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September 1999

Greece (Nafplio), Crete (Matala and Rethymnon), Italy (Tuscany and the Cinque Terre), Monaco and the South of France.

Jvi
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locals. We had shorts so they knew we were tourists.

After Rethymnon we drove to the Iraklion airport to drop off the car and fly to Athens and Rome, get there plenty early as the rental car lot looks like a flood arranged the cars and the service is slow at the counters. We flew to Athens, changed planes and flew to Rome. At the Iraklion airport we were bussed to the plane from the terminal, bussed about 50 feet. We got on the bus moved 50 feet and we got off.

We had booked a car through InItaly on the Internet and they in turn booked it through AutoEurope. Since that time we have booked several times all around Europe through AutoEurope and we have been very satisfied. InItaly no longer books rental cars. I couldn’t have been more pleased. We had to prepay but they said we would get a full refund if we cancelled and they booked us through Avis. The four day rental rate is the same as the rental for a week so next time we will plan on keeping the car 7 days. The InItaly rate was cheaper than I was quoted anywhere else I called. Manual transmission with A/C and it included all insurance, no deductible. Normally, I use my Visa Gold for the Insurance but this rate was cheaper than I was quoted without the CDW. They would not rent without the CDW in Italy. We picked the car up at the Rome Airport and dropped the car in Lucca.

We had intended on heading towards Rome, driving around Rome on the ring road and then heading north towards Siena, Tuscany and San Gimignano. We had a green Michelin Guide book with a small map of Rome, we didn’t plan on driving into the city, we didn’t plan on missing the ring road, we didn’t plan on getting lost in Rome. After almost 2 hours we found our way back out towards the airport and got on the ring road and drove north towards Siena. Once, I pulled over to look at our little map and someone on a scooter pulled up next to me and started banging on the car roof. I opened the window a little and he ...