Change in Itinerary

Thanks to my dear friends on the Rick Steves Travelers Helpline, Vanessa and I decided to omit Prague from our itinerary in order to focus more on everything that France has to offer.  

If there's one thing I've learned about planning trips, it's the importance of discipline.  There always seems to be an urge to see everything possible, but in the end it's the quality of your experience, not how many cities you see.  

So here's our itinerary in a nutshell:

03/26 - Arrive in Nice 12:35pm, tour Chagall Museum, eat dinner in Old Nice (sleep in Nice 3 nights)

03/27 - Day trip to Antibes, Picasso Museum

03/28 - Day trip to Monaco, Eze by Car or Villefranche by train

03/29 - Morning in Nice, afternoon train to Arles

03/30 - Day in Arles, visit Roman Amphitheater, Ancient History Museum

03/31 - Morning train to Beaune, tour Hospital, wine tasting (sleep in Cote de Nuits 2 nights)

04/01 - Tour vineyards of nuits-st-george, eat at Levernois Hotel (michelin *)

04/02 - Morning train to Paris, historic Paris walk, Ile de la Cite, Notre-Dame, Latin Qtr, St-Chapelle, afternoon: Opera Garnier, late in night: Seine river. (sleep in Paris 6 nights)

04/03 - Morning: tour the Louvre, afternoon: Champs-Elysees walk, Tuileries Garden, evening: floodlit Notre-Dame

04/04 - Morning: tour Orsay Museum, Jacquemart-Andre Museum. Afternoon: Rue Cler Markets, evening: Sacre-Coure, Montemarte

04/05 - Day trip to Versailles, morning: tour interior, Hall of Mirrors, afternoon: tour Gardens, Fountain Show

04/06 - Day trip to Reims: morning tour of cathedral. afternoon touring Champagne caves.  Dinner back in Paris

04/07 - Morning: Marais walk, Carnavalet museum, Pompidou Center. Late: Tracadero Scene by Eiffel Tower

04/08 - Morning flight to Seattle

The Paris itinerary is set to change quite a bit.  This is simply a guide which could change at any minute.