Europe Adventures 2026. Feb. 25 - Mar. 11.

 Here we go again! We are off to Europe on an adventure! With Sister Penny this time! So excited! We have been on many trips with Penny, but this is our first overseas odyssey together. 

After a two+ hour flight delay and sprinting to make the connection, Penny arrived in Madison last night. We will be on our way shortly to Chicago to catch our Air France flight to Paris tonight.

We are spending a few days in Paris (Air France lets you stop over for no additional airfare cost!) before flying to Rome for a seven day Mediterranean Cruise. 

Here is our itinerary for this trip! So much fun to come!

(Apologies for the formatting. It is just copied from my Word doc and I don't have the energy to try to make it look nicer. It looks all kinds of crazy depending on the device you are using to view this.)

DATE	DEPART FROM	DEPART TIME	DESTINATION	ARRIVAL TIME	VENDOR	TRAVEL TIME
Tue 2/24	Madison Airport	5pm			Hertz
	Bismarck	5:26pm	Minneapolis	7:09pm	Delta	1 hr 43 min
	Minneapolis	9:45pm	Madison	10:48pm	Delta	1 hr 3 min
Wed 2/25	Madison Home	12pm	Chicago	2:00pm	Hertz	2 hr
	Chicago	5:20pm
Thur 2/26	-on the plane-		Paris	8:15am	Air France	7 hrs 55 min
	Paris, France		T/K 46883258 P1 69552056		Crown Plaza Paris Republique	2 Rooms 3 Nights
		6pm	TOUR	8pm	Gay Paris Marais Private Tour	2 hrs
Fri 2/27		10am	TOUR	5pm	Paris Full Day Private Tour	7 hrs
		5:30pm	Louvre Museum	9pm	Louvre Museum Entrance Ticket
		6pm	TOUR	7:30pm	Welcome to the Louvre Guided Tour	1 hr 30 mins
Sat 2/28
Sun 3/1		9:00am	TOUR	11am	Eiffel Tower Official Guided Tour to the Top	2 hrs
	Paris, France	5:40pm	Rome	7:45pm	Air France	2 hrs
	Rome, Italy ARPT	8:30 or 9:15pm	Hotel Tiber Rome Airport	8:40 or 9:25	Hotel Shuttle Service	10 min
	Rome, Italy ARPT	9pm			Hotel Tiber	2 Rooms 1 Night
Mon 3/2	Rome, Italy ARPT	11am	Civitavecchia Cruise Port	12pm	Transfer and Cruise
	Rome, Italy	6pm			MSC World Europa	7-night Cruise
Tues 3/3	Sicily, Italy	12pm	Cruise Docked	8pm		8 hrs
		12:30pm	TOUR	6:30pm	Taormina and Castelmola Tour from Messina	6 hrs
Wed 3/4	Valletta, Malta	9am	Cruise Docked	5pm		8 hrs
		10am	TOUR	4pm	Private Full Day Tour in Malta	6 hrs
Thur 3/5	Day at Sea
Fri 3/6	Barcelona, Spain	8am		6pm		10 hrs
		9:30am	TOUR	12pm	Sagrada Familia Guided Tour and Tower	2 hrs 30 min
		12pm	Self-guided walks	5pm	Rick Steves Neighborhood Walk
Sat 3/7	Marseille, France	8am	Cruise Docked	6pm		10 hrs
		9am	TOUR	4pm	Small Group Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
Sun 3/8	Genoa, Italy	8am	Cruise Docked	6pm		10 hrs
		9am	TOUR	5pm	Portofino & Santa Margherita Ligure	8 hrs
Mon 3/9	Civitavecchi, Italy	7am				Cruise Docks
	Civitavecchia Cruise Port	9:00am	Lodging	10:30am	Private Transfer Rome Cruise Port to Rome	10 min
Mon 3/9	Rome, Italy				Trianon Borgo Pio Rome
		2:00pm	TOUR	4:30pm	Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
		6:00pm	TOUR	8:30pm	Trastevere & Campo de Fiori Street Food Walking Tour
Tue 3/10			Self-guided/ Rick Steve’s		Colosseum, Roman Forum-Palatine archaeological area
Wed 3/11	Rome, Italy	9:55am	Paris, France	12:10pm	Air France	2 hrs 15 min
	Paris, France	1:10pm	Chicago	4:10pm	Air France	9 hrs
T/K	Chicago	5:00pm	Madison	By 5pm 3/12	Hertz
P	Chicago	7:00pm	Minneapolis	8:33pm	Delta	1 hr 33min
	Minneapolis	9:50pm	Bismarck	11:27pm	Delta	1 hr 37 min

 Let's get this party trip started!