New to FT here....... hi everyone

Thanks for the link to MP, good info on Milan. It is interesting, I have heard arguments both for and against Milan, we are only there for 2 nights, arrival day, 1 full day and then an early morning, so I think it will be perfect. We have our Last Supper tickets, man those were hard to get, and we are getting some intel from our friend Max, Italian, who lives here in Mexico with us and is from Milan. Nobody has mentioned PECK, supposedly a street similar to Arthur Ave in the Bronx, that has a bunch of small specialty food stores......

Thought I would throw in our itinerary to the ring, some may think it is too much, but I ran the distances and times and it seems good. First time to Europe for me, my wife has been many times before. I wanted both Italy/France, so this seems good to us. Both of us are F/B background, I was a master Chef for 25 years in my past life and also worked in wholesale/retail wine with Master Sommeliers, so I could not be near the Rhone valley and spend some time there. A little concerned about Lake Como being chilly at the end of our trip, but I do want to see it. We will get dialed in with wine connections in Piedmont and Rhone, so pretty excited about that.

We live on the Caribbean Sea, so a non water vacation is in order. Any comments will be appreciated.

Italy/France Vacation Itinerary
• Tuesday 9/23 depart Puerto @ 6:15 AM. CUN > JFK 8:55 AM > 1:45 PM. JFK >MXP 6:25 PM > 8:25 AM (9/24)
• Wednesday 9/24 10:30 AM arrive Ibis Milano Centro Hotel, (Phone: +390263151)
• Thursday 9/25 8:30 AM Last Supper, Milan all day
• Friday 9/26 Milan to Turin: Milano Centrale (time: 11:05); Arrival: Torino Porta Nuova (time: 12:05)
• Friday 9/26 arrive Grand Hotel Sitea, Torino, Phone: +390115170171)
• Saturday 9/27 Grand Hotel Sitea, Torino
• Sunday 9/28 Grand Hotel Sitea, Torino, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lisa, 60!!
• Monday 9/29 Turin To Genoa 11 ish arrive 12:45
• Monday 9/29 arrive Hotel Bristol Palace, Genoa, (Phone: +39010592541)
• Tuesday 9/30 Genoa to Ventimiglia: Genova Piazza Principe (time: 10:55); Arrival: Ventimiglia (time: 13:07)
• Tuesday 9/30 Vetimiglia to Marseilles BOOK TRAIN IN VENTIMIGLIA
• Tuesday 9/30 PM arrive Vue notre Dame de la Garde, Gite No Phone number yet
• Wednesday 10/1 Marsielles
• Thursday 10/2 Marseilles
• Friday 10/3 AM Pick up car, head north to Rhone
• Friday 10/3 PM arrive at cottage in Vacqueyras, (Phone: 04 75 03 9189 and cell 06 60 65 9921)
• Saturday10/4 S. Rhone/cottage
• Sunday 10/5 AM depart cottage, head north
• Sunday 10/5 PM arrive (to be determined)
• Monday 10/6 N. Rhone
• Tuesday 10/7 N. Rhone, return car, overnight in Lyon
• Wednesday10/8 AM Lyon To Milan 07:32 Lyon Part Dieu 13:51 Milan P Garibaldi
• Wednesday 10/8 PM Milan to Bellagio, Lake Como, arrive Hotel Belvedere, (Phone: +39031 950 410
• Thursday 10/9 Lake Como
• Friday PM, Lake Como to Milan, arrive (to be determined)
• Saturday MXP > MIA 9:40 AM > 2:40 PM, MIA > CUN 5:20 . 6:21 PM