We got up early so we could enjoy one last hotel breakfast before the taxi arrived for our transfer back to Rome airport. After collecting our bags and checking out at reception, we waited in the lounge area for the taxi to arrive.
There was a bit of confusion when the taxi arrived. The driver read out a couple of names, neither of which was ours. The driver was expecting to pick up four people and when he checked he realised that he had read out the wrong name.
We shared the taxi with a couple who had been celebrating their wedding anniversary and a couple of ladies who were already on board. The transfer ran smoothly whilst the six of us engaged in interesting conversations. The others we were travelling with had all flown from Birmingham and their outbound flight had suffered with air turbulence which we had not experienced on our flight from Manchester.
Checking in at the airport also went smoothly giving us time to relax before boarding the plane. Once again, the flight was delayed due to air traffic control issues. The captain was eventually, one hour late; given the all clear for flight. When he announced this, he added that we would now be joining the ‘Conga’ queue to the runway. There were around ten planes ahead of us on the curvy taxi way to the runway.
The flight was also smooth, albeit with a slight bit of turbulence. Once back at Manchester and past customs and passport control, we made our way to the baggage reclaim area. This proved to be slow again. My bag arrived quite quickly but Mr C’s took a long time to arrive as did many other passengers’ luggage. A few cases would arrive and then there would be a delay before more cases arrived.
With our car reclaimed from the ‘meet and greet’ parking we headed home, stopping to pick up a ready meal for dinner. We stuck to the Italian theme and chose lasagne.
You both looked very relaxed and happy on the return leg of your journey. Thankfully it was mostly drama-free
We were relaxed we had enjoyed our time away from the dramas of life.
I do like the pictures of the both of you, happy smiling faces
A good idea to stick with the Italian theme when you got home with lasagne.
Enjoy the coming weekend.
All the best Jan
Thank you Jan
Sending you my love and best wishes xx
So, is there a coin of yours to be found in the Trevi Fountain?
We saw so many fountains I didn’t even think I should perhaps I should have left one of my coins in the Trevi Fountain!
I flew with Easyjet, got back in London like 3am in the morning!?
Had to wait hours for the next train home.
We have flow EasyJet in the past. Mostly when we used Citalia as pick your own package holdiday. I have not experienced a problem with them.
We have travelled with Jet2 for a package holiday and a city break. It is an excellent company. The problem we experienced was all down to air traffic control and the number of flights in and out of the airport.
The baggage reclaim was quite weird, I have not experienced that on any flight before.
Happy, satisfied visitors to Italy all, it sounds like. Did you do the conga while waiting in the conga line on the runway?
No but the planes did