ITALY: - ROME: For things to see, read this http://www.nationalgeographic.com/places/places-of-a-lifetime/rome-best-of.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome You can go to library and borrow books about Rome (Lonely planet or National Geographic). In those books you can find everything you want (what to see, where to stay, resaurants, cafes, bars, shops, markets,...). You have to see there: Piazza della Repubblica, Piaza dell Popolo, The Spanish steps, Ponte Sant'Angelo, Vatikan City, AND CAPITOLINE MUSEUM-group of art (Michelangelo). VENICE: It's great that u are going to Venice in August. If it's ugly weather and raining, Venice aren't so beautiful. There is beautiful San Marco Piazza, cafes on that piazza are very expencive!! Just coffee about 7 euros or more, but it's beautiful. You have here also Doge palace, Bridge of sighs. Ride with gondola is very expensive also. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice FLORENCE: Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence I've never been to Florence, but I'll go one day:) FRANCE: PARIS: You can go to Paris from Rome with train or plane (www.Ryanair.com for example). You can find on internet how much is the ticket from train station in rome to paris. In Paris you have to see: - Eiffel Tower, - Musee du Louvre (Da Vinci Code - movie), - Notre-Dame (great gothic cathedral), - Arc de Triomphe, - Jardin du Luxembourg, - Palace of Versailles, - Sainte-Chapelle. Read: http://www.paris.org/ (you find here everything). If u wonna know something else, write me. Bye

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