Decision Decisions – Planning My Itinerary

As it is already the middle of January, and I realize that I will be leaving for Italy in a little over two and a half months, I am trying to decide on different itineraries as I peruse Rick Steves’ books and read about the hill towns in Umbria and Tuscany. There are so many things to think about, for instance, do I want to be in Rome on May 1st when Pope John Paul II is beatified during an outdoor Mass at the Vatican? I don’t know; on the one hand  I could be part of a historic religious event like no other,  and on the other hand, I could  be part of the estimated  two million visitors expected for this event at Piazza San Pietro. May 1^st is also an International Workers’ Day, an official holiday in Italy, and most of Europe. In Rome the Italian labor unions organize a huge concert (Concerto del Primo Maggio) and it attracts hundreds of thousands of young people every year, beginning at Piazza San Giovanni. Decisions decisions…