I have had trouble signing in but hopefully I got it figured out. We started out on Sunday morning. MK and the Buddy picked us up and dropped us off at the airport, The flight to Seattle was flawless. A super smooth ride. Our layover was a few hours so we went to the airlines lounge. We sat in these cubical seats. Next to us was a cute couple that got married last Friday….they were headed to Paris. They were super cute and we had a fun time visiting with them.
We got on our flight for Frankfurt. We had the seats in the very front of the plane. The flight attendants were friendly and very attentive. There were two seats on the right side of the plane two in the middle and two on the left. We had the two in the middle. The woman assigned to the seat to my left was getting something’s out of the overhead bin and her full heavy metal water bottle went flying out and smacked my arm really hard. It ached most of the flight and is still tender to the touch but I am ok.
We had the seats that lay flat into a bed. They also came with a blanket, pillow and a mattress pad. It was nice to stretch out but the beds are pretty narrow, so you have to sleep on your back. Better for snoring I guess (wink wink). We did have two very unhappy dogs on the flight. They barked very loudly and for a very long time. Even with headphones, you couldn’t drown the out. I did get to watch three movies though.
The Frankfurt airport was crazy. It isn’t laid out very well and the signs are not very visible but we did manage to find the lounge. We were in a pretty large plane so you would think we could pull into a gate. But nope. We landed…. taxied for 15 minutes to stop way out on the runway and get on buses to get to the terminal. The bus ride was another 10 minutes. Customs was really strange. We had to stop at a machine and scan our passports, take a photo and do our fingerprints then do it again with an agent. But the agent was super distracted. Art went first then when I went I never had my photo taken he just had me do fingerprints then asked Art for passport again and said he didn’t do the fingerprints. We told him Art just did it and he got a funnily look handed us our passports and said have a good day. Not sure if he ever realized I didn’t ever do the photo. We got on an other bus ride for another 15 minutes out to catch our flight to Venice. They kept saying the flight was completely full so find bin space wherever you could. The bus dropped us off at the plane and returned to the terminal to pick up another group. Turned out that was the only other group and the plane was not full. But because the bus had to return to pick up the other folks, we were late taking off. It didn’t affect us thankfully. The man (not Art) who sat next to me had a gas problem. He belched and farted the whole way. I was grateful there was an empty seat between us because he was pretty loud as it was. I was worried a couple times he was going to hurl. And a couple times I couldn't help but laugh.
There were several folks on that plane who are the cruise with us. We took about a 40 minutes bus ride from the airport to the boat. We got all checked in did a little exploring, had dinner and went to bed. We were pretty tired.
There is an eight hour difference between here and home. Let me tell you that is a real butt kicker at first.
Today we got up at 5:00 am and had a lovely breakfast and went on an early morning tour of Venice. I need to pause here to say breakfast was absolutely delicious. I had an omelet and it was the best I have ever eaten. It was so good.
We took a water taxi into Venice. It was a 90 minute ride each way. Not the most ideal but we did meet 3 sets of friends, so that was really fun. The tour of Venice was amazing. We had a very entertaining guide. The weather was perfect ……. Well for me so you know it was hot. We did have some free time after the tour so after walking around we stopped for some delicious ice cream. I did score a hoodie.
After we got back we had some lunch and watched the boat leave dock. We went to the room to rest a minute but we fell asleep and that minute turned into a few hour nap. It really helped. We watched a beautiful sunset tonight and after dinner we did some more exploring. Overall it was just a great day. Tomorrow when we awake we will be in Croatia. Another early morning tour so I am headed to bed, Excited to see what tomorrow brings.
