Our tour was the weekend before Christmas--- so there were many people in the shops. Our tour guide did a great job showing us as much as possible given crowded shops. He had an excellent background in the culture and art murals. He did all he could to give us a feel for past and current Italian Market district. We will recommend this tour to family and friends.
Lots of fun. Great memories. Travelling with a group through the US simply great. A lot of cool people were in the group. Our guide made us all rock, and the itinerary made sure that we experienced a lot. It was almost tough coming home, that's how good the tour was. Never travelling solo again.
The entire trip was full of surprises (always good ones) - too many to recount all here. The following is a piece I wrote on my return (for a group for whom I write regularly; my pieces form part of a local weekly 'talking news' for visually impaired listeners). This one recounts just one of the several revealing walks we took on this trip. For us participants it was an experience of real discovery, but at all times we were most carefully monitored by our leaders, and we always had every confidence in them.