So you know when your in foreign territory and don't know if your being scammed or not.We thought it would be better to tour the Vatican on an organized tour.Michael arranged for it through our hotel; a 3 hour tour, hotel pickup, not more than 20 people, etc. etc.Well, the hotel clerk arranged for a taxi which the tour company would pay when we were dropped off at the meeting point, okay a bit strange.The ride was about 5 mins if that to get there, add 10 mins ...

Yesterday we arrived on the overnight train from Paris to Rome. The ride was fairly non eventful and our bunk mate, who spoke more English than our Italian, was very quite. He was a pacer and spent about 3 hours pacing the car before bed and a few hours in the morning, kind of odd. The train was pretty much empty by the time we reached Rome which is more than I can say about the rich smell of urine drifting throughout the car in the early morning.The temperature ...

So here we are in Paris. Yesterday, while you were enjoying Victoria Day, we were touring the LoireValley. A 3 hour bus ride brought us to our first location Chateau de Chenonceau, an incredible structure Henri 11 gave to his mistress Dine de Poitiers in 1547, and it spans the river Cher. It's undergoing some reconstruction at the moment but is still stunning. Our next stop was Chateau de Cheverny which has been used as a hunting lodge since the 17th century and ...

We started early this morning on the Eurostar Express from London to Paris. Checked in our 29th floor apartment and then hit the street.As we walked it started to sprinkle then rain; almost lunch, tummy grumbling, great time for lunch.Looking around, pizza again?Nay, we are in Paris, let's do Lebanese- what else could one have in Paris?? After lunch, we walked and walked and walked and decided last minute to take a taxi to the Louvre since it would be closed on T...

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