Trip to Cortona

Started at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, flew to Newark, then to Rome, Italy, took the train to Camucia-Cortona, and after 20 hours are in Cortona at the apartment we have rented.  This will be short because we are both exhausted.

Flying was no problem even though our first flight was delayed because we originally had a 3 hour layover in Newark.  We got to Rome by 7:45 am Italy time.  Getting our passports checked and going through Customs was a bit of a let down though.  The passport guy didn't stamp any passports from the United States and at Customs we just walked through the door that said "No Items to Declare".  They didn't check our bags or anything.  We could have just been lying.  Not that I am complaining.

After that we bought train tickets from Fiumicino Airport to Camucia-Cortona Station from a guy that only speaks Italian.  Still no problem.  We were feeling pretty good.  Then we got to the train station in Rome.  Signs were bad, there was no place to go and ask questions, and we didn't find any place to buy something to eat or drink.  We finally found the platform (BIN) for our train.  We sat and sat and no one else was waiting.  We had asked one person who directed us to that spot.  When I asked again, a worker told us that the train was already there at a different spot so we had to hurry to get on.  No one checked our train tickets on either train.  I think Italians are more relaxed about stuff than Americans.

View of Cortona from train station

After all of this, we made it and are at our place for the next 2 weeks.  This is a view of Cortona up on the hill, between the 2 buildings in Camucia, from the train station.  Our apartment is toward the top of the hill overlooking the town.  This is about all I do for now.  I'll try to have better pictures and stories tomorrow.

Arreviderci for now.