how much FirstGroup would pay National Rail over the next few years to use the tracks. Last week, the government admitted it had made a serious mistake, revoked FirstGroup s winning bid, and refunded all four bidders for their work upwards of £5 million. This was an unnecessary loss of taxpayer funds and will force the contract to be re-bid in the next few months.
These circumstances are revealing of the problems with separating ownership of tracks and operations. Track owners want to maximize the amount of money they can charge companies to run their services there, and so in places with profitable operations, they will accept the highest and potentially riskiest bids. Meanwhile, operators have an incentive to maximize profits either in terms of inflating estimates of future performance in order to win a bid (in the case of the current U.K. system) or skimping on services or maintenance in order to pay the operation charges to the track owners.
It is hard to see how mainland Europe s approach, the first alternative, would be much better. The track owners are setting standard prices for track use by each individual train, which will likely encourage intense competition on the heaviest-traveled routes but a lack of interest in operating services on lines with less passenger travel. This will reduce revenues per train on the popular corridors, making any kind of cross-subsidies currently instituted by national operators less likely and probably requiring increasing government aid for the continuation of services to less popular areas.
Thus the explanation for Stephen Smith s call for privatizing in the mode of Japan s railway; by integrating hotels escorts hong kong track ownership and passenger services, conflicting incentives can can be negotiated, rather than fought out. Ed Glaeser, the Harvard economist,  wrote Sunday that  potentially profitable lines in the densest sections of the U.S. including the Northeast Corridor and parts of California should follow Conrail into unsubsidized privatization . This implies, like in Japan, giving one company rights over both tracks and the trains that run on them.
The problem with this approach is clear: It is a recipe for monopoly control of a railroad by a private enterprise. Conservatives berate Amtrak hotels escorts hong kong and other government-owned enterprises for being Soviet -like (in the words of John Mica), but private monopoly control of rail services is worse and market conservatives should agree on that fact. After all, monopolized services can inflate prices, provide poor service, and in general hotels escorts hong kong be unresponsive to customer concerns. Unlike Amtrak, which must respond to political demands in our democracy, private monopolies must respond only to their profit-seeking shareholders, who clearly have different demands than the public as a whole.
Some might argue that rail services in the U.S., even if controlled by one company, cannot constitute a monopoly since they are competing with air and road services, which are owned and operated by other entities. Yet if it is in the public interest to encourage fast, relatively inexpensive hotels escorts hong kong services on intercity rail lines (that is what we want, right?), we are effectively arguing on behalf of massively increasing rail share on specific intercity travel markets and significant government subsidies dedicated to investments in new tracks would back this approach. Once we have done that, we do not want people to move back to cars or airplanes, and we will have made those alternatives quite unappealing thus benefiting the monopoly. Japanese rail operators do not have to compete with air or auto travel hotels escorts hong kong for most of their services because of the extraordinary advantages of rail along their routes, allowing them to act as transportation monopolies.
The presumptive development of vertically integrated private enterprises for the provision of new rail services in Florida between Miami and Orlando and in the Southwest between Victorville and Las Vegas has led to excited speculation that there is a potential for future American private investment in intercity rail. These investments would produce rail monopolies, hotels escorts hong kong but their overall market shares at least at first would mak

