We are leaving on the 30th of April for a week in Cortona where we will be meeting up with some alumni from Fordham Univ. Then we have a few days alone in Rome. Our first trip to Europe was to Italy 19 years ago. Although we have been back to the country a few times since, this will be the first time back to Rome. I guess throwing a coin in the Trevi Fountain is true! It assures a return trip. Nothing short of a state warning would keep us away!!! Safe travels to everyone.

Spending the last half of May in Scotland.

May 4 Memphis to London, May 6 to Wrexham, North Wales to visit friends, May 10 to Edinburgh, May 12 to Glasgow. Back to London on may 13 for flight back to Memphis on may 14.<BR>Can't wait.

Leaving for Italy with four other couples on May 13, 6 nights in the Tuscan countryside, then train to Venice, ah Venice, for 4 nights. How can we arrange for Fodorites to recognize one another?? Any ideas?? Garynfla, just figured out that we will be in Venice on Friday the 23rd as you will be.

Alice said. &quot;Hi everyone, I'll be Hungary from May 14th thru June 26th.&quot;<BR><BR>Alice, I suggest you eat something during those six weeks. That's a long time to &quot;be Hungary&quot;. Have fun.

PeggyAnn, There are a total of 7 people I know that will be there the same time.Most are from the AOL boards. Perhaps we could do a &quot;meet &amp; greet&quot; before dinner. One idea is to all meet on the Rialto Bridge and have a cup of coffee, glass of wine etc.. I did alot of research on a cruise last year and we wound up having around 60 members of Cruisce-critics Boards meet prior to setting sail. We had a blast and made a few friends that we still keep in touch with. Maybe I'll create a new Topic meet in Venice in May..

Leaving April 30 for Italy (2wks) -- Rome, Orvieto, Spello, Assisi, Gubbio, Siena, Florence, Venice. I've been planning this trip forever, it seems. Can't wait! I'll be sure to post my trip report when I return. Going w/2 girlfriends and my mom. <BR>-Lulu-

Will be in Rome on 14th May for 2 nights, Venice 1 night, Florence 3 nights (with one day trip planned for Siena), Cinque Terre 1 night and back to Rome on the last night (! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find 1 night accomodation in Venice!! Can someone help? I'm screwed if I still can't find a place to stay on 17th May. What are my alternatives?

TRY THE LOCANDO ANTICO FIORE. THE HOTEL IS LOACATED RIGHT OFF THE GRAND CANAL.<BR>WWW.ANTICOFIORE.COM ROMMS RUN ABOUT 125.00 NIGHT AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A ONE NIGHT ACCOMODATION.

My wife and I will be in Italy May 11 thru 22 Rome, Florence, Venice. This is her aniversary present. All of our arrangments have been made over the internet using Fodors recomendations.

Gary, what time, which side??? A glass of wine sounds great, would be fun to meet. Let me know.

Cn_sg:<BR><BR>Try Hotel Ala, located right near San Marco. hotelala.com<BR><BR>Lulu

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PeggyAnn, I will post a new subject and see how the responses are. This is my first Italy trip so maybe you should decide where is best to meet.It sounds like fun and we love meeting new friends..

We are going too....four of us will arrive in Venice on May 15th. Off to rome for 3 nights, siena for 2 nights, florence for 2 nights, camogli for 2 nights and Milan for 1 night then home! We have been planning for months... just finalizing train and museum tickets at this point.

Hi..this is probably not too relevant (and a little late - my apologies!) but I wanna thank GARYNFLA and LuluG for their response to my earlier post about accomodation in Venice. I have a smaller budget than what you've recommended but managed to get a room at a 3rd hotel after that...thanks nevertheless!

We are leaving from sunny (but raining now) Southern California for ten days in Paris in about 18 hours.

This will be our twelfth trip but we are as excited as though it were our first.

Hi lm - we are going on May 14th also!!
We are staying for 3 nights in Rome, 2 in Venice and 7 in Tuscany with a days side trip to Cinque Terre.

Hi,
we're going on May 14th also landing in Milano then to CT 3 days, to Florence 2days, to Tuscany 4 days and Rome 3 days, then stopover in Amsterdam for 2 days on way home.

We're leaving for Paris and the Loire Valley May 24. Can hardly wait! Will be biking in the Loire Valley 5 days and in Paris 6 days.