ITALY Readers's Tips - The Marco Polo leaves Venezia Santa Lucia (the station down by the canal at 00:04 (that would be on the 12th now and gets to Roma Tiburtina at 06:56. Click on Details in the first column (Info and you see that it has sleepers and couchettes and that reservation is mandatory and will be included in the ticket, even if you decided to sit up all night (when the letter R is boxed in, that means mandatory reservation. It is not currently on sale.his could have to do with some anticipated changes on Dec. when Italy, together with much of the rest of Europe since all countries are computerlinked, adjusts yearly train timetables and schedules etc. Keep looking it up and one day, voilà, or in Italian Ecco it will bring up the shopping basket and let you proceed. Hope this helps.

My husband and I recently spent 11 days in Sicily.Over the years we spoke off and on about Sicily as a vacation destination.And, although we have been to Italy 4 times in the past; somehow Sicily has always seemed to be “too far away” and “too unknown” to us. In 2006 my husband, whose maternal ancestors came from Termini Imerese, Sicily, gave in to my continual challenge and agreed to go back and research his roots.I threw myself feverishly into the reading of the Travel Reports and Forums in Fodor, Cheap Hotel Guide’s, Trip Advisor, Le Routard, Internaute Voyage.We viewed Rick Steve’s DVDs on Italy and Sicily.Per chance in the Summer 2006, I read superlative reviews about “Home from Home” in Bolognetta (Region of Palermo in Trip Advisor posted by Americans who mentioned that they were reunited with longlost relatives in the region thanks to the efforts of the Bandamp;B owners.In a matter of seconds I sent a reservation inquiry to Kathy Curran the owner of the “Home from Home” bed and breakfast. From the first contact Kathy led us in her able hands to our goal of reunification with a large branch of my husband’s family tree in Termini Imerese.Toto her husband met us at the Palermo airport and drove us to their home where we spent 5 unforgettable days in the company of the two uniquely warm individuals who turned from “strangers” to “dear friends” in a matter of minutes. Kathy gives new meaning to the “hospitality” business.She welcomes her guests in the style and dedication of a topnotch hotel.Everything one can possibly need is at one’s fingertips in the clean and welldecorated double room with a wonderful mattress and private adjoining bathroom.She is truly a “mind reader” when it comes to the needs and desires of her guests.Kathy’s philosophy converts this Bandamp;B into an expert travel agency and cultural seminar on her adopted “Sicilia”.Before leaving Boston we looked hard for a good driving map of Sicily but did not like what was available.We mentioned it to Kathy and, abracadabra She and Toto have bought a dozen of booklets of the most helpful maps of Sicily for their guests “just in case”.A stay here is more like a visit to one’s relative’s h

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