The Alps

We are currently on a train speeding from Munich to Verona Italy.

The Alps are extremely beautiful and rise up all around you as you meander thru on the train.

All the mountains should be covered in snow, but apparently they are having a very warm winter over here and only some of the mountains have snow caps. About an hour ago we passed thru a little Austrian village that was covered in snow. Was very pretty and kind of a shame that we haven't had snow ourselves yet.

The weather so far has been pretty good, not much colder than a normal winter back home. This will be great for Italy, but we are hoping a cold change will come when we head back north thru the Swiss Alps.

At the moment we are passing thru northern Italy and vast expanses of vineyards. Bordering the vineyards the the huge cliff faces of the mountains around us. Wish I could upload photos from my phone.