We didn't do all of these, but here's a sketch of my plan pulled from 2018 smartphone notes:
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Venice:
-Eat skiz(shrimp&octopus mix on streets)
-Murano, Rick Steve, glass work shop
-Burano, Rick Steve, early evening no tourist, waterside dinner.
- avoid crowd, Rick Steve, San Giorgio Majaro church by 5 min Vaporato boat, best view from bell tower.
- academia, Rick Steve, best Venetian art museum
- Cafe Florian, Rick Steve, local impression
-Rezonicco family museum witness fall of Venice due to discovery of America. Rick Steve, party culture (may not visit)
-musika apalazo, Rick Steve
Rome:
-book tix early for colosseum & Vatican museum (try walks of Italy tour)
- get right shoes(shoes in Europe by jocelyn)
- eat 3-5 blocks away from major sites
- aurelian walls
-sunset view of pantheon
-victor emmanuel monument back elevator to roof - rick steves
- reservation for gallery borghese - bernini
- moses in church st peter's in chain, opens an hour before colosseum, not much crowd, free, 5 minutes walk from colosseum
-market of trajan, first shopping mall
Florence:
- the space mall