Leaving the ship and more!

After drifting in the Mediterranean for about 15 hours, we finally got to Civitaveccia at around 6 am on Sunday morning. 

We had packed our bags the night before and all we needed to do was walk off the ship with our hand luggage. We decided not to have breakfast on board to save us some time but as it happened, we had plenty of time. We had to wait for about half an hour for the driver to pick us up for our trip to the airport.

Thank goodness, it was not as fast as the trip from the airport and we got there about 9am. Our flight was not until 5.35 so we were not able to check in until around 2pm. Meantime we got some food and found seats that we were able to sit down in for our long wait. Little did we know but the waiting was again to go on and on.

After we checked our bags and did the security thing, we wandered through the shops to find our gate for departure. We found some seats there and waited again. The plane that we were to go on was late arriving to Rome, then we found there was going to be another delay - this time for about an hour or so, due to storms over France! When we got on board and the plane was ready to go, there was another delay of around half an hour. At least they came around and gave us water! 

Finally got off the ground on the first leg of the trip to Glasgow. We had to go through Amsterdam as it was a KLMflight. Actually the captain and crew were very good and explained what was happening at the appropriate time. When we were getting close to Amsterdam they actual told all the people with connecting flights what the status of those flight was. Some people missed flights and were placed on later flights or the next day while our flight had been delayed by an hour anyway so we were able to make it. As it happened, we had to wait a bit longer than we thought. Eventually got on the plane and off to Glasgow, where Lucy and Donald, affectionate known as “the in-laws” were there to meet us. By the time we got back to Ochiltree, it was after 1am and we had to have a cup of tea before heading to bed! 

Monday

A bit of a sleep in then breakfast and the washing. Good to get that done as it had accumulated during the cruise. 

Had a lazy day then a nice BBQ with Bruce and Russell and Ian and Shona, great friends of Lucy and Donald. 

Bed early as we had to get up early on Tuesday to catch a ferry over to Belfast.