Recently I wrote an article about traveling and learning how to roll with any small problems that may happen during your trip. I found this quite ironic since this trip was so much fun but at the same time filled with small problems.
Saturday the 30th of October....
Here is this years 1st and a historic nor'easter. Wind, rain, trees, hanging down to the ground and 4+ inches of snow. We are in the middle of packing, shoveling, and worrying about whether or not our flight will take off tomorrow.
When we wake we are thankful that the snow isn't as bad as everyone thought for the Boston area - our flight will be on time!! We drive over to my parents house who will be baby sitting our boys (our two dogs Bucket and Fred). We get them settled and wait for my dad to take us to the airport.
As we're heading to the airport our 2nd problem hits....literally! A driver swerved into our lane and hit my dads brand new car on the drivers side. Now its time to exchange information and take photographs before we can drive the other 2 miles to the airport.
Finally we get to Logan Airport! Yesterday I went online and checked in at USairways.com thinking this would expedite the process. Wrong! For some reason USair makes you check in again at a Kiosk and then speak to a person to drop off any checked bags. This took forever as there were only 3 associates to help and the kiosk we used broke.
Yay, through security and ready to have a glass of wine at the bar! Now we're prepared for our flight but oops...gate changed time to find the right gate for our flight to Philly. We're only 15 minutes late landing in Philadelphia and we make our way to Terminal A (international terminal). A tip: Check in for your international flight if you just came from a change over. The agents need to verify your passports again. US airways didn't announce this until right before boarding time!
During our flight we both opted for the Vegetarian Meals.....wrong choice!!! We were given rice and vegetables which were inedible, salad, a roll, and some fruit with shredded coconut. Luckily I had a bag of chips with me!! The seats didn't provide much room (even the two seats together) but we did have our own tvs so we could choose from a variety of movies, tv shows, and music.
Bon Giorno bella Roma! We arrive in Rome 45 minutes late and head to Immigration and Customs. Neither areas bothered to even look at our documents, and didn't get a stamp for into the country. We grabbed our bags and headed to the Meeting Point. We were met by Rome Cabs for our trip to the River Palace Hotel. Our driver was friendly, fast, and efficient!
I will be adding more to this review everyday and will also be adding pictures as soon as I organize them! Hope you look forward to the rest of our story!!
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