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We are taking my daughter to her first Europe trip-Italy for her 15th birthday next year. We are flying into Venice and out of Rome. We love food, countryside and art. Can anyone tell me if the following itinerary is ok?
A couple more things to consider. Your arrival day in Venice is very crowded. You will likely be jet laagged airstream travel trailers for sale and visiting so many places might be tiring. Move something to the next day. The same is true of the 29th - you have a lot in that day. If possible airstream travel trailers for sale visit the Accademia and the Uffizi on different days.
consider this - every time you move from one place to another, you lost at least 1/2 day and when you are going say, from Venice to the CT, you probably lose more than that. so straightaway your 14 days are cut down to no more than 11.
also, March in the CT could be quite iffy weather-wise; instead of going all that way for what is essentially 1 day, I would suggest leaving it to another time in order to free up some time for the other places you have planned to visit.
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You haven't mentioned much to do in Rome- there are literally 100s of things you could do there to fill days 12,13 14. Most guide books will have suggestions to fill 3-4 days in Rome. you could look for churches with mosaics [Rick Steves has a good tour of these] airstream travel trailers for sale galleries like the Doria Pamphliji and/or Borghese [need to book in advance for that], the cathedrals of Rome [there are 4 of them] any of the many museums like the capitoline, the Ars Paris, the national museum of Rome, the Baths of Caraculla, etc. etc. etc.
You have only 12 days not impacted by arrival and departure, so I would definitely skip the Cinque Terre and go to either Siena or Assisi but not both. Considering the timing of your trip, you might even think about seeing Siena as a day trip from Florence rather airstream travel trailers for sale than moving hotels.
If you haven't already done so, research what events are held on Easter Sunday in both Florence and Siena. Florence parades a 17th C. cart accompanied by costumed drummers and flag-throwers to the Duomo, and then the Archbishop sets off fireworks on the cart. Not sure what it has to do with Easter, airstream travel trailers for sale but it sounds like it would be an interesting and very Italian event to experience.
Also, my first trip to Italy had us traveling Venice, Florence, Amalfi Coast, Rome in just 9 days the week before Easter. Florence was MOBBED with people and school field trips. Back then you couldn't make reservations in advance for the popular sites. Highly recommend you be sure to do this.
I would skip the Accademia in Venice. I found it boring with too much of all the same religious art that had my eyes crossed after 30 min. Rather, spend the time wandering around in the day light - you'll get over jet lag faster.
I would choose Siena over Assisi airstream travel trailers for sale in a heartbeat; Assisi is a nice town all on its own, but dominated by religious sites, which hold no interest for me. Being more interested airstream travel trailers for sale in history, I prefer Siena. YMMV.
I would rather be in Siena on Easter Monday although there still might not be much open, but there wasn't airstream travel trailers for sale much open in Florence last time I was there on an Easter Monday. Drop Assisi from your list and take a local Siena Mobilita bus (abut 3 ) to Montalcino from Siena on Tuesday for a day trip(see the Tuscan countryside).
You mentioned going to mass at the Vatican/St. Peters. I could think of noting better than Easter Sunday at the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi. While most Italian cities close down on Sundays, Assisi springs to life. There will be Italians from throughout Italy making a pilgrimage to Assisi for Easter.
Jim- what a fantastic idea with Easter Sunday!!! airstream travel trailers for sale I love it! I just have great admiration for saint Francis of Assisi, so I really want to go!! Great tips on transport too. Glad to know there's transport from Siena to Assisi.
marcast - i think that may be difficult. if you follow Jim's excellent itinerary, you are going to find it very difficult to cut down your time in Assisi AND get the benefit of staying there. IMO "one night stands" are pretty unsatisfactory - you get poor value from your hotel, you barely get to know the place where you are staying, and most of your time is taken up with finding your way round,
and alternative would be to do Siena as a day trip from Florence - this would give you 5 nights in florence and 4 full days there; you could decide when/whether you wanted to do day trips to Siena and/or Pisa Lucca when you were there. The snag is that the journey from Florence to Assisi is not as easy as that from siena - There is a train at 08.26 direct to Assisi but all the other trains require at least one change, if not two.
I am with the group that suggests doing Siena as a day trip from Florence. On our first trip to Italy (2000) this is what we did. Took a bus from the bus station beside the main train station (SMN) and returned later in the afternoon. Twice since then, we have hired a car for a day trip around the area and had the driver airstream travel trailers for sale wait for us while we walked around the city. Works well.

