Buongornio! We are finally in Italy after a very long day yesterday making our way from Rueun in Switzerland. We stayed with a lovely lady called Rita and slept in her garden with the Swiss alps and sounds of the Rhine river in the background. She gave us tea, made us dinner and breakfast and walked with us to the station just to make sure we got on the train.
From there we took two trains, then a bus through the alps in Italy and then a train to Milan and another to Verona. We were meant to take the Alpine train (we did take a spectacular one yesterday) but it was closed due to a landslide. Anyway we arrived very late in Verona last night but did manage to do a walk around. It is indescribably beautiful in a uniquely Italian way with old classical buildings, very colourful and distressed (the paint seems to be perfectly peeling away), piazzas, gelaterias and restaurants and bars on every corner. It is also stinking hot and we have been struggling in the heat. The ice cream is great though.
Tomorrow we head off for Venice and then on to Umbria where we are staying on an Olive farm with another of Larna's friend's dad's contacts (if that makes sense). We are really excited about this....have to go internet costs a bomb!
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