The Blue-Eyed Conductor

1st Class compartment, circa 1990

“Switzerland is within easy reach from Italy. The EuroCity train line has numerous daily connections from Milan to major Swiss cities such as Basel, Berne, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Lugano and Zurich. Venice, Bologna and Genoa offer direct connections to Switzerland as well.”

Like just about everyone else, we postponed travel plans following the events of September 11, 2001. With the tragedy and upheaval of that awful…