Today was the day for Monza! We had to navigate our way on the Metro to the urban trains and back again. For all that is written and said of the Italian train system, we found it very user friendly. The timetables in the station were clear and the trains were on time and regular.The Monza track is nowhere near the town so we risked a taxi. The taxi driver had no English. Luckily Stan remembered the word autoodromo. Once we got there we found it deserted except fo...

Training to Milan! The way to travel. There is no stress, great views and comfortable. We stopped in the town of Spiez for a bit over an hour. It was a very pretty town on a harbour surrounded by snow capped mountains.The only snag we have had today is Stan's purple case has blown a tyre, so the pressure was on to make it to Milan to find a new bag!. Then when we made it to Milan we joined the crowds of shoppers. The shops were absolutely packed right up to 7...