Nerding out at the Swiss Transport Museum, in Luzern. Super interesting! Can definitely recommend.

Mark one more off the bucket list: travelling through the Gotthard Base Tunnel.

Hired a car and spent my last full day in Italy exploring a bit of the wider Veneto region. Visited the town my grandparents grew up in and also went on a small bush-walk up at Cansiglio Forest. The landscape was absolutely breathtaking. The photos I took do it no justice (and I took a lot of them).

I know Venice is known for its canals, and they’re certainly something to behold, but this single rail tram-line blew me away.

Edit: it occurred to me that these “trams” are running on regular tiers, and use this rail for the return current. That means they can get away with using just one overhead wire instead of two. I guess they can also use the rail for guiding the vehicle around curves as well? Seems like a bit of a disadvantage over other trolly-bus systems with trolly polls that can move around traffic.

Venice in the morning.

I was wondering what to do for my second day in Bologna until something told me that Florence was less than an hour away. So I decided to take a day trip.

Spent a bit of time in the small but lovely university botanical gardens in Bologna this morning. Walking around a new city, I’ve found myself being attracted to parks and gardens. A bit more serene than the hussle and bussle one finds at buildings or squares.

Breakfast in Parma. Naturally parmesan cheese is on the menu.

Front of the Palazzo del Governatore, in Parma, on a warm and lazy Sunday afternoon. The street was closed off for an event but most of the other streets were just as quiet.

On the shore of lake Como. Plenty of boat activity on the water today. For myself, I was happy to stay on dry land.