Venice, Italy

We took the high speed train to Venice.  It didn’t feel like we were on a high speed train and it took two and a half hours to travel from Milan to Venice. There were seven stops along the way.  We had assigned seats and our bags easily fit above us. The tickets were about 49 euros each for coach class.  The seats were fine, but there was … Continue reading Venice, Italy

Bergamo, Italy

We wanted to get out of Milan on Saturday, so we took a train to Bergamo, which only cost around 12 euros round trip each person.  It was less than an hour to get there and when we arrived, we took the 1 bus up to Citta Alta (Upper Town), which is the old called city area.  You can take a funicular, but the line was quite … Continue reading Bergamo, Italy

Lake Como

We decided to take the train to Lake Como on Thursday since it’s only about an hour from Milan.  We took the train around 9:30 into Varenna.  The train was packed. Many people were standing in the aisles.  It takes about ten minutes to walk down to the lake and most people immediately got in line for the ferry.  We took a left turn to walk along the water … Continue reading Lake Como

Milan, Italy

We arrived in Milan early on a Wednesday morning.  We couldn’t get into our hotel room until much later, so with little to no sleep the night before, we stored our luggage and headed out into the city.  The hotel was very close to the Duomo di MIlano (Cathedral of Milan) so we thought we should check it out.  My husband bought tickets online for us to go … Continue reading Milan, Italy