Only 60 more days until we depart on September 29 from Charlotte on US Air for Toronto, then on our Air Canada Flight to Rome. The overnight flight arrives in Rome at 11:00 the next morning. We have already reserved a hotel in Rome, the Hotel Raffelo. It is fairly centrally located to all of the sights, and about a 10 min. walk to/from the rail station. We arrive on the morning of September 30, and stay until the morning of October 3. We then take a high speed train to Venice, hoping to arrive about 11:30. It is a short water bus ride and walk to the port, where we will board our cruise ship, the Emerald Princess. We do not depart Venice until the following day at 1:00 pm, so there will be an opportunity to see some of the sights in Venice.This is a link to the Cruise Itinerary on the Princess Web Site