After 16 years, we find ourselves back in Rome, the Eternal City, and on this occasion together with Xander and Eloise. Our return to Rome brought us via the high-speed train from Milan, a great train ride that whisked us away at speeds of up to 300 km/h, all while …
After a short train ride from Milan we disembarked at the Varenna Esino station and walked the 5 min to our AirBnb. Once settled in we walked a short distance towards the wharf area and found ourselves face to face with the beautiful Lake Como and its crystal-clear and tranquil …
We boarded the morning train in Zermatt and, after two train changes, and a lengthy tunnel (the Simplon Tunnel), soon found ourselves en route to Italy (with Xander completing the school homework that he had been sent for the trip). However as we crossed the border and arrived at Domodossola, …
While researching the different ways of getting to Positano we found out that most people recommended to take the train to Naples, change to the local train which takes you to Sorrento and the from there take the bus. This all sounded way too complicated, could this place really be …
A classical saying is that all roads lead to Rome… and here we are! Suz has been to Rome before, but that was a good 8 years ago so she was looking forward to revisiting sites, and seeing new ones… I’ve never been here, so it was all definately new …
We left Florence and caught a train that took us to La Spezia, here we changed to a local train and 8 min later the train arrived at our destination, Riomaggiore. Riomaggiore is the first of five villages that make up the Cinque Terre, a Unesco World Heritage site, national …
After a few days in Venice it was now time to move on to our next stop in Italy, Florence. We caught the train from Venice and three hours later we arrived in Florence, the train was fast, comfortable and had power outlets where we could keep our computer connected …
Leaving Amsterdam we flew with Lufthansa to Munich and then we were supposed to change to another plane which would take us to Venice. We were at the airport with plenty of time to spare (as always) but the plane was late and then it took forever before we took …