23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Italy part 3

Day 6, we traveled by train from Florence to Venice. In general, I found Santa Maria Novella much more pleasant compared to Rome Termini. The platform numbers came out about half an hour rather than 20 minutes on the dot and obviously it was smaller so less mad dashing across platforms. Also, by this time,Continue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Italy part 3”

23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Italy part 2

Day 3, we made our way to Termini from Ottaviano for our journey to Florence and gosh it was dangerous to go on escalators with two checked in luggages plus one hand carry (we did not know that we had to have the luggage besides us on the same step, we were both putting theContinue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Italy part 2”

23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip by train- Italy part 1

We landed in Rome without mishap albeit with minor delay and straight off I made a mistake: instead of waiting around at the airport for my booked hotel transfer I went to the taxi stand to see whether my driver would be there and got flagged by a black cab. Result: charged 180 Euro insteadContinue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip by train- Italy part 1”