We arrived pretty late Monday afternoon after an unbelievably wonderful visit to Rome, where I think Sherry left her heart . . . The trip was 4 train-rides long; 3 on the Eurail system and then one on the local Barcelona system.  Now, before I go too much further, I need to say that I […]

            Let me tell you a bit about the Eurail Global Pass we bought before leaving the States. It might be the best purchase we made for this trip; I think we paid just under $800 each for UNLIMITED rail travel all throughout Europe and the UK for 3 months.

Sunday the 2nd we took a bit of time to rest. Our nephew Tom, from whom we received lots of good info about Europe, said he liked the big cities, but they made him tired. At first I didn’t know what he meant. Now I do! We felt it in Florence, but especially here in