A very wet morning, with a low over the entire region. Off to the stationale for our trip from Bari to Cassino via Caserta and shouted ourselves first class - well, slightly above 2nd class in that we had more room. Still no wifi. Sat next to an Italian couple. The gent tried so hard to communicate with us - wanted me to find an Italian/English translator on my ipad but without wifi and not able to connect the wifi through our phone, it just didn't happen. Each time a guard came through he used him as a translator to talk to us. Not much fun for the grumpy guard! We used the great italian phrase book Greg had given me - with limited success. In the end, just before we left the train and they
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