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Last but certainly not least, Paris! We saved the best for last. New Year’s in Paris was the grand finale of this trip. When booking tickets last Summer we happily discovered that flights between European cities are very inexpensive. The one-hour flight from Florence to the City of Lights cost less than $200 for two one-way tickets. …
We’re almost ten days into our trip and on our way to Florence. Still rolling our “cinquecento,” we got an early start from Cortona so we could make a quick stop in Chianti. Radda to be exact. My in-laws stayed there some years back during what was one of the best trips of their lives, …
The next leg of our trip took us to Cortona in Tuscany. Cortona is about 2-1/2 hours north of Rome and we decided to rent a car versus taking a train so we’d have a little more freedom to explore. Tuscany is BIG so we had a tough time choosing where to stay, but we …