when in rome...

Our adventure began months ago - we decided when we got married, that we would begin a fund for a major, one-year anniversary celebration. Half of each of my paychecks would go into this fund, and when finished, we'd make arrangements to head to Italy for two weeks!


9 months later - the tickets have been purchased, apartments have been reserved, and now we get to plan the fun stuff!


Our tentative itinerary is Florence, Cinque Terre, and Rome with possible day trips to Siena or Lucca, and Pompeii. Now I just have to figure out how to get between these places (as in, how to use the trains in Italy).


The adventure of finding apartments has been crazy, but only took me about 5 days to secure 3 different places that I'm crossing my fingers about. Two had great reviews - the third is a shot in the dark! Our only drawback is that none have a washing machine - but I think we'll just spend some time at a laundromat in Rome (which I've been told is easy).


Here are the links to each of our "apartments".

This is our apartment in Manarola (one of the Cinque Terre) - super excited about the view!

http://www.dapaulin.it/app3_eng.html

Florence - cute, so we're crossing our fingers!

http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/Italy/Tuscany/Florence-Area/holiday-apartment-Florence/p71755.htm

Our tiny home in Rome - nice and sunny, though! And it looks fairly central!

http://www.romanreference.com/appartamento.php?refid=366

So, here we go!