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BRENDAN WORLDWIDE VACATIONS. Together with one of our preferred travel partners, Brendan Worldwide Vacations, we are showcasing the best of Italy with Brendan’s 7-night “Enchanting Rome, Florence, and Venice” vacation. This locally-hosted tour includes seven nights in deluxe accommodations (standard rooms, with upgrades available), an English-speaking host in each of the three cities, breakfast daily, first-class rail transportation between Rome, Florence, and Venice, sightseeing with local guides in each of the three cities and special tours arranged for visits to St. Peter’s Basilica, the Baptistery, Doge’s Palace, and St. Mark’s Basilica. Rates are from $2,885.00 per person, land-only, double occupancy and include a special value-added amenity of a $50.00 American Express Gift Check – if booked with us by February 1, 2009. This vacation would be a wonderful introduction to these three most popular Italian cities as this getaway balances time for independent exploration combined with fascinating tours of legendary sights. Here’s just a sample of what you can look forward to. . .

Rome – The Eternal city of Rome has thousands of years of history under its belt. From the Colosseum of Roman times and the Renaissance art of Trevi Fountain, to the Spanish Steps and the modern Stadio Olimpico, there is something here for everybody’s interest.

Venice – Venice is a dream that shines on the waters, a city of painted palaces and serene churches. This unique urban masterpiece has canals instead of streets, boats instead of buses, and ornate bridges instead of subways. A trip to Venice provides an unforgettable glimpse of life’s defining moments played out on watery avenues: Weddings, funerals, carnivals and regattas. We think you will enjoy the city’s inimitable and romantic charm.

Florence – Considered one of the most magnificent cities in Italy – as well as the world, Florence is located in the heart of Tuscany – a region where you can enjoy fields of sunflowers, miles of vineyards, rolling hills and mountaintop castles. This place is the Renaissance capital of the world and its famous sons include Leonardo da Vinci, Dante Alighieri, Machiavelli, Fra Angelico and Michelangelo. It is a destination not to be missed.

Please give us a call or stop by. We look forward to sharing with you all this wonderful vacation has to offer. Indeed, this Italian getaway is a fabulous introduction to la dolce vita of three of Italy’s favorite and most popular cities.

SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS. You and your family could have an opportunity of a lifetime to meet Nobel Peace Prize winner, Lech Walesa, in person and learn about the collapse of communism in Central Europe. Interested? There’s more, a lot more. Besides an exclusive meeting with this leader of the Solidarity Movement in Poland, you will enjoy a private tour of the world-famous Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia; attend a special musical performance at Finland’s Sibelius Academy in Helsinki; take an excursion to Peter the Great’s opulent summer estate; see the finest medieval architecture in the Baltic capital cities of Riga, Latvia, and Tallinn; explore the ruins of medieval churches in Visby, Sweden (a UNESCO Heritage site); as well as have the exciting opportunity to discover the bustling, cosmopolitan cities of Copenhagen and Stockholm. You and your family can experience and enjoy all of this and much, much more when you join with Smithsonian Journeys and their “Historic Countries of the Baltic” cruise aboard the M.S. Island Sky next summer, June 20-July 3, 2009. Sure to be filled with fun memories, this exceptional itinerary begins in Copenhagen, Denmark; continues to Gdansk, Poland; calls at two ports in Lithuania; then on to Riga, Latvia; Tallinn, Estonia; St. Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; Visby, Sweden; and concludes in Stockholm, Sweden. You will cruise through the best of the Baltics aboard the 116-guest M.S. Island Sky – an intimate, yacht-like, all-suite vessel that was completely refurbished and renovated in 2004. All outside staterooms are spacious and range in size from 235-353 square feet. Public areas include a library/Internet center, spa pool, outside bar area and single-seating dining offering Continental and regional cuisines. Please call us or stop by. It’s not too early to begin planning your Smithsonian Journeys’ adventure – an adventure to the beautiful Baltics created to experience “the best in educational travel.”

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