Ciao Sicilia

We are off again(noi viamo ancora) ,

Sitting at the airport waiting for our next trip to actually begin.

It has been quite a restful lead up to the trip. We have babysat the respective progeny at Carlton and Drouin, we have had a day of rest to recover and a morning to get ready quietly. Still even then Marjan forgot her special socks........and I forgot my Captain Underpants suit.

Still that need to be weighed up against the fortune earlier in the week. Last week I had tried to get extra leg room seats. I believed I had done so and that for a small countries GDP had managed to ensure extra leg room seats for Marjan on the two legs out and the long leg back. I had not managed to get myself a seat on the long leg out but by judicious sharing we should manage the flights with a bit of comfort. However on Monday I noticed that the charge for the seats, the said small nations GDP, had disappeared from my credit card statement. After much frustration on a mobile losing charge it seemed we were destined for normal cattle class. However I persevered on the web site. No luck that evening, but on Tuesday evening, I somehow managed to get back the seats I had thought I had booked, and also managed to get the additional long leg leg room seat for myself. The best bit of all of that is that somehow the web site forgot to ask me for any money. I was a little apprehensive about what wold happen at physical check-in. There was some checking and questions and a little delay, but it appears that we have the seats and we will at least be able to stretch out all the way to Amsterdam.

The bonus for Marjan is that for the long flight she does not need to sit next to me. Even better she says.

OK. Nothing much to say at this point. Just filling in airport wait time.

Arrivaderci.