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Barozi said:
Luke888 said:

In Italy traffic is terrible and trains never arrive in time so good luck getting in and out of the country in one day. Rome has too much to see in one day, you might consider visiting it at a later date and replace it with some Northern Italy locations like Turin, Milan or Venice so that you shorten your trip and get more time to spend visiting more places, you'd also be closer to Switzerland for the next day

I was very satisfied with the Italian train service when I used it last year.

went from Milan to Turin, Rome to Florence, Florence to Pisa, Pisa to Florence, Florence to Venice, Venice to Bologna, Bologna to Rimini, Rimini to Bologna

all trains were pretty much on time.

did you travel with Freccia Rossa or Italo ? Those are the main high speed lines but they are more expensive which isn't the best for a group of friends

 

Smartie900 said:
I know this isn't a suggestion of a specific place to go to but try to learn a couple of basic words and phrases in the native languages of the places you visit. When I went to Mexico, I found that speaking Spanish with the locals made their lives slightly easier and showed that some tourists actually wanted to respect the lifestyle and culture of their country. They seemed incredibly happy and grateful that I was even making an attempt to do so. Do this, and you are much more likely to receive help from the locals on certain places to go to.

Right! I can't speak for other countries (except France :p) but here most people don't speak English, if you need informations try asking to someone young so it's more likely for them to know English, otherwise here's a few of the most usefull (and different) translations:

Toilet - Bagno

Station - Stazione

Water - Acqua

Lost - Perso