Man we departed from the Village with a tear in our harts. Our host was Christelle Lombaard yes woman in Italy keep their maiden names but kids.take on Farther's name her new name is Parassi She was from Pretoria who married a Italian man in SA and had two children and their whole family moved to Italy 9 years ago Her husband sadly passed away 5 years ago and she and her only son Julius stayed on her daughter left for SA and is still in Pretoria Well they b...

And here we are in lovely north Italy and true to our rule stay put of cities we arrived in Liverno Ferreiras The very typical Italain village you see on TV and in Movies. Woman who swept in front of buildings, old men sitting on Coffee/ bar veranda and washing hanging on balcony as far as you look up to the street. The old church dates from 987 what an old place We arrived in this Liverno Ferreiras station a one horse town station "exactly" will be describing ...

We woke up with a big surprise here in the mountains of Switzerland -- it is snowing here in the Andermatt town. We were thinking of taking a bus over the pass but with snow it was closed yesterday and will be now as well Never-mind we are on our way to Milaan and then West. We boarded the Bus a local service over Gothard pass down to Airelo Die pass is van die sneeu en voor ons ry so sneeu plow to clear the road. On top I thought it was our destination Airelo...

Slept like a king at guest house so called Zimmers You get value for money like a welcome tea and help with washing machine and good advise where to go and what to do. Excited visited the local Catholic church what a beautiful and clean inside. The ceilings are painted and the gold trimmings just to good to describe. Service is in German and we are somewhat left out but we could say a prayer for thanks Then it is jumping the train again a gear in the middle ...

After disaster Zurich we are happy to board train let give yu another tip on Swiss raillines--- travel 2 nd class and be prepared to change on stations It is fun and we have a lot of fun and adrenaline to run to next connection Arrived at Goschenen and was impressed with surroundings it started to look like a village on Swiss Railways We hop on to the last connection Andermatt not before we had a laugh with two Chinese who wanted to join us but jumped on the f...