We actually followed our itinerary pretty closely … we ended up seeing so much!

Take a look back at what we tentatively planned on doing; below is a rough outline of what we actually ended up doing (you can just imagine how many separate blog posts I am planning):

Saturday October 10 – Los Angeles

• Flight leaves 7:10a

Sunday October 11 – Rome

• 730a land in Rome
• 9a drop off luggage at hotel
• Church of St Cecilia
• Church of St Maria
• lunch
• Pantheon
• 3p back to the hotel to ‘check-in’
• 3 hour nap
• 7p out for gelato and people-watching

Monday October 12 – Rome

• 730a out for breakfast cappucini since our b&b doesn’t serve breakfast til 830a
• 8a try to check out of the hotel to get to our tour on time
• 9a Colosseum and Forum (angeltoursrome.com)
• walk back past Circus Maximus
• lunch
• 3p Rome to Florence train (4 hours)
• 8p dinner in Florence with Angela, Devo and Virginia

Tuesday October 13 – Florence

• 9a pre-Wedding festivities (wine tasting, lunch, etc)
• 6p steps to top of Duomo
• gelatto and resting
• Andrew and Devo get us soup

Wednesday October 14 – Florence

• 9a Andrew climbs to the top of Giotto’s tower
• WEDDING
• 7p Andrew and Devo walk back from reception (while the rest of us take cabs)

Thursday October 15 – Florence

• 9a check out of hotel
• walk by Dante’s House
• 11a Santa Croce
• Post Office
• 12p Accademia (David and The Prisoners)
• lunch
• shopping
• 3:13p Florence to Rome train (3 hours)
• 8p Check into hotel, pizza, gelato and people watching

Friday October 16 – Rome

• 9a breakfast
• walk (passing Victor Emmanuel Monument and Trajan’s column)
• 11a Cappuchin Crypts
• Spanish Steps
• walk across town to Vatican city (passing Hadrian’s mausoleum)
• 130p-430p Vatican Museum/Sistine Chapel (Angeltours.com)
• 430p St. Peter’s Basilica
• Rick Steve’s Night Walk (Piazza Navona, Pantheon)
• 8p dinner

Saturday October 17 – Rome

• Flight leaves 10a
• Lands at LAX 10:35p