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Our train ride from Zermatt to Brig was on time, as were all of the trains on our vacation. We had two more connections, Brig to Verona and Verona to Trento. Rain had caused an avalanche, thus causing us to reschedule and miss our two connections. The two hour delay allowed us to walk around Brig, Switzerland. Brig is a beautiful city. We were lucky to be delayed.
Once on our way, we met a woman from Trento. She spoke a little English and I spoke very little Italian. We were able to keep a conversation going to the point where she offered to show us to our hotel in Trento. Once off the train, she walked us 3 blocks to our hotel. Trento is an incredible city of about 100,000 people. It is very modern, yet not touristy, and has classic beauty that dates back to the Roman era.
Our hotel was the best of all at which we stayed. Each of the three rooms was large and comfortable.
Trento was to be a one night stop, then to Munich, Germany. Steve, Jim, and I walked back to the train staion and took Steve's suggestion of getting a cab to Vigolo Vitarro. Steve has roots there on his mother's side of the family. Our cab driver, Italo, spoke no English. Nine years of Latin and a knowledge of French helped in communication with Italo (a Rick Steve's French, German, Italian dictionary is a must).
The deal - get us to Vigolo, wait there for an hour, and get us back to Trento. Vigolo is about a 30 minute drive through very narrow and winding roads. The village has about 2000 people. The streets are made of brick and are narrow. Itano was great! He took us around the town and was very pleased that we knew of Mother Paolina Visintainer who was just cannonized last year. There are Visintainers in Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, where the three of us grew up. Many Tyrolians came to the Mt. Carmel area in the early 1900's.
We found a small coffee shop, looked in a phonebook and found Dallabrida's and Zamboni's (names from Steve's family). We also bought a CD-Rom which featured the area. Itano didn't want a generous tip, but he was given one anyway.
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