Back to Canada

The alarm went off at 0500 and we quickly showered and finished packing our bags. Next challenge, call the taxi. First attempt - none available in our area. Second attempt - can't get to your street because it is a pedestrian area. Third attempt - be at the square at the end of the street in four minutes!

We quickly gathered our backpacks and two 20 kg duffle bags and humped them down the six flights of stairs. I'm sure everyone in the building was awake now. A fifteen minute ride to the airport.

Florence airport is small. It only took a minute to get through passport control and security leaving us 2 1/2 hours to kill on unpadded airport seats. It seems about the only things available for breakfast are pastries accompanied by an espresso. A large Timmy's would go really well about now.

Our flight to Munich left on time. We had a good view of the Alps while flying over Austria.

We had a 1 1/2 hour layover in Munich which has a nice modern airport. You can see the Europeans haven't kicked the cigarette habit yet .....

Here is an interesting airport service, rental bunks!

We got loaded on our Air Canada flight and were underway only a few minutes late at noon. It was 8 1/2 hours air time and we arrived on the ground in Toronto at 1430h local time. Customs, baggage and shuttle went smooth and we were on the road to NOTL by 1545h.

We arrived home at 1730h, total in transit time of 18 hours.

A terrific vacation and hard to pick out any specific highlights. Every day had so many!