After my enjoyable arrival into Italy and first few days exploring Verona, I was looking forward to the main part of my trip, which was to be six days in Tuscany. I had visited Florence briefly before, and was looking forward to getting to know the city a bit better, as well as visiting other parts of the region.
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A Tuscan Tour by Train
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Italy via the Alps – Heather visits Venice, Florence and Rome
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Inspired by the great British weather I decide to undertake a Railbookers rite of passage – to Italy via the Swiss Alps. I made my way on the London DLR to London City Airport, fantastic for its tiny size and smaller queues, and set off for Zurich airport. The grey clouds and rainy weather melted away as we head over France and into Switzerland, touching down in Zurich airport where the sun most definitely had his hat on. After a 15 minute journey from the airport I was in the centre of Zurich.
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