A unidentified female traveler, along with a friend, travels on a guided tour through Milan, Genova, Zurich, Venice, Pompeii and Florence. She participates in many traditional tourist activities including taking a cable car to the top of a mountain in the Alps, touring St. Marks, the Bridge of Sighs, and taking a gondola ride in Venice, visiting the Colliseum and the Fountain of Trevi in Rome, and shopping on the Ponte Vecchio in Flornce. The female traveler also notes the meals she eats, the quality of those meals, the quality of the hotels she stays in, and her frequent shopping experiences.