Due to the hundreds of photos that I took on our trip, I decided that selecting the "best" photos and putting them in a sideshow format would be the best choice.
We decided to extend our trip on the front end with a couple of our friends so we could go to a few places that the company wasn't including. We made Florence our "home base" and ventured to to the Tuscan region, Sienna, Pisa, and a little adventure on the coast. Due to us returning the following week on a "tour" provided by Country, we steered clear from doing the "touristy" things until our return.
After four days of spending time doing things on our own we headed back to Rome to connect with a few hundred other people from the company that had also qualified for the trip. This portion of the trip was amazing. We stayed in one of the nicest hotels in Rome and had planned excursions and meals daily that Country planned.
We traveled back to Florence go to some museums and do some shopping. We had dinner at a vineyard as we traveled back from Florence to Rome. One evening we even had a private after hours tour of the Vatican and a private dinner in the Hall of Statues (where the Pope and his dignitaries have dinners). Having this private time in the Vatican was a once in a lifetime experience and was the complete opposite experience that we had when we were there back in 2005.
We were blessed to have this opportunity to go back to Italy for our second time. I know that I am hooked and hope to go back again as I often dream of the amazing food, wine and gelato.
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