After hemming and hawwing, about this trip, even though it has been book and paid for for a while, I finally mentally committed to it. I had a very good experience on my Hawaii trip that ended yesterday, then came home and re-booked flights for the Adriatic Treasures trip because some of my original flights had been cancelled. I hope it goes. Based on some comments on the Forum, I was hoping to make my transfers in the US, instead of in Europe. I succeeded on the way out of the US to Dubrovnik, but the flight from Venice back to the US would have cost more than $2000 more, so I opted to go from VCE to FCO, rather than directly to the US. I figured that I would already be in Italy, so, "what the heck?" I'll keep you posted.