What a day I tell you!
We were up again at the crack of dawn, hauling our things down precarious stairs, and rattled all of Cortona with Aviva's suitcase on wheels (yes large cobble stones are lovely but do create room to make a racket at 0600).
We took our trains and nearly went to Rome and nearly took the wrong #7 but it certainly pays to read and ask questions.
The great loss for us today was our packed lunch---we planned ahead and Aviva made a wonderful pasta dish with peppers to feed us on our long journey here. We even had cut up fruit and looked forward to a thick cake that we called 'granola'. Well, we fell asleep and heard the fuzzy speaker announce 'Firenze'...but the stop came up a bit earlier than expected so we weren't prepared---so we jumped up and snatched our things (most of them) and forgot our loot on the seat!
Turns out Firenze has 2 stops and we were very lucky to catch another train to bring us to the main train on time! So no complaining from us.
Well the shower is free now and it's 1720 and this means we might eat at a normal hour, then again maybe not, it's pretty mindnumbing to arrive in a new country and take in the scenery---you should see the ALPS---they're here towering over the city's buildings---as if saying 'Hello down there...' yes yes yes I obviously need food.
Off we go----Dd
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