Arona

Arona

Arona Lake Maggiore The first thing you see when you exit the small nice train station is the view over the castle at the other side of the lake. Everything here is somehow linked to the name Borromeo, the seven century old family of bankers, politicians, cardinals...
Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Strasbourg Our summer 2018 trip was dedicated to some of the nicest little European cities/villages. We landed in Basel, Switzerland at Euro Airoport that is an airport with exits to three countries: Switzerland, Germany and France. After you pick up your language you...
Perledo / Varenna

Perledo / Varenna

Perledo / Varenna Lake Como – Italy Perledo With a change of three trains, quick running from platform to platform, fast handling of heavy suitcases and searching our seats on a full train, we entered the small village of Varenna at Varenna Esino train station....
Annecy

Annecy

Annecy - France From the train station in Strasbourg, with a change in Lion we got to Chambery followed by a bus, we got to Annecy. It is a pleasant scenic ride of the french countryside and particularly beautiful landscape of the Alps as we approached Annecy.  ...
Rome – the city of love

Rome – the city of love

Rome - the city of love To celebrate our 15 years of marriage, we decided to do a romantic getaway, without the kids to Rome – Italy. There are plenty of choices in terms of accommodation on AirBnB, but we opted for an apartment in the center of the old city...
Seville – Spain

Seville – Spain

Seville - life inside the walls We arrived in Seville by train from Madrid. The Madrid train station has a security scanner that you go through, so it was good we came early. It’s a short ride (2:20h) that brings you in the centre of Seville. Our apartment was located...