Transportation change

Major change of plans. We have reservation request submitted to lease a Brand New diesel Renault Kangoo for all but two days of the entire trip. It is similar to a Honda Pilot, a turbo diesel rated at 44 mpg. 2P's will pick it up in Frankfurt on 9-18-08 and 1P will return it in Rome on 10-22-08. It will give us complete freedom to go wherever we wish and allow us easy access to small places where trains don't stop. We have researced it and think it will also be cheaper. We expect that there will be problems with parking, especially in places like Rome but we will park o/s of town and ride train into the city. Pat M. is now feverishly revising the itenerary for his 10 day portion of the trip.