An Exerpt from the Travel Journal

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Numerous tiny train trips....and Venice!! The sleeper car a la 6 was a wee bit uncomfortable. Especially since we got up at 4:30am. Then the short, frequent train trips started. And we stood outside the trains station in Brenero because there was no inside (for a whole hour!). All this was worth it, however, because we got to see a sunrise in the Alps! Now that is something add to the list of cool things that we have done! Venice was also quite awesome, although also quite expensive. Highlights of the day included a one-hour tour in a REAL gondola (I translated the gondolier's passible Spanish into English for the posse) and Mikey feeding an enormous flock of pigeons in the Piazza San Marco. It was pissing down rain and very cold the entire time, but this did not dappen our spirits. Getting on the warm train in the evening was pleasure, and when we saw our accomodations, we were pleasantly surprised! We even slept well!! Onwards to Sicily....

- Deidre