Since the tour isn’t your usual trip through Rome, this website is a bit different, too.  A cross between a newspaper and a scrapbook, for us, this is the perfect way to remember or trip.  Instead of a day-by-day recount of our travels, I’ve grouped things by memories.  Use the links at the top of each page to share our experiences.

When you go, I recommend that you don’t plan things out hour-by hour.  Give yourself time to experience each of the sights fully.  Don’t rush around from church to museum, taking a picture at each stop, and crossing the event off your list. 

Get lost in the back streets, wander into local shops (when we went into the fancy Missonni Store on the Via del Condotti, the smoking shopkeepers snubbed us) and gather your own stories and memories.

Every year, Jenn and I schedule a trip to Europe.  Since this was a particularly busy year for us, we only had a few weeks at the end of December.  Where should we spend Christmas and New Years?  Rome of course!

This was our 2nd Rick Steve’s Tour.  Our first was the granddaddy 3-week Best of Europe.  This time, we decided to concentrate on a single City.  6-days in Rome at the end of the year.  No tourists, a single hotel so we didn’t have to pack up and move every few days.  Lots of cultural stuff do do, no lines, and crisp, clear weather.  A perfect trip.

A bit about us: 

We love to travel.  But sometimes we don’t want to deal with organizing everything ourselves.  Hotels, museums, transportation, meals - it takes the fun out of seeing the sights. 

The Rick Steves tours are perfect for us.  We’ve used the blue guidebooks for years, watched every PBS show ever made, and just generally agree with the whole philosophy.

We love the informative guides, arranged demonstrations and museum-line-avoidance tips.  Some days are busy, and full of sights, but we always have the option to ‘opt-out’ and do our own thing.