Day 12 - Pitigliano, Italy

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Activities

• Travel from Paris, France to Pitigliano, Italy
  
  

Highlight(s)

• Arriving in Pitigliano after flight cancellations and delays
  
  
  

Odd Spot(s)

• We have never experienced such a long and painful boarding of an aircraft. With mostly Italians boarding the plane - meant no queues, everyone trying to push in, taking six bags each as carry-on and complaining about everything thoughout the process. It took about 55 mins to board a 737.
  
• The drive from Rome to Pitigliano was pretty full-on. Had to deal with pouring rain, pitch black, tiny winding roads and cars that sit an inch off your back bumper before they perform death-defying overtaking manouvers on blind corners.
  
  Gelati count = 0
  

Weather (Pitigliano)

Cold and rain, min 3 / max 7 degrees

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Photos

Paris-Rome: view from plane
View across the fields on take-off from Paris. Most of the snow in the city had melted but out here it was still a blanket of white.

Hot desk
Because of all the delays the airport was full of people and tables were hard to get. We were lucky enough to snaffle a table in one of the cafes and made ourselves at home for the 5 hour wait.

Paris airport
The airport is huge - this is one of about 25 terminal points.

Icy runways
The runways were continuously being cleared of ice to ensure that the airport remained open. Many other European airports were closed causing a lot of the congestion at Paris.