Travel day (again), Rome to London this time. We had a mid afternoon flight, so a relaxed morning and late(ish) breakfast before an 11am checkout. Just sat in the hotel lounge reading till the car they booked for us at 12:15 showed up, a realtively swish and powerful Mercedes.
A bit of weaving in and out of traffic getting out of Rome – like every other car, but once we hit the freeway he opened it up and we certainly weren’t doing the posted 100 km/h – glancing sideways I saw 130 on the dial, then we hit “open” speed limit and he sped up further over taking police too.
Once at the airport checkin was pretty quick and passport control almost non-existant. Stopped for a quick lunch, then down to wait near the gates. Our boarding time came and went and they said “soon”, then the captain came down to announce we were delayed with a minor issue – they couldn’t open the wardrobe that the cabin crew store their passports and gear and engineers were currently dismantling the door to get the stuff out and once they had finished their distruction we would be allowed on.
In the end boarded about half an hour late, but made most of it up in flight time. Passport control was once again fast and friendly and our bags came straight out. Grabbed tickets for the Paddington express and went down to the platform for a train to come straight in, and 20 minutes later at our hotel.
Dropped the bags off – then out for dinner, good English food as a break from Italian 😉 . Nerida had a burger, I had cider battered haddock and Dana some really good ribs.
A short walk along the cannal then back. Tomorrow into the heart of London – Covent Garden, etc… and try and book into a show for Friday night.
