Day 1--Planes and Trains

We left home at 2am to drive to Sacramento for a 6am flight to Dallas.  Then we flew to New York to catch our transatlantic flight to Milan. Now we shift from planes to trains.  From the airport to the city center, then a transfer to another train to Verona, a third train to Bolzano then the fourth train to our destination.  23 hours of plane time and 8 hours of train time, arriving in Morano at 5pm plus 9 time zones.

Two of the four trains were high-speed.  140 mph.

A view on our last leg.  Beautiful here.  A huge ski destination in the winter

We’re tired but a great dinner with our friends and travel companions, Scot and Janet, who have already been in Italy for over a week.  Great pizza and ravioli, but what do you expect in Italy, right?  Well, not so fast.  This is northern Italy.  And, as we are learning, more Austrian than Italian.  Weiner Schnitzel anyone??  More on that topic to follow.