Only 23 days to go! Heavily into the planning and pre-reading and just all round thinking about our trip and what we need to do to prepare for it. The broad itinerary is Singapore (1 day), Italy (7 days), Switzerland (2 days), France (8 days). We will pick up a car in Rome (we have been confirmed for a Mercedes A180 auto) and drop it off when we reach Paris. C.a.n.n.o.t. W.a.i.t!!! Finding this site has been good, I find reading blogs of people not dissimilar to me better than reading guidebooks and professional authors. You get a more honest and realistic appraisal of he places we are visiting. Today I found a blog by a couple who were staying at the same chateau that we will be at in Amboise, France. They raved about a
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