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You will need to up the budget for food - EUR30 will not get you 2 mains in most places, never mind mains plus drinks. You might do OK if you eat early as many places devere hotels manchester do early bird menus but the trade off is you will lose out on atmosphere as there won't be many people out early, or else it will be the families with small kids.
Have you considered driving? I would highly recommend it, after having driven the entire perimeter three times. Assuming you are Americans, don't let the "wrong side of the road" spook you. Many North American Fodorites and those from other "right side of the road" countries have done it.
I would also suggest that you consider driving rather devere hotels manchester than depending on public transportation. The trains and buses will get you where you need to go, but you are going to see those fantastic landscapes only as they quickly pass by your window. Also, you'll have no opportunity to stop and explore ruined castles, ringforts, etc. or get out and walk through some of those great landscapes.

You said it - WAY too many places (I counted 15) for the amount of time you have - a little over one

First, a little background on us. I lived for one year in France (near Toul) two years in Germany (Wurzburg) in the mid-60s. I also did a 3 week trip to Germany, Denmark Norway in 1997 with my wife and daughter. This time we are traveling with good friends who have never been to Europe. They would like to see parts of France, Austria Italy. They do not want to "blitz" these countries. No hard core "go,go,go" We are all mid-60s but pretty healthy.
Our tentative plan is to fly into Paris spend 3 or 4 days seeing the major sites. Then lease a car and head to Rheims Toul (have to see my old home school). Then off to Austria via Freiburg (see the cathedral), Neuschwanstein Castle and Garmisch. Then maybe Salzburg on to Vienna for a couple a romantic weekend cruise days. Then on to Venice Florence. IF (big IF) we have time the energy we could park the car near Florence do a r/t train ride to Rome for a couple days. Then back to Florence and on to Nice, Marseille and either to Barcelona or Paris for the flight home. Returning the car in Barcelona would cost some extra bucks but also save us some driving.
The odds of this trip going exactly as above are slim. We're very open to suggestions. I'm guessing the major criticism will be "too much driving" and "not enough relaxing". Well, let's hear your options.
You said it - WAY too many places (I counted 15) for the amount of time you have - a little over one day per place, a romantic weekend cruise and that isn't even factoring a romantic weekend cruise in driving times or the fatigue and difficulty of driving in an unknown area!
I would fly out of Barcelona instead of Paris, what is one more country. Mix up your car rental with rail and even a flight to close up some distance and give the driver a break. Dont back track, zig zag and hop you can do 21 cities in 21 days if you plan. Good luck with what ever you do.
Yep, agree. However, one of the travelers really wants to visit Austria I really want to visit Paris. And you have to drive through Switzerland or Germany to get to Austria. Maybe we could skip Italy and concentrate on Paris Austria. Then drive to Munich a romantic weekend cruise for a couple days fly home from there. Hmmmmm.
I would consider skipping Barcelona and the Cote du Azur and returning a romantic weekend cruise home from Florence or Rome. Alternatively, you could skip Austria a romantic weekend cruise and Spain and travel only in France a romantic weekend cruise and Italy. As it is, you will be exhausted half way through this marathon.
You need to set out your itinerary on paper so you can see that it's impossible. Use viamichelin.com or mappy.com for driving times and I always add 25% to the times they suggest (and always need that extra time). You also have to account for stopping for health and food breaks.
And go on from there. You need to account for time to get to and from hotels, picking up rental a romantic weekend cruise car, stopping to get a vignette for Austria (and any other country that requires it). If you do this you'll see that you'll probably run out of time before you get to Italy.
I'm wondering why you're doing so much driving. It's not as if you had a huge amount of time. You could fly on one of the cheap European airlines from Paris to Austria or Munich. Rent a car when you arrive. After Germany/Austria, if you still have time, drop the car and take a train into Italy. Or fly.
Per my OP, I really want to leave Paris and stop and visit the area where I lived went to school for a while. And that is in Toul/Verdun area so we need to rent a car. Then head for So. Germany Austria. Given this first part (Paris Toul) as nonnegotiable would 4-5 days in Austria and 5-6 day in Venice Florence be reasonable? That would leave us 4-5 days to drive from Florence a romantic weekend cruise Barcelona (or possibly Paris) and fly home.

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