Arrival in Venice

As always with travel, you can count on the unexpected. We had a very smooth flight from Dulles to Amsterdam, but about 30 minutes from the destination, Alison and I were looking at our boarding passes and realized their flight was two hours later than ours! As soon as we landed, we found the KLM desk to ask about Greg and I rebooking to theirs, but it wasn't possible because our luggage was already on route to our flight. So, we said, see ya in a few hours and headed to our gate. While waiting in passport control and the security line (this being our entry into the EU), I phoned our Venice landlady and let her know that we wouldn't be at the apartment until 3 (2 hours later than scheduled). Then, I called the water taxi number and got grilled on why we were going to be late. . .the passive voice 'there was a delay' seemed to work. When we got to Venice, we went to the actual booking window and confirmed that and everything seemed to be ok. The question remains: why wouldn't the travel agent mention that she booked us on separate flights for the last leg? I guess we should have checked them all and it was a lesson in not making assumptions.

The taxi ride from the airport was incredible and we forgot the earlier travails quickly.

John, Jordan, Ashley

Alison

Our apartment is beautiful. We had a light dinner at a restaurant near the apartment, did some grocery shopping, then crashed. Monday: a private guided tour!

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