Saturday, May 26, 2007

So how did we get to Italy?

I finally get to an internet connection so I can pick-up the story where we left off: trying to get from Berlin to Sorrento.

After we arranged our flight for the following day we ended up booking a hotel 5 minutes away from the airport to avoid the 45 minute commute at 4:30 in the morning. The hotel was nice and it offered us a good rate. The room was clean and spacious: beds for 4 people (including a bunker bed), a TV area inside the room with a sofa, 2 chairs and a coffee table. And on top of it all, it also offered a shuttle service that took us to the airport in 5 minutes the following morning. There is however one minor detail: the room did not have AC. Mind you that the temperature in Berlin was in the 80 degree range. So we did what anyone of you would do in a situation like this: we slept with the windows of the room opened. Well, to say that we slept is an over statement. The room faced a busy street where during the 5 hours in which we tried to sleep we heard cars, trucks, motorcycles, people walking and talking and even a helicopter which flew by.

Thank God the Italians stayed true to their promise of striking for only 24 hours and we were able to catch the flight to Rome on Wednesday morning, the train from Rome to Naples and another train (once agian with no AC) from Naples to Sorrento.
But luckily enough we arrived to beautiful Sorrento to a room that was waiting for us with the coldest AC we could have ever wished for.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hola primita!
Ya me tenias preocupada y aburrida esperando noticias tuyas.
Esos cambios de clima tan radicales no pueden ser buenos asi que cuidate un poco y disfruta mucho.
Manda fotos