Preparations

We're just about ready for our departure for Rome on March 3. The transportation and hotels are booked: we'll be leaving Boston March 3 on Alitalia and arriving the next morning in Rome. We've missed the connection in Milan two of the previous trips, but I hope we'll make it this time. There will be a bus waiting to take us to the hotel, close to the Colosseum, where we'll stay for the first four nights.

One additional scheduling detail we just finalized is the day-long cuise in the Saronic Gulf for the final day in Athens. I'll post details later.