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France & Italy With Trafalgar Tours: Day 6 (Part 5)

January 20, 2012
Despite having a five hour bus ride to Rome ahead of me, I had butterflies in my stomach -- if my unforgettable Trafalgar Tours trip needed to come to an end anywhere -- I could not think of a better place.  During the long drive an enormous full moon, which...

France & Italy With Trafalgar Tours: Day 6 (Part 4)

January 16, 2012
Our final Trafalgar Tours Be My Guest lunch at Fattoria di Maiano was truly an experience that I will never forget and without a doubt my favorite of the trip.  If you have been following my European adventures, then you know that is a bold claim, as the previous Be My Guest lunches...

France & Italy With Trafalgar Tours: Day 6 (Part 3)

January 12, 2012
There should be a sign on the door of Villa di Maiano at Fattoria di Maiano: Warning entering this villa may make your heart stop.  It certainly caused mine to skip a beat.  The first thing that I noticed were the magnificent chandeliers.  If I owned a Tuscan villa every...

France & Italy With Trafalgar Tours: Day 6 (Part 2)

January 9, 2012
Trafalgar Tours certainly knows how to take your mind off of the sadness of a trip coming to an end, as the second we stepped foot on the grounds of the magnificent Fattoria di Maiano estate, I no longer cared that in less than ten hours I would be starting...

France & Italy With Trafalgar Tours: Day 6 (Part 1)

January 5, 2012
The final day of our extraordinary European trip with Trafalgar Tours had unfortunately arrived.  Thankfully, the day was packed full of more unforgettable experiences in three magnificent parts of Italy: Tuscany, Florence, and Rome.  Before our last Be My Guest experience, we made a quick stop at Piazzale Michelangelo -- arguably...