Our cruise got turned around and what we were supposed to do at the beginning of our adventure is nnow happening at the end. We should have visited Crete on May 31 but instead we visited the Port of Call June 6th.
We had booked an excursion to tour the island but we slept in and missed the tour....so we had a leisurely breakfast and took ourselves on our own trip...The city bus was waiting right outside the security gate and for 3 eruos we bought a return trip into Chania then ffound a Hop on Hop off tour and took it instead.
The views from the top of the mountain are incredible. Many apologies for no pics but I cannot upload my camera pics to mycomputer...Justax osnefrick that I have not learned yet. Will postmore later.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Rome airport adventure, Sunday May 29th 2012
What an amazing holiday so far!!! We arrived in Rome and went right to the hotel because we were very tired. Stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn. Let me tell you about our misadventure to get to the hotel.
On our itinery, we were told to call the Hilton on a courtesy phone in the airport. Guess what...? There is no courtesy phone in the airport and any vendor I asked told me their phones were just for show and did not work. OK. Let's go and find the courtesy shuttle ourselves. No where, when coming out of the International part of the Rome airport is there a sign of any sort to tell people where to get the shuttle. So we asked. One person sent us up a ramp..imagine two old farts pushing heavy luggage on a cart UP THE RAMP!!!! We made it to the top but no sign again, for any shuttle. So we asked again. This time the young man sent us back down the ramp and across the road (taking our lives in our hands as we tried to cross to the other side on a crosswalk!!). Asked a taxi driver who did not speak any English and who asked some one else and they asked someone else. Finally someone told us to keep walking, that we could not miss the shuttle. By this time we wanted to take the taxi but they would not drive us to the hotel. The distance was not long enough and they may miss an expensive fare.... So much for that idea.
We kept walking and walking and finally found the sign for the shuttle to the Hilton. By this time we had been cruising around the airport inside and out for TWO hours. So, yes, by time we arrived to our room. it was definitely nap time!!!
The Hilton was a pleasant hotel, no frills but certainly clean and well cared for. I would recommend this hotel.
On our itinery, we were told to call the Hilton on a courtesy phone in the airport. Guess what...? There is no courtesy phone in the airport and any vendor I asked told me their phones were just for show and did not work. OK. Let's go and find the courtesy shuttle ourselves. No where, when coming out of the International part of the Rome airport is there a sign of any sort to tell people where to get the shuttle. So we asked. One person sent us up a ramp..imagine two old farts pushing heavy luggage on a cart UP THE RAMP!!!! We made it to the top but no sign again, for any shuttle. So we asked again. This time the young man sent us back down the ramp and across the road (taking our lives in our hands as we tried to cross to the other side on a crosswalk!!). Asked a taxi driver who did not speak any English and who asked some one else and they asked someone else. Finally someone told us to keep walking, that we could not miss the shuttle. By this time we wanted to take the taxi but they would not drive us to the hotel. The distance was not long enough and they may miss an expensive fare.... So much for that idea.
We kept walking and walking and finally found the sign for the shuttle to the Hilton. By this time we had been cruising around the airport inside and out for TWO hours. So, yes, by time we arrived to our room. it was definitely nap time!!!
The Hilton was a pleasant hotel, no frills but certainly clean and well cared for. I would recommend this hotel.
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