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Rome/ Florence/ Venice in 9 days? Help! I will be going to Italy for 9 days/ 9 nights in mid-August. Will probably fly into Rome and out of Venice. (I'll arrive in Rome very early on a Saturday, so I'll have the whole day there.) I'm thinking of spending 3 days/ 3 nights each in Rome, then Florence and finally Venice. I KNOW this isnt enough time to see everything, but I'd like to see as much as possible. Can anyone give me some advice about how I should spend my time in each city and if I should spend more or less time in one versus another...? Also, I'd like to take a day trip to Verona and possibly Siena. Are these worth visiting? Any other suggestions? I will be traveling everywhere by train. I am NOT renting a car. I'll be staying in hostels, so besides lodging how much should I expect to spend on a daily basis for food, attractions etc.? Thanks!! Jessie

Europe Travel Questions for Experts? I'm from Western Canada, and in the year between high school and university I want to do a trip around europe. Based on my research and what seems like a general online consensus, I've decided to get a eurail 15 days of travel in 2 months youth flexi pass, and hit (in order): Amsterdam Berlin Prague Vienna Budapest Istanbul (hoping eurail does istanbul by that time) Athens Venice Florence Rome Bern Barcelona Paris London Brussels back to Amsterdam 1. do these sound like good destinations? should I see Interlaken instead of Bern? Munich instead of Berlin? A different greek destination? a different Ntherlands destination? Is Lisbon any good? 2. Would it be worth it to do a short round trip flight from Istanbul to Cairo to see a bit of Africa for say, 3-4 days? how much would that cost? 3. I can start at really any of the places listed above. which one would have the cheapest fares from Calgary? Where should I buy tickets? 4. How much would food cost daily if I did markets and grocery stores eating sandwhiches and peanut butter? Thanks

save our soul? Hello, My name is Kouassi Aya Florence and I am Ivorian; I was born in 24 th Mars 1990. I live of course in Côte d'Ivoire . I write to you so that you can understand and make comprehensible in the whole world the consequences of a war. I am the elder one of a family today in the process of disappearance. My parents, my brothers and my grand parents died during the war which has occurred in Ivory Coast in 2002. By the grace of God, my small sister and i remained in life; we survived several tests which are far from being easy to support until today. My father was currently a fanatic of the political party to the capacity; at the beginning of the war some people were gone at our home one night and took along our two parents and my two brothers. My mother at the time of the intrusion of the murderers had the idea to hide us, my small sister and i, at the bottom of an old case out of wooden in the back court of our house. We thus remained lying during several hours before leaving. The house was empty; more nobody. We thus remained locked up; the hunger clutched us without forgetting thirst, because there was neither water nor electricity. The shootings of the shells and the kalachnikov continued to resound outside. Until today, we do not know where our parents and our brothers are. Despite everything this misfortune, we succeeded in surviving and I believe well that it is by the grace of God. Today my small sister and i are confronted with enormous social and humane difficulties. We lived at a woman who had collected us and had lodged us in 2003; but the everyday life with the latter was far from being pink as opposed to what it had presented to us at the beginning. We managed to eat with difficulty and we were confronted with several drudgeries. We slept late and we awoke early the morning to make the detergent, the crockery, to clean the house. With this type of slavery of the third millennium we complained near the police force, but that had not been favourable for us; quite to the contrary the things did nothing but worsen. I was delivered to the prostitution and the vice; the woman made me sleep with men in order to give us to eat only the evenings and she made me take drugs in order to resist the pains, tiredness and the sleep. It was horrible!!! It was necessary to subject to the whims these people to gain only bread or water for our daily toilet. We thus fled one day, to take refuge in a church. Pasteur had accommodated us with difficulty, but finally accepted us. But the problem is that Pasteur is seriously sick and is closed to death. Interned in a hospital for now two months, he has not eaten any more; he does not hear any more and is almost blind. His wife is all the time with him and show us times to be at the base of the misfortune of her husband. She treats us even of witch. My small sister is sick and I do not have the means of making it look after. Our benefactor is with the anguish and cannot come to our help. Some times it is a brother of the church which gives us coins in order to buy to eat; because his-self being in misery, he makes the effort help us. But this help proves almost null. Sometimes, I start to beg near faithful or other persons in charge for the church to have coins only to buy food. But they are reticent and sometimes look at me with an air of dislike. I have sometime asked to work like nanny or maidservant; I did not have any favourable continuation. The sky falls down our heads. We are perhaps cursed; at all events that formed part of our destiny. I only find myself with my sister without support. In the hunger, the suffering and the disease. I thus launch this message so that the people who are likely to help me by some manners that they are make it. I thus launch a message of help to all those who will be able to read this message. Help us to leave there, living a normal life. My small sister is sick and I do not want to lose her. She is my only family which remains to me. I do not know with whom to entrust my future; I give it between the hands of God and yours. I beg you. Have pity! Give us chance to be able one day to find the joy in life. We do not have anybody any more towards whom to turn. I await your response impatiently and that God blesses you abundantly!!

