ROF= Ring of fire Odyssey MEF-H = Marine Expeditionary Force- Hargus
ITL2 = Italy 2 Tuscany journey
April 10, 2018 Tuesday
Milan Italy, Malpensa.
Arriving at Malpensa, the Milan Airport at 0739. you’ve been on a flight for almost 24 hours. Yes you can sleep some on the plane but it's not restful sleep. Go through Malpensa to the metro train shuttle and catch the #2 metro shuttle to the central train station.
This is the metro shuttle that runs from Malpensa to the Milan Central train station, about every 45 minutes. There's a reason they say stay behind the yellow line.
Milan Central train station is really unique with a half barrel domed structure with hundreds of skylights, and a dozen plus tracks for incoming/ departing trains. A really great modern train station facility.
And when you see these slick modern high speed rail trains inch into and out of the station, no noise from an engine, no exhaust from a combustion engine. a sleek aerodynamic high speed rail train that looks like it’s from 100 years in the future, possibly another planet it is so unique.
These trains are really works of engineering at its best. And they are ALL on time. The trains in Italy WORK great!!!!!!!!!!
Poor Amtrak. The United States is/are hopeless. Our us trains AR operating on a 1920/ 1930 mentality. Amtrak trains operate between major cities on antiquated time tables. Italy trains connect every small town two major hubs very efficiently. the airline industry in the US does not connect small towns efficiently .
Next post- Took the train from Milan down through the Italian Countryside to Genoa Italy.
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