June 16-19, 2021
After 2 hour train from Florence I arrived in Rome. After checking in at 3 pm and getting situated I left the hostel for MY favorite walking tour. I went to the Colisseum, Piazza Novona, Pantheon and Trevi Fountain. Once again, I could not believe there were almost no tourists. The next 2 days I relaxed planned my Amalfi Coast trip which will last 10 days until I fly to Santorini to meet MY GROUP.
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June 12-16, 2021
After Venice I had 4 nights planned to visit Florence. Like Venice, the crowds are greatly diminished. I visited Piazzle de Michelangelo twice, one in the morning and at sunset. With maybe 200 people instead of over 1000 people there it was surreal.
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June 10-12th, 2021
Only a short 1.5 hour train ride from Verona and I arrived in Venice. Not without incident as I accidentally left my tablet on the train and did not realize until checking in my Hotel. Fortunately, after gaining Internet access I received a message that my tablet would be at a Perfume shop at the train station. An employee of the Perfume shop saw it on the train seat , picked it up and contacted me. I was thankful when I picked it up and gave her a 20 euro appreciation gift.
I am AMAZED how few tourists are in Venice. Good for me, bad for local businesses. Since I have been here many, many times I will take my typical pics and then try to visit new places of interest. My reason for visiting Venice was to see it without the crowds and use an expiring Hotel Voucher from trip previously canceled.
