The wife and I are in Rome right now. We are 2 weeks in to a 3 week trip. We started in London. We toured England for a week and visited some relatives. We then took the Eurostar from London to Paris.
We did Paris for two nights and then rented a car and drove to Rome. We took 3 nights to get to Rome staying in Avallon, Annecy and Pisa. The country side of France was amazing.
Like others have said Rome is very busy, although I think Paris was more crowded. Italy is quite a bit cheaper than France. If you are going to do a guided tour in Rome make sure you do some research on the tour outfit first. We did a night tour with a company called Carrani Tours and it sucked big time. We thought we would be on an open air bus but we were in a massive bus which was not open and it was very hard to see through the glass. It didn't stop at any places and the guide explained all the sights in 4 languages which was annoying.
We then took another guided tour through the Vatican. We were debating if we should do it on our own or in a tour and we are so glad we did the tour. So, my suggestion is if you are going to the Vatican do a guided tour of it.
We wished that we stayed on the coast for a longer period of time. The Mediterranean ocean was great.
Tomorrow we head back to Paris with stops in Florence, Lake Como, Switzerland and Dijon.
Driving really isn't a problem until you get into the major centres where it then becomes a little tricky. No major problems yet just a few missed turns. The speed limit in France was 130 and Italy it was 110 but people go much faster than that.
If you want any other advise pm me.
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