Highlights and the not-so-good

Highlights

• The Vatican was totally fascinating and awe-inspiring
• The tour bus around Rome and the ancient Roman sites and architecture
• I enjoyed using what little Italian I had learned
• Proscuito ham and cheeses and breads
• The drive through Switzerland and visiting Basel
• Architecture in all the countries
• Pompeii
• Drive to Sorrento and the beautiful blue water
• The ferry trip was like going on a cruise (which I've never been on)
• French pastries

Not-so-good

• Many long hours on the coach when the scenery was humdrum
• cheap hotels
• bad food in the Rome hotel!!!
• litter and dog poop on sidewalks in Italy
• prices
• loud fighting in the middle of the night on the ferry trip to Amsterdam