Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The 2nd longest day of my life

Today started as to what was supposed to be the second longest day of my life. After a 4 day visit to Berlin - the capital city of reunified Germany since 1991- the plan was to travel to Sorrento, Italy. I say the second longest day of my life because of the times and events involved in getting from point A to point B.


  • Went to bed at 1:30 AM

  • Wake up at 3:15 AM (It is not a typo. It truly is three o'clock in the morning).

  • Leave from the hotel at 4:00 AM and walk 20 minutes to the nearest metro station (with one suitcase and one backpack)

  • Take a 40 minute train to the Schönefeld airport in Berlin for a flight departing at 7:00AM to Naples (Italy)

  • 2 hour flight to Naples

  • Arrive in Naples at 9:10 AM and spend the day in the city

  • Continue to Sorrento on the last train leaving from Naples at 10:00 PM (1 hour train)

As flawless as this plan seems we forgot one minor detail...even tough is not really that we forgot , it is just that how were we supposed to know that the italian air traffic controllers and flight attendants were going on a "24-hour" strike on May 22nd?


So the question is, where in the world are Karina and Adriana and how are they going to get to Sorrento???


Well, we are still in Berlin and we have a plan for tomorrow. Now instead of flying to Naples we are flying to Rome so that we can add one more train segment to our original itinerary. If this revised master plan works we expect to be in Sorrento around 2pm tomorrow- May 23rd- and continue to Positano/Amalfi coast in the late afternoon.


Looking at the bright side this will allow us to have another cold German brew (to help us get by the 30 C degrees weather with no AC hotel room). Maybe we'll have more than one.


Just in case you are wondering, the first longest day of my life is a similar story


Stay tuned!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Por Dios mi amor!

Dime donde te mandamos el saquito!
Ya estamos haciendo la colecta y mañana mismo voy a comprartelo a
k-mart. Estoy muy preocupada que te cojas una pulmonia por esas lejanias. Ahhh! tambien te podemos mandar unas mediecitas de ñapa.
besos

Anonymous said...

QUE PESAR MAMI,ME ESTOY CONGELANDO DE SOLO PENSAR EN TU FRIO PERO ME ACORDE QUE TODAVIA TENGO EL FLUS DE JACKSON HOLE ,EL QUE LLEVAMOS AQUELLA VEZ...."ME AUNO AL AGUILA "O COMO QUIEN DICE ME APUNTO A LA VACA,,,,ENVIA LA DIRECCION...LOVE..YOLI

Anonymous said...

Adriana , Ya veo que lo estas pasando muy bien , no se si te acuerdas que te habia dicho que Berlin era espectacular .

Que tal Napoles y Sorrento ? si tienes tiempo ves a Positano , Amalfi y Ravello , los puedes ver en un dia , se que los 3 lugares te van a gustar mucho .

Recuerdos a Karina .
Angelo.

Anonymous said...

Adriana, You never said how you got up to the Neuschwanstein castle. were you smart enought to take the carriage right?? I did it the wrong way...I walked.
I can't wait to see the pictures. Your doing a great job expalaining everything.