We
arrived in Venice early on the last day, but were not disembarking first, so we
made it up to the Lido deck for breakfast. We happened to be sitting next to a
couple that was also from Ontario and after chatting a bit, we learned they
were from Sault Ste. Marie and the husband was an instructor at Fleming
College, where Erin went to school. He taught Erin’s program and knew him very
well!
After
disembarking, we took the train into Venice to get on another train to the
airport. The departures area of Marco Polo Airport was very different and much
more lavish than the arrivals area where we started the trip by waiting quite a
while for our travel companions.
We
took a short hop to Rome and had to go through a passport check where a rude
Italian man tried to cut in front our group. I explained that there was a line
and he seemed pretty surprised to be told to wait by a young woman. Then he
tried to pretend he did not speak English and finally that he was in a rush and
should get to cut in. It turned out he was on our flight, so he was in the same
rush we were.
We
also got to experience a bussing facility to take us out to our plane in the
middle of the tarmac. This was my first bussing experience and it was crowded,
had limited seating and the lines for any type of food or drink were crazy long.
After getting to our Alitalia plane, its airworthiness seemed a bit sketchy and
it also had broken seats, broken entertainment systems and our Italian friend. Mom
and I just tried to sleep the whole way home, which worked pretty well. After
landing in Toronto, we finished off with our drive home to London and all
proceeded to pass out for many hours.
Overall,
it was an exciting and interesting adventure. We came home with many memories,
stories and lovely souvenirs (including my bruise, which had become a beautiful
rainbow in the two days since it happened).
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