Saturday, May 12, 2007

The Forgettable Part

4 hours- leave Ventura, beautiful drive along PCH, check in at LAX, board Swissair
11 hours- fly to Zurich
3 hours- wait in Zurich, flight delayed
1 hour- Fly to Rome
2 hour- passport control, collect bags, take train into Rome, Stazione Termini
15 mins- cab to hotel

The flight was OK; no sleep as usual. A brand new A340 with a cool on-demand video system- watched 3 movies; a numbing romantic comedy (although not bad enough to lull me to sleep) and two rather violent dramas.

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We checked in and rested a bit. Entertained ourselves watching an Italian variety show on TV- had no clue what was happening, but funny nonetheless.We decided to eat at a nearby place La Insalata Ricca- good, basic stuff. I had a pizza and salad, Suz had a selection of bruschette (note to self: the porcini and truffle oil one was the best; have to make that). The key was the beer and wine I had: getting back to the hotel I was gone in minutes.

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