1. Lindquist Travel Picks For Italy: Part 1 Rome & Surrounding, Florence, Verona, Venice, Como, Cinque Terre & More

2. Roma-South to North FCO-Fiumicino Airport 2-4 Days Suggested Piazza Navona At NightThe Hills of Frascati

3. Getting Lost In Rome Neptune’s Fountain Piazza NavonaTrastevere

4. A stroll at 2 am in Rome Fori EmperialiThe Colliseum

5. Piazza Di Spagna-Roma

6. Where To Eat & Drink In Rome A Drink At Café Della Pace behind Piazza Navona Lindquist Lifestyles Local Recs For Food In Rome http://www.sonopath.com/Lif eStyle_restaurants.html http://www.sonopath.com/Lif eStyle_restaurants.html And Have this Dish In Rome: http://www.sonopath.com/Lif eStyle_archive.html

7. Day trips from Rome Orvieto: 1 day or stop overnight en route to Bologna www.orvietoonline.com/

8. Frascati http://wikitravel.org/en/Frascati 30 minute train from Roma termini train station. Home of Frascati wine. Great interlude looking over Rome. Seems like you are in Tuscany. I suggest Pane e Tulipani for great wine and appetizer food in the center. 5 minutes up the stairs from the train station between Piazza Roma and Piazza San Pietro on the left alley way Il Tettuccio 15 minute walk to the back part of town past Piazza San Pietro but best Mom & Pop trattoria and best food in town. No english here so just say, “Porta quello che avresti tu.” Inexpensive as well.

9. En Route North-Florence (Firenze)-2 days http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fl orence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fl orence You Gotta Do The Florence Tourist Thing Siena & San Gimignano we will see Wednesday on the day trip but good overnight interludes from Florence. Take the train or the blue buses. Stroll Ponte Vecchio

10. North East Of Bologna Verona & Venice, 3 days Verona: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verona Venice: http://www.comune.venezia.it/flex/c m/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/EN/IDP agina/1

11. Trips In Or out Rome & Travel Upward Give yourself 3 good days ion Rome if not more and maybe a day trip to leave the city. Tuscany 2-3 days Or split up and back to/from bologna. Trains are fast in & out of Rome. Fast links south to north Naples>Rome>Florence>Bologna> Venice or Bologna>Milan Train Info www.trenitalia.it From Milan Milan down the coast to Cinque Terre (good time as September is warm but less tourists) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinq ue_Terre)

12. More from Milan Lago Di Como http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L ake_Como. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L ake_Como I am sure George will be ready for you with a glass of Prosecco. 2-3 days

13. Fly To Bologna Direct From European Cities Aeroporto Marconi-Bologna: http://www.bologna- airport.it/it/?LN=IT Direct from Paris, Madrid, London, Frankfurt and others. Go to other cities first or after Paris Would Be My Choice: I like to stay in San Michele/San Germaine, Paris. Try this boutique hotel. http://www.bucihotel.com/

14. Italy Travel-Bottom Line Don’t rush it. Do small towns when possible Get lost When in doubt… get lost again, drink, eat, and people watch. Dine in the back streets. That’s where the best food is. You may just meet some new friends & see unexpected places