Packing my bags

Took off from Chicago

Landed in Rome

Lunch at Baccanale on Via Veneto

Spanish steps

Dinner and music

Dinner at Gianicolo Terrace, the home of Barbara and ?
Bruschetta, vegetable lasagna with pesto, saltimbocca Romana (typical Sunday meal in Rome) and tiramisu with lemoncello that was soLes mer
Castel Gandolfo and Barberini Gardens

Lago Albano is a lake in the caldera of an extinct volcano. After touring the gardens, we split a panini with porchetta then had gelatos.
Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel

No photos allowed inside the Sistine chapel
Dinner in Vatican City

St Peter's Basilica

Colosseum

Lunch at Doppio Malto

Brewpub with good beers, but the English menu had the wrong description of what I ordered
Trevi Fountain

Pantheon

Piazza Navona

Drinks at Hard Rock Cafe

Gelato at Come il Latte

Even better than the gelato we had yesterday!
Arrivederci Roma

Stop for espresso

Assisi and the Basilica of St Francis

Lunch at Ristorante San Francesco Assisi

Arrived at Athenaeum Hotel in Florence

Dinner at Villa Machiavelli Ristorante

Lots of delicious food including Florentine steak and several bottles of wine enjoyed on the terrace at Machiavelli's 15th century villa overlooking olive trees and a vineyard
Santa Croce Square

We saw samples of gold jewelry and leather demonstration
Lunch at Panetteria e Stuzzicheria
