We have started to plan our holiday for next year. The plan is to fly to Paris and stay with Patrick for two or three days, visit Mona Lisa again and some of the places we didn't go to see last time. From there we plan to take the train down to northern Italy. We are going to take a few days doing this and possibly go through Stuttgart, München, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Brennero and Verona before we arrive in Modena where my friend Pamela lives. My friend Andrea lives in Stuttgart and I would like to see her again after too many years. Our main stops - apart from Paris and Modena - will be Stuttgart and Salzburg. Stuttgart mainly to see Andrea and because it's a good place to brake up the trip to Salzburg (we don't want to travel too long per day because of the girls), and Salzburg mainly because we want to see the place were Mozart was born and I've been told that it's a beautiful city.
We also think the trip from Salzburg down to Modena is too long for the girls so I found Brennero and thought that would be a good place to stop over for a night on the way. It also seems to be an interesting place, in the Alps, on the Austrian Italian border.
Paris is obviously a big stop for us. We both love that city. Modena is our other big stop for several reasons. Pamela is one. Milan and Venice are two others. We want to see the Last Supper (which is in Milan) and that's a good day trip from Modena. Venice should also be a good day trip from Modena. We will travel through Verona which is the city of Romeo and Juliet and we will stop off there for a bit. Then I'd like to go to Lake Garda and definately see my friend Claudio.
Right now we are trying to work out costs of this trip. Flights, trains, accomadation, attractions, food and all that. Then we know how much we have to save up to be able to do this.
We have changed our plans slightly. Well, quite a lot actually. Our original idea was to fly to Paris, spend a couple of days there and then take the train from there through Stuttgart, Salzburg and Brennero down to Modena but we soon found out that that was going to be too long for the girls and too expensive. Then we thought of flying from Paris to Milan and spend a few days in that area and then take the train to Rome and stay a few days there, but we've gone off that idea and are just going to spend a bit more time in Paris, then fly to Milan or Venice and spend a few days there. Just concentrate on those two areas this time and then maybe take a trip to Rome, later on, just the two of us.
