Saturday, November 28, 2026
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Lauren's flight
Melbourne → Milan
Melbourne (MEL) → Milan (MXP)
Overnight, long haul
Lands 6:55am, Sat 28 Nov 2026
Then train down to Trento
Sat 28 Nov
Milan → Trento
Lauren lands 6:55am in Milan
Arrival day. Finally.
Sun 29 Nov – Tue 1 Dec
Trento
Settling in, first outing, uni days
Wed 2 Dec
Trento → Milan
2 hour train to Milan
Leave for Milan that night
Thu 3 Dec
Milan → Lauterbrunnen
7am train, 4 hours
Long weekend starts
Fri 4 – Sat 5 Dec
Lauterbrunnen → Lucerne
Sun 6 Dec
Lucerne → Milan
Back for Monday class
Mon 7 Dec
Milan
Last uni week
Tue 8 – Wed 9 Dec
Milan → Trento
A couple hours by train
Last class
Thu 10 – Fri 11 Dec
Munich, Germany
Direct 10am train, 4.5 hours
Big trip starts — Christmas markets
Sat 12 – Mon 14 Dec
Berlin, Germany
8:45am train, 4 hours
Tue 15 – Thu 17 Dec
Amsterdam, Netherlands
8:15am direct train, 6 hours
Fri 18 – Sun 20 Dec
Prague, Czechia
1.5 hour flight
Flying saves ~10 hours
Mon 21 Dec
Prague → Italy
Travel day
Tue 22 Dec
Venice, Italy
Buffer day / optional stop
Wed 23 – Sun 27 Dec
Christmas with family
Italy — five days, no trains, just us and them
Mon 28 – Tue 29 Dec
Salzburg, Austria
10am train, 5 hours, 1 change
Wed 30 Dec – Fri 1 Jan
Innsbruck, Austria
New Year's Eve together
Sat 2 Jan
Innsbruck → Trento
Train back towards Trento
Sun 3 Jan
Milan
Flight out 10:10pm
The hard part.