McGirr/Hammett Italian Adventure

In just two weeks, two families that have know each other since 1967 will be starting a four week adventure in Italy together.  Ed and Pat Hammett asked us to be their guides through Italy several years ago.  But “things”, mostly medical, have gotten in the way.  Now it is going to happen! Here is the plan:

Oct 4-11: Rome, staying in an apartment on Via Famagosta near the Vatican. There is so much to see here that a week isn’t quite enough. But we will get all we can in.  Includes a 47th Anniversary Dinner for the McGirrs.

Oct 11-18: Venice, staying in a really lovely apartment in San Boldo that the McGirrs have used twice before (2002 and 2005). All the sights of Venice, plus a day long inland canal trip to Padua that will pass and stop at several Palladian villas.

Oct 18-25: Tuscany, staying in a two-story villa in Pergine Valdarno near Sienna.  This villa comes with a cooking lesson one night in your own villa, Tuscany winery tours, visits to Florence, Sienna, San Gimignano, Cortona, and more.  Includes a 69th Birthday Dinner for Gerri at the Locanda del Amorosa (Village of Love), where we stayed with Diana Nichols Simpson in 1997!

Oct 25-30: Sorrento, staying in a lovely hotel on the marina.  Visiting Capri, Pompeii, Naples, Positano, Amalfi, and more.

We will be posting a weekly addition to this blog from Italy, so please look us up at dmcgirr48.wordpress.com every week for pictures and fun stories.  See you in October from Italy!!!!