Friday, 22nd June, 2012 Our trip yesterday from Monterosso al Mere to Milan to Como went without incident, apart from one train being 15 minutes late, but it didn’t impact us too much. On leaving Monterosso, for about half the distance (or 1 ½ hours) to Milan was through mountainous terrain, and Steve’s guess is that approximate 50 to 60% of the time was through tunnels, until we came to the agricultural flatlands south of Milan. After an hour and twenty minute stopover, during which we left the Milan train station to get some “real” food (as opposed to “Macca’s style”), we boarded the train to Como – a short trip of about 35 minutes. Como is an ancient town that has been in existence since early Roman times when it was an important crossing point
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