Saturday, May 9, 2009

Getting to Rome

We arrived at Rome airport without any major dramas, apart from our pickup who ran into trouble with the polizia.





On the way we stopped over with Tracey and Rod's rels Tony and Sonia in Dubai, they took us to dinner at a very upmarket golf club where Tiger Woods puts in an appearance at times. The club had beautiful views of the city and was a great end to our first day. The boys finished the evening in Tony's backyard - drinking and having target practice with his newly acquired air rifle.





An early start next morning put us on our flight to Roma, at Leonardo da Vinci. Our pre-arranged pickup arrived with a tiny Fiat to carry three enormous bike boxes and ourselves, tried removing bikes from boxes to make a fit but at this point the Polizia grabbed the guy. The Polizia organised a mini bus for us and booked our man.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Pat & Tracey, sounds like you've had a few challenges...nothing that a nice glass of red can't settle. All sounds wonderful, thanks 4 the photos, you all look like your having a great time! We are thinking of you & wishing we were there .....but those bike boxes...what a challenge for the Fiat!!!!Hope u paid his fine Pat. Happy cycling!! Jo xx

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