The night train served its purpose, only just.

Neither Katie or I had used a sleeper train before and were unsure of exactly what to expect.

The train served its purpose and allowed us to get some sleep and transferred us from Munich to Arezzo, here are a couple of the downsides.

You can't have your seat and bed set at the same time. Initially, the compartment is set for seating. About an hour into the trip the stewardess comes to get the breakfast orders and also asks if we would like the seats switched into bed mode. 

Once this is done you only have the option of sitting on the bed with your feet dangling off the edge. This is uncomfortable.  

Next problem is actually in the bed, with the twisting and turning of the carriage I often felt like I was going to roll off, especially when the driver used the brakes to slow the train. Also when the train goes around corners the carriage tilts one way, sending blood to the feet and the other, blood to the head. 

The next problem is with all this rocking, rolling, twisting and turning it is basically impossible to use the shower facilities without falling and hurting one's self. We both opted to not shower on the train and wait till we reached our accommodation. 

The breakfast service is well organised and served in the compartment or made for you to take away. We dined in the carriage. Before bedding down, you get to choose from six items on the menu, any extras are about 1.50 euro each.  Options available are bread rolls (2), coffee, tea, orange juice, butter, jam, honey, Nutella, salami, mortadella, cheese, sausage, yoghurt and bircher muesli.

Overall as I have stated previously the train sleeper was ok and served a purpose, however, if we did it again we would not do it on a windy line through the alps! We are both glad of selecting this method of transport to have the experience first hand.

After the journey, we collected our car from Arezzo AVIS and purchased some items for lunch then headed to La Maestà Tuscan Sun, where we met with Rosalinda.

The rest of the morning we settled in and washed some clothes and in the afternoon headed to Castiglion Fiorentino for a short walk and to get some supplies for the next week.

There was also a breif moment of fair wether to fly the drone over La Maestà Tuscan Sun (click he YouTube video below)

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