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| Lake Maggiore |
And just like that it was time to say goodbye to Greece. We didn't want to risk missing our long haul flight home from Milan, and so flying the trusty Ryanair we left Greece one day earlier. We needn't have worried, other than witnessing about 20 people having to pay for either not checking in before hand or not keeping to luggage requirements, the flight was uneventful and even landed 35 minutes early. It only took 20 minutes to get out of Milan Malpensa airport and we hopped on to the free shuttle to the Hilton Garden Inn.
After dumping our bags, we decided to adventure our way to Arona at Lake Maggiore. We wanted a taste of the area whilst it was still warm! The train station looked deserted but we were helped by a very friendly train master. Between our collective broken English and Italian, we got the information we needed. He even wrote down all the times of the trains that departed from Arona to get us back. In 20 minutes we were at Arona. We didn't do much other than stroll, eat gelato and munch on pizza by the lake, but it was a nice stop before flying home
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| From this... |
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| ...to budget airline Ryanair |
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| As you do in Italy, you come across random old looking things |
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| Sorry Greece, even the random coffee in Italy is better than from a fancy cafe in Greece |
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| The very quiet local train station |
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| Waiting for our train |
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| Walking lakeside at Arona |
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| Italian Piazza! |
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| Arona |
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| Dinner time |
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| He wanted hot chocolate |
The blog will end here as tomorrow is purely a travel day. A few random thoughts...this has been our shortest trip to Europe. It almost felt abrupt to have to go home! It was also an experience travelling as a party of 3, rather than the minimum 5 or more commonly 7 or 9. Whilst we enjoyed the convenience and ease of travel, we definitely missed the comradery of our travel mates, and being able to share moments with the whole family. Jonah definitely missed his siblings. Fortunately for us, our next family trip is not too far away staving off post holiday blues. Time to go home now to fund these trips!
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