On a Train to Florence

Trip to Italy - Journal Entry #9 - September 22, 2009 - 6:20 pm

We took the train to Firenze today -- having said goodbye to Rome. [Boo hoo.] The railroad station was an experience! There were about 25 tracks/trains all lined up in a row. We looked for our train number on a schedule board and found that we were departing from track #1. Our tickets also told us that we were in coach #9. We trundled down with all our luggage and found our Eurostar train waiting. Each coach is surprisingly long and it took us quite some time to get down to coach #9. Then, we had some small difficulty finding places for our luggage. Dad and Chris both had to leave their bags at the very ends of the car because they were too big to fit in the overhead storage areas. Once we got settled, it was an incredibly fast trip. We were on a high speed train. We left cloudy Rome at 9:00 a.m. and we arrived in sunny Florence at 10:20 a.m. It was so nice to be back in the sun!