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Train from Rome to Florence: Help!!

I will be travelling from Rome to Florence on the Eurostar. I am concerned about the "baggage' check in the Rome Termini station and the eventual departure at the Florence train station. Are there taxis at the Florence station? Is it difficult to find bag once it's unloaded. Any suggestion regarding insuring my bag comes with me on the train? etc. Any info you could provide would be most appreciated Thank You

Not sure if you're aware of the answers you received to essentially the same question before. http://www.fodors.com/forums/crossro...messagesframe& the thread generated some of those "bad old" fireworks, so maybe topping it is not the right thing to so.

We did this about 3 years ago..... with no problems. We put our own luggage in the car that we were riding. Each car has an area in the rear just for luggage. (In all of our European travels, I have never seen anyone checking their bags). There are plenty of taxi's in Florance lined up and waiting outside the train station. Enjoy your trip!

For Pam. If you post the same question twice, you have to read them both.

Below is my original reply. In researching to find it, I find that you have posted not two but three questions on basically the same subject. It would be much easier if you "reply" to original message to bring it to the top, not post three separate messages. Author: Santa Chiara ([email protected]) Date: 5/29/2001, 11:25 pm ET Message: Pam, no one answered your question about the taxi situation. When you get off the train you will walk down the side of the tracks until you come to a big lobby area. Turn left and go out of the station and then turn right. A taxi stand is at the end of the block. Lines can be long, however, but just "hai pazienza," (have patience), a phrase you will come to appreciate the longer you are in Italy. Also, you should know that as you approach Florence you will need to start gathering your things and heading to a spot between cars. You need to get off quickly. You will know you are approaching Florence because it will be the only really big city. Get the exact schedule off www.fs-on-line, the web site for the Italian train system. You will need to plug in Roma and Firenze for the departure and destination cities. Buon viaggio and have a great time in Italy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Santa Chiara ([email protected]) Date: 5/29/2001, 11:30 pm ET Message: Sorry, Pam, I did not post the write web site address: it is www.fs-on-line.com (or .it). Also when you are getting ready to get off, it is not always apparent what side of the train you will descend. Watch the tracks (and your fellow passengers)so you can better position yourself. I am giving you this advice about a hasty departure because the train schedule allows only for a very short embark and debark before it moves on.

And, finalmente, I am updating my original message of May 29. The Italian train web site, formerly fs-on-line, has been redesigned and renamed. It can know be found at www.trenitalia.com. AND, if you choose English, you can plug in Florence and Rome, for example and get the Firenze and Roma train information. In other words you no longer need to know the Italian names for the cities, which doesn't help in your instant geography lesson, but does make it easier for non-Italian speakers. And l'ultimo finalmente, (from my previous post) I do know the difference between "write" and "right," but not necessarily late at night.

Well, I "now" must correct my corrections. Of course, I also "know" the difference. But this still doesn't explain my saying "suburb" host for "superb" host in a letter I was writing to a member of the Spanish royalty, and fortunately corrected before it went out. Funny how these quirks, at least for me, run in spurts.

My what a creative pseudonym you've chosen, Rex. Author: xxxxxxxxxxxx ([email protected]) Bad old fireworks? There you go blaming things on others. You provided a wrong answer, and rather than admit it you tried, several times, to justify it. Grow up. You're not always right. None of us are. Admit it when you're wrong like a man instead of sulking like a child.