The plan

Reunion day

Saturday, November 28, 2026

Arrival

Lauren's flight

Melbourne → Milan

Melbourne (MEL) Milan (MXP)

Overnight, long haul

Lands 6:55am, Sat 28 Nov 2026

Then train down to Trento

I'll be at Milan arrivals — flowers, no sleep, big grin.
Interrail pass covers most of the five weeks after that.

Five weeks together

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.

Before takeoff

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For November 28