Wednesday, we woke up, re-packed our bags, grabbed breakfast, and lugged our stuff to the tube. We had a hard time finding a train with room for us and our stuff. They were very crowded at 9:00 am. Finally we just pushed our way onto one, and we were ready for the hour-long ride to Heathrow airport. Unfortunately, the train had zero ventilation, and I started feeling very bad. When a seat opened up, I took advantage of it, but the ride seemed unbearably long. I was more light-headed than nausous, but the headache was just awful. When we finally arrived, I managed to pull my suitcase to the Alitalia desk, where there was a line of over 50 people. Fortunately, it was moving, if slowly. By the time we got to the front ourselves, I
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