Train travel in Italy is very entertaining You could spend your whole time reading your book with you MP3 player plugged into your ears If you do this every trip you will be missing one of your best travel experiences So look up from your book and unplug yourself from your music Listen to the chatter on the train Italians love to talk and this is no more obvious than on the trains You wonder what in the world they can talk about for 4 solid hours...

Dont Board the Train Yet You have your ticket in hand now you need to make sure you get on the right train when you are at a train station in Italy They told you at the biglietteria which track your train would be leaving from but it is not unusual for the track to change at the last minute much like airports change gates At a large train station in Italy there is a big board with flip numbers yes most of the signs are still manual Check this sign...

A question we all have when we travel by train in Italy is will there be bathrooms on the train All trains have bathrooms the question is are they working and are they clean The larger faster trains generally have a lot of bathrooms and they are usually clean Local trains have bathrooms but not in every car and they may or may not be clean or working When you travel by train in Italy bring hand sanitizer and some Kleenex because most will not...