Italy Day 1 - And the journey begins.

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Everyone is excited to be leaving and heading for
Italy. I am anxious to see Lufthanza's
new Airbus 380. That is a big plane. 10 across seating. But, I will say it was
a very smooth ride. Took off around 4PM
Saturday and was in the air 10 hours, and landed at 1:35 Sunday afternoon, of
course my body thought it was early Sunday morning. So, if you are taking morning and evening
medication, just how do you figure out when it is morning or evening? We had dinner at the beginning of the trip,
and breakfast somewhere inbetween. That
must have been morning, even though it was 11 at night CDT.

We landed in Frankfurt and took another Airbus to
Naples, a much older Airbus 321. We landed in Naples, and I must say, it is
what I would expect a third world county's airport to look like, not kept up,
and looks like it was last updated in the 60's.

We boarded a bus, and drove around Naples a bit,
then headed for Sorrento for the hotel.
To say everyone was tired is an understatement. We got to the hotel around 2, checked in, and
proceeded to shower and clean up, from being what felt like 2 days in the same
clothes. We met the group for a drink before dinner, and ate an early dinner at
7:30, as far as Europeans go. We ate,
and went to bed, preparing for departure tomorrow morning.



Tomorrow is Pompei, and the ride to Roma (Rome).

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Photos

Holding down seats at the terminal
Waiting

More people waiting
More trip members waiting for take off.

Not the official group photo.
All meeting on the patio for our welcome to Italy toast.

View from our table
Supper was nice, but the view was terrific.

Eating indoors
Good food, good company.