What a day - Washington to Geneva to Milan

Just a quick post on the limited time I have here on this pre-historic internet browser that the hotel let's us use on our TV here in Milan, near the airport. We took off yesterday from Dulles to Geneva and had a pretty good flight. Plane was mostly empty so we had plenty of room. Sleep was very hard to come by for me on the trip, so I am pretty much a walking zombie by this point.

We arrived in Geneva around 8am local time this morning and caught a free train to downtown. First impressions of Geneva were very positive! The Swiss Alps surrounding the city are AMAZING and the downtown is situated around a beautiful lake (Lake Geneva, of course). We were completely exhausted after our mostly sleepless redeye flight, but we powered through to make the best of our 5 hours in Geneva and spent most of the time wondering the city on foot. Great weather made for a great walk around the town. While we didn't really see any sights per se, just taking in the quaint Swiss city and enjoying the fresh air and excellent views were enough for today.

We caught our train to the Gallarate, north of Milan near the airport, around 3pm and had a rather uneventful train ride. The views were as expected while we were departing Switzerland and France, but I could barely keep my eyes open unfortunately. Our train compartment was very crowded, but we made the best of it! After a 4 hour train ride, we caught a pricey taxi (but that's just the way it is here, especially with the price of feul) to our hotel right near the airport.

Today was just a teaser - the first part of this amazing trip starts tomorrow when we rise and shine early to take the first shuttle to the airport. We are off for Cairo! The real adventure begins very soon...so stay tuned.

I will try and see if I can get some pictures uploaded soon - I know my brief description of today makes it sound like a pretty boring first day, but considering the circumstances, it was a great experience with incredible scenery that I can't wait to share!

Caio for now.

Karl