Missed my train stop. Now in a tiny town waiting.

Good luck.

I bet it does and you will shake it off and enjoy the lights, while having a great story to tell later!

Oh, let us know how it turns out! Do you have the Trenitalia app where you can track your stops? Not that you need it now....

Ah, you'll be just fine!
You will love Arezzo, it's not touristy at all, and has some beautiful buildings.
As someone said, it is a good travel story!
My husband did the same thing in England once.

Do download the Trenit app for Italian trains.
As well as schedules, it gives you real time info on where you are going and is very accurate in my experience.
Most trains now have a screen at the end of each carriage that will tell you the stops and times, etc.

Hope you are having fun otherwise!

I can imagine how unnerving that is! I took the train from Rome to Arezzo recently, and I can attest that there were no announcements for stops or a sign in the railcar. In fact, no one even came by to check my ticket. But, you'll be fine and I'm sure you'll find Arezzo enchanting. Buona fortuna!

One of those unexpected travel experiences. After looking at some photos of Arezzo this time of the year, you will be rewarded! Let us know how it all turned out. Enjoy. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjzl8DT5Pn7AhVFJH0KHTPxDPgQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discoverarezzo.com%2Fen%2Fcollections%2Farezzo-city-of-christmas-2022%2F&usg=AOvVaw21K346M1eJRvKGrOUSuxjZ

Actually, it kind of nice when travelers share their adventures in real time. We are all wising you well.

I was on a train in Germany last spring, and the train stopped at a very small town, but a woman couldn't get the door to open- she kept pushing the button and nothing happened. She appeared to be local as she had no luggage, and I'm pretty sure she was swearing in German. I have always wondered how long she had to wait....

You will have a great finish to your day!

Hey, at least you're in Italy!

Hop in a cab? Do you have the freenow app?

Honestly almost always worth the added expense to resolve situations like this as soon as possible

Turns out Arezzo only lights up on the weekend. It was pretty quiet and mostly closed up this evening. Then I realized I could either return to Florence at 8 something or wait until 10, so I hurried back to the station and I’m heading back to Florence now. From what I could see, I definitely want to return to Arezzo some day and the boy in the coffee shop showed me how to track my train stops on the app, so despite my initial concern, this little adventure seems to have turned out well. I’ll sure sleep well tonight!

Well, darn it on the lights! But very cool that the guy in the coffee shop helped you with tracking in the app.

Glad you are headed "home"...and thanks for giving us all something to think about!

How unfortunate that the lights only happen on the weekends, but thank goodness for the kindness of strangers.

the boy in the coffee shop showed me how to track my train stops on the app, so despite my initial concern, this little adventure seems to have turned out well.

Your story reminds me of what happened to me on my first solo trip to Italy.
One fine afternoon I was taking a bus to a small town in Umbria. When I boarded I’d asked the bus driver to let me know once we arrived at my destination.
I was actually tracking the stops, but I think he may have skipped one or two, because when I asked him if the next stop was my destination, he said; “no, era l'ultima fermata” (it was the last stop)
He had no intention to drop me off in the middle of nowhere, so when we arrived to the next town, he reassured me that there would be a bus coming by in a few hours to take me back.
I then called my hotel, and the young woman reassured me that someone would come by to drive me to the hotel, and they did.

Enjoy the rest of your time in beautiful Italia!

The train-door-not-opening thing happened to me in France - I was definitely swearing (in English).

The train door not opening happened to us in Tuscany last spring, so when someone else was able to get the darn door open at the next stop, we hopped off and onto the next train to go back to our stop. Without tickets. Oh well - they really need to fix those doors!

I once got marooned in a small Italian town (with evidently nothing whatsoever to see) for an hour or so when I hopped off the train to validate my ticket after forgetting to do that before boarding. I didn't make it back to the train in time, but at least I didn't get fined.

Far worse was my failed attempt at a day trip from Luxembourg City to one of the country's smaller towns. I hopped on a train that turned out to be out of service and heading to a rail yard well outside the city. I should have realized Platform 1 and Platform 1A were not the same thing. It was quite a walk back to town. I sort of wonder now how I found my way, because this happened long before the advent of handheld electronic devices.

Neither of those events occurred on my first trip to Europe. Or my second.

KRS, I’m glad you took it in stride, and yes, hope you can return to Arezzo during another trip!

I usually have a screenshot of the train stops, so I can start looking for the last three before I need to get off. But, during my daughter & my day trip from Salerno to Paestum, I had forgotten to have that ready. I knew which minute we were supposed to arrive, but of course, that can vary. At the time we went, it was a train full of locals, so when it was the time we should be exiting, I asked the last few rows if this was the Paestum stop for the Greek ruins - partly in words & partly in charades. The oldest gentleman confidently said this was the stop….but it just didn’t look like what I was expecting. I decided we would ride to the next stop and if needed, take a cab from there or a return train. The next one was definitely the correct stop, and there was “Paestum” on the tiny train station. So even asking, sometimes it’s a guess!

Don’t feel bad. My cousin, many years ago when there were no high speed trains but only local and express trains, was coming back to Florence from Milan where he was serving in the army. He fell asleep in the compartment and when he woke up, very late at night, the train had long passed Florence and had already reached Orte, just before Rome.

Actually over sleeping and missing the station where one is supposed to alight the train is a very common occurrence, even among Italians.

acraven,
You went to a rail yard? That is a good story! Thx for sharing.

Turns out Arezzo only lights up on the weekend

Sounds like an energy conservation measure brought about by the disruptions in supply Europe is dealing with.

It happens to the best of us. You’ll fight again another day :)

That does sound like an energy saving measure with the Arezzo lights.
I hope the lights in Florence are making up for it...and you learned more about trains, and Italian hospitality with the coffee shop man, so it was a productive day after all! ;)

Now you can say you've been to Castiglion Fiorentino, the town where the Academy Award winning actor Roberto Benigni was born.

The movie "La vita è bella" (Life is beautiful), for which he won the two Oscars, was filmed almost entirely in Arezzo and surrounding areas.

Thanks, Roberto. I have a DVD of Life is Beautiful but I don't think I've watched it since I visited Arezzo. Now I have good reason to watch it again and pay more attention!