City by city itinerary:

• Fly DFW - ATL - Rome FCO Sun Feb 4/Mon Feb 5, arrive 8:45 am in Rome
• 4 nights Rome Mon-Thu, Feb 5-8
• Train Rome - Venice Fri, Feb 9 (~5 hrs?)
• 3 nights Venice Fri-Sun, Feb 9-11
• Train Venice - Florence Mon, Feb 12
• 3 nights Florence Mon-Wed, Feb 12-14
• Night train Florence to Paris Thu-Fri, Feb 15-16
• 2 nights Paris Fri-Sat Feb 16-17
• Fly Paris CDG - Houston IAH - DFW Sun Feb 18, arrive 6:34 pm

Hotels Itinerary:

• Rome Feb 5-9:  Hotel Regno   www.hotelregno.it/english/index.htm
• Venice Feb 9-12: Hotel Ca' San Vio  www.casanvio.com or en.venere.com/hotels_venice/dorsoduro_est/hotel_ca_san_vio.html
• Florence Feb 12-15: Hotel Laurus al Duomo www.florence-hotels-laurus.com/uk/default_uk.asp
• Paris Feb 15-18: Hotel Du Palais Royal www.HotelDuPalaisRoyal.com