Day 1. Flying from Chicago. The international flights leave from Terminal 5. Here is the link for parking.

http://www.flychicago.com/ohare/parkingohare/parking.shtm

International Terminal Parking - (First hour $2,
$30/day) Lot D is intended for short term parking for
Terminal 5, i.e. “meeters & greeters” only. It is not
intended for parking more than a few hours.

Here is a map of Terminal 5

http://www.flychicago.com/ohare/concessionsohare/pdf/T5Jan2007.pdf

Flight details Flight: BA0298 Non smoking, Operated by: British Airways, Departing from: O'Hare (Chicago)Wed 26 December 2007, 19:55, Arriving at: Heathrow (London)Thu 27 December 2007, 09:30, Number of stops: 0, Flying duration: 7hrs 35mins, Aircraft type: Boeing 777 jet

Flight: BA0560 Non smoking, Operated by: British Airways, Departing from: Heathrow (London)Thu 27 December 2007, 12:35, Arriving at: Fiumicino (Rome)Thu 27 December 2007, 16:00, Number of stops: 0, Flying duration: 2hrs 25mins, Aircraft type: Airbus A320 jet

Flight: BA0549 Non smoking, Operated by: British Airways, Departing from: Fiumicino (Rome)Fri 4 January 2008, 12:15, Arriving at: Heathrow (London)Fri 4 January 2008, 14:00, Number of stops: 0, Flying duration: 2hrs 45mins, Aircraft type: Boeing 757 jet

Flight: BA0299 Non smoking, Operated by: British Airways, Departing from: Heathrow (London)Fri 4 January 2008, 15:30, Arriving at: O'Hare (Chicago)Fri 4 January 2008, 18:10
Number of stops: 0, Flying duration: 8hrs 40mins, Aircraft type: Boeing 777 jet

Here is a link to the Leonardo da Vinci Airport.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Da_Vinci_International_Airport

We will be departing at Terminal C. It says it is about a 30 minute train ride to Rome. Here is a link to google satalite maps of Rome. It is neat to see the Vatican from above.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=rome,+italy&ll=41.815082,12.245636&spn=0.078152,0.118884&t=k&hl=en

The train station in Rome is huge. The hostel I stayed at is about 2 blocks left of the picture. I also looked at it the satalite picture. It is right around 2 miles East of the Vatican.



I can't seem to find a place that says how long the train is from Rome to Assisi. Best I can guess is 1 hour and 30-45 minutes. It looks like we get off at Terentola to get on the train towards Assisi. So, assuming we land at 4:00 in Rome, 1 hour out of the airport, 30 min. to Rome, 1 1/2 to Assisi and 30 min to 1 hour wiggle room, we should be in Assisi by between 7:30 and 8:30 that night. Which will be 12:30 to 1:30 in the afternoon IL time.

Here is the Assisi online sight. I found decent enough maps on it to get an idea of where we will be.

http://assisionline.com/ plus the hotel we will be at. http://www.assisionline.com/hotelmoderno/

It is right next to the train station, so once we are on the train to Assisi we can know that most the traveling for the day is over. Sunset is around 4:45 while we are in Rome and Sunrise will be around 7:40. Here is a link that gives you temp. conversions. When I was over there it was really confusing. I gave up trying to figure it out and just went with what it felt like. Look at this and get used to what the temp. would be. Today's high is suppose to be 60 F, that is 16 C.

http://www.temperatureworld.com/ctable1.htm

I think that is enough for the first day. I have to go shopping for the Thanksgiving feast we are having. Take care and God Bless.

MILK