Is this Europe Trip worth $7,000? Itinerary Day 1 - Fly overnight to England Days 2-4 - London Arrive in London Take a guided tour of London Optional: Windsor Castle Days 5-7 - Paris Take the Eurostar train to Paris Take a guided tour of Paris Visit Notre Dame and the Louvre Optional: Versailles Days 8-9 - Brussels • Amsterdam Visit Brussels en route to Amsterdam Take a guided tour of Amsterdam Optional: Volendam and Zaanse Schans (March-September) Day 10 - Heidelberg Take a guided tour of Heidelberg Days 11-12 - Lucerne Travel via the Black Forest and Rhine Falls Take a guided tour of Lucerne Optional: Mount Pilatus Days 13-15 - Munich • Salzburg Visit Neuschwanstein Castle Take a guided tour of Munich Visit Dachau Visit the salt mines in Salzburg Days 16-17 - Venice Travel via Innsbruck and Dolomites Take a guided tour of Venice Visit the Doges’ Palace See a glass-blowing demonstration Days 18-19 - Florence Take a guided tour of Florence Visit the Duomo See a leather-making demonstration Days 20-21 - Assisi • Rome Visit the Basilica of St. Francis Take a guided tour of Vatican City Take a guided tour of Rome Visit the Colosseum Days 22-23 - Pompeii • Night ferry Visit the Roman ruins of Pompeii Board a night ferry to Greece Days 24-27 - Meteora • Delphi • Athens Visit two Meteora monasteries Take a guided tour of Delphi Take a guided tour of Athens Visit the Acropolis - 3-DAY TOUR EXTENSION Days 28-31 - Greek island cruise Cruise information » Program fee includes: Airfare: Round-trip flights Transportation: Comfortable motorcoach • Eurostar high-speed train • Night ferry • Cruise with extension Accommodations: 25 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms • 1 night ferry accommodations • 3 nights cabin accommodations with extension Meals: European breakfast and dinner daily Tour Director: Full-time EF Tour Director Sightseeing: 13 sightseeing tours led by licensed local guides • 3 sightseeing tours led by your tour director • 5 walking tours (6 with extension) • 1 orientation tour Extras: Whisper headsets Optional excursions: Windsor Castle • Versailles • Volendam and Zaanse Schans (seasonal) • Mount Pilatus • Greek Evening During the cruise extension, optional excursions are offered by the cruise line. The $7000 includes airfare and all extra expenses like souvenirs and stuff. I have estimated that this would be the price if went on a school trip next summer. Should i go? The currency is United States Dollars

