We awoke and headed to the supermarket near our room to get food. Went well, except that we were not allowed to buy the bananas we had selected for some reason that we were never able to understand. We then caught a bus to Fiesole, a small village on the mountain that overlooks Florence. There …
We awoke, checked out, and made the long walk to the Termini station. We slowly realized after several false starts that we were required to purchase reservations to ride any of the fast trains to Florence, which resulted in a long delay at the station, much waiting in lines, and a great deal of frustration. …
It was another difficult night for sleep. I had hoped Sunday night would be quiet, but the activity in the street below our window kept up into the early morning, and we had to keep the window open because of the heat. We slept in a bit, and were out the door around 10:30 or …
We slept in pretty late because of the noise the night before, and were out around 10:30. Headed to the Vatican. After leaving the metro, we stopped at a pizza place to pick up some slices to take with us. It was another hot day, and we were forced to stop on a sidewalk to …
Another hot day. We slept in after the poor night of sleep, and then took the same bus back to the Coliseum. There, we had pizza and panini from a truck and then paid for a tour of the Coliseum and Forum. Neither tour was especially good, truth be told, but we were at least …
We arrived in Rome after a decent night of sleep on the train. Not great, exactly, but at least there were no train changes and it wasn’t an early morning. We had to walk to our hotel, the hotel Felice, and although it was close to the train station, the streets were very bad for …
We awoke, walked down to the town, and took the streetcar to the other side of town, stopping to mail some postcards on the way and to put our bags in locks at the train station. We walked up to see the Olympic ski jump that dominates the view on that side of town, and …
We awoke and walked down the hill, across the footbridge, and to the start terminal for the funicular train/cable car up the mountain behind our hotel. The train was great – it seemed just like a street car at first, going underground a stretch, then above ground to cross a bridge over the river. Then …
We awoke, packed and walked to the subway station, and from there to the train station. The train to Innsbruck was a “Railjet” train, which was the nicest train that we’ve been on yet. We had the entire car essentially to ourselves. After catching up on journals, we mostly played cards and watched the countryside …
We awoke and went straight into the pedestrian area I was in the night before. We first searched for food, finding a pasta and pizza place. We then walked over to the area of the palace and went inside a butterfly house. It was really hot and humid inside, but there were quite a few …