Nick, Jenny, Barnaby and Murray all took us to Nyon station. The first hurdle was working out what to do with our rail passes. We showed them at the ticket office and asked for a ticket to Geneva. After a few moments of staring at our passes as if she had never heard of them she eventually said you don’t need tickets you idiots these are global passes – at least thats what her eyes said. Safely on the train which of course left exactly on time we waved to everyone and set off on the first small leg of our adventure.
We ate our sandwiches in Geneva station and then caught the train to Milan. We went through the Alps and past the Italian lakes and after about 3 ½ hours arrived in Milan. We ate more sandwiches at the station and nearly missed the train to Rome. Safely on it took us another 3 ½ hours to get to Rome. Not very interesting scenery lots of tunnels.
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| Eating dinner in Milan station |
Got to Rome at 10pm and it was hot. Had to walk 5 minutes with our luggage to a hotel to book into our apartment 15 walk in the other direction. It all worked out and Josie and I even braved the lift to the 5th floor which the instructions said no more than 2 people depending on how much luggage you have or you might get stuck. We’ve got a nice big clean white room with Roy Lichtenstein posters on the wall. Kitchen and bathroom shared with 2 other rooms. No air conditioning but a big fan that we left on all night.
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