The Verona train station was nice. It was clean and had a lot of room to wait on the platform. It…read moreis a little far from the city center. We had to cross a big highway that was pretty busy.

Kind of a small station for such a busy city. Our train pulled in from Firenze at around 10 pm, but…read morethere were quite a few people milling about at that time. We exited the station towards the taxi stand, by the time we got there the two cars that had been waiting got fares and sped away. We stood in the queue for a few minutes, hoping a car would pull up, and after several minutes, one did. By then we had a line behind us, of travelers also waiting for a ride into the city. Note, they did have quite a few of the rental scooters, which I briefly considered before realizing a) I am too old and was too tipsy to work one of those; 2) we weren't familiar with Italian driving laws and iii) we had no idea where we were going, and navigating a new city at night while on top of a rental scooter just seemed like a terrible idea. The station was much busier the next day, when we returned for our trip back to Firenze. They have a few benches along the tracks, but not enough for every traveler waiting for a train. Also, huge kudos to the station worker who sought us out as we waiting at the track for our train. There had apparently been an announcement that the train we were waiting for had been moved to another track, which we either missed completely or heard and didn't understand. Thanks to her we caught our train and made it back to Firenze on time.

Wonderful cooking class with chef Christina. She is a knowledgeable and patient teacher. The class…read morefelt like we were transported to a home kitchen and we quickly made friends with the other students in the class. We learned how to make pumpkin risotto, pasta and tiramisu. We receive cookbooks to take home and can't wait to share the recipes with our friends and family.

We have been on other food tours in the states (Santa Cruz, Chicago, our own made up ones in…read moreMonterey) and this food tour by far surpasses all the ones we have experienced. This particular time we had 2 guides as one was training so it was fun to always have someone to ask questions when the other one is talking to others. Our group was small, there was one other couple from Italy but we all had the same goal. Having a great time and eating and learning history! Our guide was so energetic and showed her complete passion for the city. She was highly respected at each stop we made and everything on each stop worked like clockwork! We learned so much about the city's deep history and she took the time to sit with us and show us a map as she explained everything. I cannot even begin to talk about the bites we had including a wine tasting stop. Everything was special in its own way to the town and I don't want to ruin it by mentioning each place. Take this tour to get your bearings right when you arrive and you won't be disappointed. We did go back to a couple places and she had excellent additional suggestions for us during our trip which were all stellar! We loved this company so much we also took one of their cooking classes. Guess I will do a separate review for that!