It seems a friend of ours was in Italy at the beginning of the Iceland volcano ash crisis. He ended up taking a (very) slow train to Rome and although he had a hotel reservation, found that there was complete chaos at the 4-star hotel. Some rooms that were supposed to be empty were not because people were simply staying on. So the bell boy was dispatched to check on whether people in the rooms were legitimately there. Meanwhile the airlines kept sending more stranded passengers to the hotel based on its online availability. There was lots of yelling in different languages as people got upset. Our friend made it back to Canada shortly before the airport was closed. His wife jokes that he learned a little more Italian with that adventure!
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4 comments:
I'm glad your friend made it home safely. It sounds like a very bad situation.
Luckilly your friend make it back before the situation turns bad....
ohhh my daughter is one of those text experts! she never moves that quick unless it is to respond to a text
Your friend was lucky to make it home! Travel was such a mess here...
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