Sunday
Dear Elsie
Today is the day we arrived in Rome. We came by ship overnight from Palermo, Sicily. The closest port is the city of Civitavecchia which is much bigger than expected. Our first look were these chimneys.
We had good breakfast and then vacated our cabin by 8am. We went to deck 7 where we found we would disembark via airbridge. The crew were setting up the departure point.
At the appointed time, we gathered in the lounge at just after 8.30am, we were escorted off the ship, along the airbridge. We’ve never come off a ship like this before.
From there it was passport control, we picked up our luggage and left the terminal building. It all happened very fast, so we ended up having an hour and a half wait for our transport to the airport. That arrived at about 10.15am and it took us more than an hour to get to the airport. I had not been successful checking in online, so with the airport internet and plenty of time, I tried again. Turns out, I needed to put in Mike’s Türkiye visa number & then it all went through but I couldn’t choose a seat. We got in the queue to check in our luggage (were first in the queue) and we had to wait an hour there for check in to open. Time just passes by and soon the very organised Turkish check in staff arrived and the whole process was done in no time at all.
Now we are sitting upstairs at Rome airport using their free WIFI to do this blog. Over the years blogging while travelling has got easier and easier. Everywhere you go, there is free WIFI. It makes it so convenient.
We are drinking 2.30 euro cappuccino which are pretty good. This is my current view….
We are excited about flying to Istanbul. I’m not sure about the hotel we are going to but the people seem friendly, respond quickly and have been very accommodating.
We do love Italy! I want to return to Sicily – it seems to have a laid back rural existence. While we are leaving the country today, we do have the occasional day back here during the upcoming cruise. This has been a day in transit, so it’s a shorter blog. Teddy says hi.
Psalm 104:2-3
The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