Italy . Italy-032017 . Traveling
Florence/Firenze
On September 9, 2020 by SheilaFrom Venice, we took a high-speed train to Florence. The train ride was about two and a half hours (Santa Lucia to Santa Maria Novella). Then we took a very short taxi ride to our hotel, Granduomo. We walked around in circles a few times looking for the entrance to the hotel. The entrance was
Italy . Italy-032017 . Traveling
Venice/Venezia
On September 8, 2020 by SheilaThe train ride from Milan to Venice was about two and a half hours, plenty of time to catch a nap. Train travel in Europe is a completely different experience from the train travel in the U.S. You have to make sure you are sitting in the correct seat number as your ticket indicates. Most