It was a great tour. The sites were truly amazing and Diane was a wonderful guide. She was extremely knowledgeable, gave us great explanations about the history, design, and evolution of the sites, and was endlessly patient with my questions and those of the other couple on the tour, which included a history teacher.

I enjoyed the whole trip. The docent was excellent and he knew his material very well. He also made on excited about the subject and the things one was viewing.

Tom was good and added a couple of stops on the way out of town which was a great unexpected treat. Overall, while we thought that Tom did a great job, we were somewhat disappointed with the day - Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este where both interesting but not worthwhile to spend a complete day out of Rome and the expense. It may be that we have, and had, seen a lot of ruins previously including Ephesus, Paestum, Heraculeneum etc. etc , and, we have also seen Peterhof in St. Petersburg so the sites themselves were not a "wow". Having said that, I reiterate that Tom, as well as our driver, did a good job.

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