Trains, Buses, and Automobiles: A Dynamic Family Trip to Northern Italy

Trains, Buses, and Automobiles: A Dynamic Family Trip to Northern Italy
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It was a moment that none of us will ever forget. When we arrived by train in Tuscany, our transfer to a local bus was far more difficult than any of us had imagined. Despite the help of online maps and a rather rigorous pre-trip research process undertaken by my sister, Lisa, we were left, bewildered, with paper tickets in hand and no idea where to go.

Where do we catch the bus, exactly? It was a question we asked many people around the station. Pulling our carry-on luggage behind us, under a hot summer sun, we tried three different spots: in front of the train station, and just beside it, where big vehicles lumbered in and out every few minutes—just none with our designated route number above the windshield.

Tim Johnson
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Toronto-based writer Tim Johnson is always traveling in search of the next great story. Having visited 140 countries across all seven continents, he’s tracked lions on foot in Botswana, dug for dinosaur bones in Mongolia, and walked among a half-million penguins on South Georgia Island. He contributes to some of North America’s largest publications, including CNN Travel, Bloomberg, and The Globe and Mail.
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