The Locando San Martino hotel is charming but needs a little rehab. It needs paint throughout and some of the furniture was worn out. The location is fantastic. They also gave us a referral to our favorite restaurant on the whole trip, and it was only a block from the hotel.
The Siena walking tour was very good. I may have given you the incorrect arrival information for our flight to Milan. In any case, the driver you arranged came in the morning when we were scheduled to arrive in the afternoon. We took a taxi to our hotel. No big deal. All of the other transfers worked out very well. The Best of Milan walking tour was outstanding. The Florence coach tour was equally great. We should have added a tour of the Uffizi gallery in Florence. Next time.
Taking the bus from Florence to Siena was a snap. The Villa Florin hotel in Como is very nice. It's a bus ride to town since it's a couple of miles up the road by Lake Como. The restaurants in the area were outstanding. Suzanne got her George and Amal fix by being at a table next to where they sit at the Navedano restaurant in Como. The ferry from Como to Bellagio is very cool. You get to see all of these lakeside towns along the way. We would have taken the fast ferry if we were to do it again. It goes straight from Como to Bellagio. The train from Como to Zurich was beautiful. Zurich, however, is insanely expensive. We were grossly overcharged for our taxi ride to the Marriott. $50 for a crappy lunch and $100 for a crappy dinner. We won't be going there again.
Prague was the highlight of the trip. The tour was great, and the hotel was literally steps from the main shopping street. The tour involved a lot of walking on steep cobblestone streets at the castle. We were fine, but anyone with a disability would have trouble with this. We had someone on our tour who was on crutches. He and his wife had to quit the tour because the streets were too much for him. We went to a classical concert in Prague for $20 each. What a great experience that was. Also, the Charles Bridge was the most romantic spot on the whole trip. We loved everything about Prague.
I sent your contact information to my good friend George Gibson. He wants to arrange his honeymoon sometime around the end of this year. He'll reach out to you for help. I'm trying to sort through hundreds of pictures I took. I'll let you know where I put them. Probably Google Drive as soon as I understand how to do it.
Thanks for everything.
John and Suzanne
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