Kedric, Garrett head to Rome
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August 10 Sunday Diem arrives FCO @ 13:25
lodging in Rome , ECCO ROMA Confirmation #4797014241
lodging in Rome , ECCO ROMA Confirmation #4950530473
https://register.iubilaeum2025.va/login
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August 11 Monday We participate in Jubilee 2025 in Rome
Thank you for completing the registration for the pilgrimage The Holy Door of St Mary Major's on 11 August 2025 at 08:00
Thank you for completing the registration for the pilgrimage The Holy Door of St John Lateran's on 11 August 2025 at 12:00.
lodging in Rome , ECCO ROMA Confirmation #4797014241
lodging in Rome , ECCO ROMA Confirmation #4950530473
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August 12 Tuesday
sleep in Rome
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August 13 Wednesday
sleep in ROME
August 14 Thursday
Rome activities
sleep in ROME
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August 15 Friday
Rome activities
sleep in Rome
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August 16 Saturday
ROME
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August 17 Sunday
NAVIGO PASS!!
https://www.ratp.fr/en/titres-et-tarifs/weekly-navigo-travel-passes
Paris hop on hop off tour?
sleep in Paris
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August 18 Monday
Versailles / Paris activities
Building the Eiffel Tower | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
sleep in Paris
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August 19 Tuesday
Versailles / Paris activities
Marquis de Lafayette: The Hero of Two Worlds
sleep in Paris
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August 20 Wednesday
Versailles / Paris activities
sleep in Paris
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August 22 Friday
Amsterdam SAIL 2025
Foodie tour 2 pm to 5 pm
Lodging Meininger Hotel Booking #4762065307
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August 23 Saturday
Sat 23 Aug 2025 10-2pm boat rental for 12 peeps
we need a bread knife & a cheese knife & a corkscrew
Amsterdam SAIL 2025
sleep Meininger Hotel Booking #4762065307
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August 24 Sunday we need suggestions.........
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August 25 Monday we need suggestions..........
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August 26 Tuesday we need suggestions..........
Diem departs from AMS
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August 27 Weds we need suggestions............
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August 28 Thurs we need suggestions............
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August 29 Friday we need suggestions...........
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August 30 Saturday we need suggestions........
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August 31 Sunday we need suggestions...........
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Sept 01 Monday we need suggestions..........
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Options: Angers / Loire Valley
Canoe thru castles, serious castle country, picnic in vineyard
Average Temperature in Saumur: Aug 3 = 78 degree Sept 13=72 degrees
https://www.thehotelguru.com/best-hotels/france/loire-valley-wine-hotels
https://trips.intothevineyard.com/sample-trip/Loire-Valley-Bordeaux-Discovery
https://www.puydufou.com/france/en/must-see-france
Puy Du Fue / La Cinéscénie (the world's biggest night-time show)
2,400 actors on a stage spread over 57 acres and 28,000 costumes.
Last time ( 2005 ) there were 1,000 actors.
Last time we attended,
we got cold by the end of the evening ( dress warm )
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possible hotels:
Hôtel Design Sorbonne ( one man elevator )
Montmartre neighborhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5RU2hbXnDE
Palace of Versailles
How to Get an Empty Palace of Versailles Hall of Mirrors Photo!
Versailles
Why-palace-of-versailles-should-be-on-your-bucket-list
hop on hop off tour
Musée des Arts et Métiers ( Founded in 1794 ) (#1 for Mr K :)
Pain Vin Fromages ( fondue restaurant !!!!!)
Arc de Triomphe / walk Champs-Élysées
stop and pay respects at the tomb of Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette: The Hero of Two Worlds
Lafayette & the Age of Revolution Documentary
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-tale-of-two-revolutions-in-paris
visit: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre
NOTRE DAME, PARIS
Eiffel Tower
last evening, fashion photo shoot near Eiffel Tower?
https://www.theparisphotographer.com/eiffel-tower-photo-spots/
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fzCwYvFfQh7GS3tm9
3 hour segway tours
https://www.gogo-tours.fr/tours/diamond-segway-tour/
https://wheelsandways.com/en/amazing-paris-segway-tour/
https://wheelsandways.com/en/versailles-palace-tour/
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SAIL 2025 AMSTERDAM
The 10th edition of SAIL Amsterdam August 20–24, 2025.
The event will celebrate the city of Amsterdam's 750th birthday
SAIL's 50th anniversary
boat rental to explore canals while in Amsterdam
electric, hold 12 people
Be your own captain in one of our electric boats
Netherlands option list:
Photo Shoot in Dutch Traditional Costume
a couple nights at the Bourtange fortress ( star fortress )
Sleep in a Dutch windmill
Rick Steves recommends
https://mypipeorganhobby.blogspot.com/2008/02/pipe-organ-has-been-my-lifelong.html
many years, the largest organ in the world
free concerts, possible bell tower
_Ghezzi_-_The_organ_in_St-Bavokerk_church_or_Grote_Kerk_built_by_Christian_Muller_(1690-17_-_(MeisterDrucke-1079736).jpg)
Haarlem - Grote of St. Bavokerk
Haarlem - Grote of St. Bavokerk
climb-the-tower/ Delft, Netherlands
Netherlands Open Air Museum (Nederlands Openluchtmuseum)
https://www.openluchtmuseum.nl/
National Maritime Museum
Castle De Haar
https://www.kasteeldehaar.nl/en/plan-je-bezoek/praktische-informatie/
Cheese market every Friday
https://www.kaasmarkt.nl/en-gb
LOTS of Options for Sail 2022
https://www.sail.nl/en/arrangements
I'm going to throw this out there as a option
after the Sail event
Road trip, 2 easy days / one night in a German guesthaus
it's a 5 1/4 hours drive,
the 4 major stops can be spread out over the 2 days
car rental from AMS Airport
Stop #1 a line of Dutch windmills
Unesco Werelderfgoed Kinderdijk, Nederwaard 1, 2961 AS Kinderdijk, Netherlands
https://maps.app.goo.gl/joG8vjbvdjtP1orZA
Stop #2 a preserved dutch village
Netherlands Open Air Museum, Hoeferlaan 4, 6816 SG Arnhem, Netherlands
https://maps.app.goo.gl/96kNrbPNyau3tGbL6
Stop #3 Castle
Bentheim Castle, Schloßstraße, 48455 Bad Bentheim, Germany
https://maps.app.goo.gl/y2hFcBEQWpdyoZnY7
Stop #4 ( Star Fortress )
Bourtange Fortress Museum,Willem Lodewijkstraat 33, 9545 PA Bourtange, Netherlands
https://maps.app.goo.gl/wL5zXdAqN9HSVvtL7
Stop #5
looks adorable, seems to be on a historic canal, with museums nearby
Altes Gasthaus Kuhr - Hotel & Restaurant, Kostenfreier Parkplatz | Navi:, Hauptkanal rechts, Alter Schulweg 62, 26871 Papenburg, Germany
https://kuhr-hotel.de/
https://maps.app.goo.gl/TFVCWYhg8wfPAHZ27
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