Bolignia - Venice - London
Up early in the morning we tell Tomtom to take us 'home'... After some thinking, He tells us it will take 4.5hrs to get to Venice! Umm... That's not right... 150km in 4hrs... We love Tom dearly, but sometime he's just silly - a little coaxing and we are off to Venice airport.
As usual, our rental car agreement says to return the car with a full tank of gas - fair enough! But there's no petrol stations anywhere near the airport that accept foreign Visa cards... So it's pay by cash (notes only, and no change given!), and of course we only have 20euro notes... And we need 30euro to fill the tank. A typical Italy thing we have found is that there is always a trick to anything that is paid for - spotting the con isn't always difficult.
Lyn found a great service where we can leave our 2 larger bags (chocker-filled with presents for the kids and momentos for us)... Then we begin the "Easy Jet" experience...
"Easy Jet"... A seemingly gentle name for an airline that one would assume has jets... and provides an easy experience - naive we were... If you havent had the joy of EasyJet, here is a quick virtual tour: Firstly, imagine 300 people wanting to go somewhere, now heard them towards a departure gate, asking them to form a single file line (in a space that can't fit 300 people), now here's the clincher - the seats aren't allocated... No-one but the few who paid extra know what seat they will get (or even if they will sit with their traveling companions)... Now guess what happens to the line... and the polite queing. Basically, it's a crazy mad dash - and not a nice experience at all. We were very fortunate to get seats together - we are convinced DaddyGod had a hand in that.
A 1:45hr flight, and we are landed in Gatwick South (London)... Met by Lyns cuzzie who she hasn't seen for several years. Michelle kindly had the train and tram tickets sussed, so within an hour we are in Croydon, Sussex. Her hubby has a kiwi burger and chips meal prepared (including beetroot) - good old Kiwi tucker... nothing like it :D
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