Sunday August 15th, 2004 by Brian
This airport sucks.
Who designs an airport with such few wayfinding aids? It’s more like a citadel than an airport! With only one boarding pass checkpoint into the upstairs departure level, the airport funnels out but works hard to prevent entry. On the plus side, our luggage was 12kg over our allowance which was about to cost us 186€ before the helpful Hellas desk guy got it waived for us. I’ve skated by now on EasyJet and Hellas, but I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the entry into Egypt.
Our ride this morning was a little minivan driven by a small Asian guy at about Mach 3. He wore a suit but the cuffs of his …
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Saturday August 14th, 2004 by Brian
On our way back from the bike tour, Jennifer and I took the metro to what we thought was the closest station to our hotel, Monteparte. This was a major connection with multiple lines and the station was a labyrinth of stairs, escalators and long, winding corridors. What made it creepy was the complete and total lack of other people in the place. We passed a couple of guys with Zamboni-like floor cleaning machines but we literally couldn’t find a way out of the station and the late-night help only spoke French. One janitor understood my hand signals and tried pointing us in the right direction but imagine getting a couple of hand signals as instruction …
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