Milano Take 2

While we were waiting for Abby’s dad and brother to fly in we went into the Duomo. It took over 500 years to build and has over 5000 sculptures in and on it. It is astounding. Inside we saw bodies of cardinals older than our country. Kind of cool, but they were also really gross.

Lagi Como (day 2)

We felt that the day before we had explored a lot of Como, it is a very small town after all. On that thread, we decided to get a ferry day pass and essentially town hop across the lake (side note, although we were on the same lake as Bellagio, we skipped it because it was a three hour ferry ride away).

We hopped around to four other towns. They all looked very similar to each other, and still had a very Sausalito like feel to them.

Lagi Como (day 1)

We took a short train from Milan to Lake Como and were met at the train station by Enza, the women whose Bed and Breakfast we were staying at, and her daughter Stefania. We had been a little concerned about how we were going to find them once we got to the station since we didn’t know what Enza looked like, but they were holding a sign with our names on it. It was really cute.

Enza turned out to be the nicest woman ever. Over the course of the two nights we were there she adopted us as her American daughters and insisted that she was our Italian mother.

Milano (the first time)

 We arrived in ITALY!!!!! We’re spending one night in Milan before we head up to one of the lakes in the morning.

Prague to Munich

We took the fanciest bus from Prague into Munich on our way to Milan. It had cushy leather seats, seat belts, TV’s in the back of each seat, and a stewardess. It was nicer than some of the trains we had been on.

Prague (Afternoon, Evening)

Prague (Day)

While we were in Berlin Abby and I decided, with the help of a ticket agent, that we should go straight from Prague to Milan on Friday June 23. An Italian train strike was potentially scheduled for that day, and that particular train would be exempt, the only train exempt for an unknown amount of time.

Prague Night 1

We left from Germany to Prague by train and we assumed, and weren’t told otherwise when we asked, that our Eurorail ticket we had would be plenty since we were leaving from Germany, a country our pass was valid in. Soon after we crossed the border into the Czech Republic one of the ticket ladies came around and when she reached us we were informed we had to pay for a ticket, luckily it was only 10 euro (about 12 USD). But it wouldn’t have been normal without a train adventure for Abby and I.

Berlin

On our way to Prague we had a four-hour layover/Train over in Berlin. Again, given our luck, it was pouring. We were determined to see a little of the city though.