We are flying on Air New Zealand to London and then British Air to Rome. Our flight out of LAX is at 4:30pm. Don and Myrna book a van to pick us all up.
We are now waiting in the boarding area. As usual Evelyn and I are pushing the weight limit on our bags, but we made. In London we have to transfer from Terminal 1 to Terminal 5. We have done this before and it is very easy using the subway.
We boarded on time and takeoff was just ten minutes late, it looks like we will arrive about 40 minutes early.
We are flying premium economy - the seats are pods, the plane is a 777-300er. Take a look at the seats on the web. So far they seem quite comfortable.
We landed in London about 15 minutes early after we circled for about 20 minutes. Evelyn and I thought the flight was very good, but some of our group were unhappy with the seats.
We made it ok to Terminal 5, but had a surprise when we found out we were only allowed one bag each on BA. I though I looked it up on the BA's web site and it said 2 bags, anyway that cost us 35 pounds each bag. Should have gone business class.
I also got stop at security - I forgot I had water bottles in my carry on. They took everything out of my bag and even test for explosives.
We get into Rome about 6pm. We ended up arriving on time. Going from one EU country to another is easy. They just stamped our passports and picked up our bags and left the airport. We had a car waiting for us (90 euros) and it took about an hour to get to the Hotel Savoy.
We both have corner room, lots of space, bathroom completely updated.
We are one block off the Via Veneto, two blocks from Harry's Bar. Great location.
We walked up towards Harry's and then about three block to the right to LL Pomodorino for pizza, very good.
Everyone slept ok last night. It is a nine hour time change here.
We have had our breakfast and are about to catch the hop-on-hop-off bus.
We used the Ciao Roma bus because it was close to the hotel and we did get a small discount. It makes 12 stops as it goes around Rome. Easiest where to see the sights. We got off at the Trevino Fountain and then walked to the Spanish Steps. We then got back on the bus to go to the Jewish Quarter. We were told there are 17,000 Jews in Rome and 38,000 in all of Italy. We had lunch at a small cafe and walk around the Synagogue which was closed. We caught the bus back to the hotel to rest up before dinner.
The weather has been overcast, with some sun. The temp is in the middle 70s, but no rain so far.
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Hal
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