I thoroughly love riding the trains in Italy. It is an easy and inexpensive way to travel the country. However, I remember the first time I chose to take the train from Rome to Florence and how intimidated I was by the process. I quickly learned that half the battle in navigating the train station is knowing how to read your ticket.
Being the ultimate planner that I am, I purchased my tickets and reserved my seats in advance by using RailEurope. It cost a few dollars more than purchasing tickets at the station, but I find comfort in having tickets and assigned seats in hand prior to reaching the train station.
From the photo above (and you may click on it to enlarge it), you can decode the mystery of all the relevant information. The other gobbledygook really doesn't matter.
That's all there is to it! The next challenge: reading the train schedule....but, I'm saving that for the next post!
