Hi Doreen,
My wife has her bag packed, but will be adding and removing items up until we leave. This is a great itinerary, and we are looking forward to the ports of call. Villefranche is on the rail line that goes up the coast to Monte Carlo and on to Genoa. We spent a week in Nice some years ago and used the train to travel from Nice to Canne and Villefranche. We were thinking of going to Canne and Nice by train while we are there. Outside of seeing Rome and Pisa we we are planning on going on our own in most of the ports. You should be getting your documents shortly, thats when I feel that we are really going some place.
Peter