Enrico's Travel Blog

Sondrio > Bologna, Italia   Travel day. It rained and snowed last night, but this morning is just overcast thankfully. A quick breakfast in the hotel, took some fruit and a muffin up to Mary. We organized things for ride to Bologna. This is a two-train trip with a change of trains in Milano.   The first train is Sondrio to Milano Centrale. We have done this trip a hundred times, probably not really but probably fifty times. A sufficient number of times to know that 07:40 and

Sondrio, Italia   It is a beautiful sunny day, perhaps still on the cool side of the thermometer at 7 C, but still a beautiful day. It is still early in the morning but you can hear the activity outside. The workmen are getting ready for the Olympic activities which will start in Piazza Garibaldi on Friday, the opening day of the Olympiad. Serra and Pietro managed to get tickets to the opening event in Milano. It is probably a good thing we are getting out of Sondrio on Frida

Sondrio, Italia   Another good night’s sleep. Breakfast at 07:30. Cappuccino, brioche and yogurt. Wake Mary up at 08:45. Mariagiulia is coming for coffee at 10:30. We meet Mariagiulia in the Libby of the hotel at 10:30. We walk over to the Caffé Mokio on Corso Italia. We walk past Pasticceria Gelateria la Milanese, which is sadly closed for renovations. However, it does actually look like people might be in there working. The pastries there were wonderful.   Caffé Mokio is a