Travel day

We have arrived.  We’re in our hotel next to Lake Como, having just completed the travel day to get here. I hate to complain about first world problems, so I will just briefly advise others- if you have a choice when flying through New York to another country, try not to use JFK airport as your spot to switch flights.  It’s chaotic, and you have to leave one terminal, enter another and redo the TSA check in.  Not my favorite thing.  Partially, that was a drag, and partially, the one hour flight delay was pretty disappointing.  That delay was because one of the passengers was, in the pilot’s words, “not fit to fly,” and they had to get him and his luggage off the plane, 

Honestly, after all of that, the rest of the flight was fine.  They gave us lasagne and red wine, which seemed appropriate.  We landed in Milan and immediately got on a small-ish transport bus with about a dozen people to head to the hotel in Como.  Without saying a word, the driver reminded me that Italian traffic is purely insane.  He was a master of aggressive traffic circle entry, and at one point, his phone rang, so he reached to get it from a leather pouch just above the visor.  When he reached to put it away again, he used both hands.  I hope he was steering with his knees…. 

Nevertheless, we have a little free time today- time to either explore or take a shower- we still haven’t decided- then we have a nice pasta dinner with our tour group.  

Whew- we made it!