Is a summer study abroad trip to Italy for $5,000 worth it? (for 25 days)? This is only a very small peek at all we will do and learn. Day 1 - Fly overnight to Italy Day 2 - Rome Arrive in Rome Day 3 - Rome Take a guided tour of Rome Visit the Forum Romanum (No guided tour included) Visit the Colosseum (No guided tour included) Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome: · Trevi Fountain (These three are free to everyone to see as public sites) · Pantheon · Piazza Navona Learn to make pizza with a pizzaiolo Day 4 - Rome Take a guided tour of Vatican City Visit the Sistine Chapel Visit St. Peter’s Basilica Optional: Roman Catacombs (If it says optional, it costs extra) Day 5 - Rome Enjoy a free day in Rome Optional: Florence (If it says optional, it costs extra) Day 6 - Rome Take a guided tour of Ostia Antica Enjoy free time in Rome this afternoon (you’re not over jet lag yet and it’s time to go home?) - 2-DAY TOUR EXTENSION Day 7 - Pompeii • Sorrento Travel to Pompeii Take a guided tour of Pompeii (You will spend only 50 minutes here) Visit the Roman ruins Continue on to Sorrento Day 8 - Capri • Rome Travel to Capri Take a guided tour of Capri (This is just an expensive shopping day) Take an island cruise Return to Rome Day 9 - Depart for home Program fee includes: Airfare: Round-trip flights Transportation: Comfortable motorcoach (share a crowded bus with 30 other people you don’t know) Accommodations: 5 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms Hotels are 1 or 2 stars while ours are 3 or 4 stars) (7 with extension) Meals: European breakfast and dinner daily (Breakfast is a roll and coffee and I hope you like American style French fries and dry roast beef every night) Tour director: Full-time Tour Director Sightseeing: only 3 sightseeing tours led by licensed local guides (5 with extension) Experiential learning: Pizza making (big deal, you can do this in your apartment with fresh groceries you buy from the store.) Optional excursions: Roman Catacombs • Florence (If it says optional, it costs extra)

Basic Italian Translation? Hello, I am having trouble and just wanted to make sure my translation was correct. I need to translate this into basic italian: My daily routine is to wake up in the early morning. Then I take a shower and go eat some breakfast. I usually eat oatmeal or some fruit in the morning before class. I then get dressed and go to class. After class I sometimes get lunch with my friends. If I am tired I will go home and nap instead. Me and my roommates usually make dinner together and then after go to discotechas. When I am not in class I like to walk around Florence. I like to see new things I have not seen before. On my free time I read, listen to music, surf the internet or cook. I also love to shop and eat. On the weekends I like to travel. I went to Amsterdam last weekend. I had a great time. I cannot wait to travel more.

Travel tips for Italy? I have 16 days to travel around Italy with a husband and three kids ages 17, 15 & 10. I would like to travel from Rome to Florence(or vice versa) and would like to know how long we should stay in each(major) city to see all the major sites w/o wasting time. Should we drive ourselves around to save money? Should we find one central location to sleep, cook, shower, etc. and venture out from there daily? Cost isn't a HUGE issue but we will be on a budget(don't know how much yet). Hostels are not an option having the kids with us. I am not that concerned w/luxury, pampering, etc. only comfort, convenience, privacy,etc. We certainly don't mind cooking most meals at 'home'. We are not mainstream tourist types and like freedom to do as we like; ie schedules, tours, etc. Any suggestions on where to stay, car rental, good sites to see,best time to travel, do's and don'ts, kid friendly,precautions and the like. Thanks a lot for any ideas you have!

We are 3 people planning trip to Italy? We 3 friends are planning a holiday trip to Italy in month of August, 2008 for 7 to 8 days. We wish that our total expense during this time on hotel rooms, food, travelling within Italy, tickets of places, and bars not to exceed USD 3,500/=. Meaning that we will like our daily average expense ( for all 3 people) to be about USD 375 to USD 400. Please advise that is it sufficient or not ? Our interest is to visit historical places, art musems, and clubbing. In nut-shell we will like to have a feel of all things. I think that during this 7 to 8 days trip, we should concentrate on few selected cities. Is Rome, Florence and Venice correct choice of cities ? Inter-city travel should be done on trains or airplanes ? Advantage of train would be that we get view of country-side. Any other recommendations or advise will be highly appreciated. Thanks all of you. I would just like to clarify that our target budget expense is USD 400/= per day for 3 people. So in this USD 400/= per day, we will need to find hotel, pay for local taxi / train, eat, and pay for entry-tickets to places of interest.