Friday afternoon and we were flying from Gatwick to Napoli. Summer in London has been shocking so we were looking forward to some Italian hot weather. We sat in the departure lounge waiting to board and Ian Wright walked past! For those that haven't heard of him, he's a well known ex-soccer player! We arrived at around 9 and took a taxi to the Grand Hotel Europa in the city centre. Taxi was 43 euros, we discovered later it should have been more like 15! Great introduction to Italian driving - almost airbourne on more than one occasion, as we sped along at 140 kph in 70 zone! Hotel was very nice. We were on the 3rd floor. Unfortunately, the lift only went to the 2nd floor. Feeling quite guilty as the elderly porter struggled with
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