Day 103

Today started out splendid! We slept in for a bit, showered, then got breakfast at our favourite bakery. They also gave us free little croissants with a delicious cream in the middle. We return to our room to eat and finish packing. Around 12:30 we checked out. The woman at reception who loves us and is so sweet gave us each a little bottle of Ouzo and said she hoped to see us again! Then, we made our way to the metro. We asked for tickets to the airport and hopped on the blueline. Eventually, we came to a stop, everyone got off, and the lights went off, so we got off too, not yet at the airport. We saw that there was a sign saying there would be a metro to the airport in 18 minutes, so we waited. When it finally came by, we got on; minutes later, I found there was a sign that said you needed a special 8Euro ticket to go to the airport, and if you were caught with out it, it'd be a 120Euro fine. As a result, we get off at the stop right before the airport to buy said special ticket. Then, we sat at the end of the platform where we were dropped off, waiting for the next metro, only to find it only stopped at the other end of the metro and drove right passed us. To avoid this, we stood between the two platforms for the next one, and then it picked us up at the platform we had been waiting at the first time. We finally get back on and to the airport, only to find there was no one checking tickets or anything, so we didn't even have to get off! We found our way to EasyJet, checked in, and got our boarding passes. Going through security, they took my computer out of it's case and made me open it... they must think I'm more tech savvy than I truly am. We waited for our boarding time. We snuck in the speedy boarding lane and found seats together and overhead space. I slept a bit on our 2 hour flight to Rome. Once we got to Rome, we had to leave and go back in to get our boarding passes. We got so lost, but we finally found the right terminal and got sandwiches for dinner. We got our boarding passes and went through security. First stop, find a bathroom, the dirtiest airport bathroom I've ever seen, then we sat by our gate. When they called us for boarding, we were in the front of the line. Then, we had to get on a bus to bring us to the plane, meaning we would be the last to get off. When we got out of the bus, I quickly headed up the stairs at the back of the plane and grabbed seats and overhead space for us. This flight was only 45 minutes. After getting off, we found the place to get bus tickets and asked for bus 15, but it had stopped running. Instead of chancing it, we just took a taxi. At the hotel, the man refused to split up the payment in two, so Jen is in my debt. Also, the city of Venice has a stupid tourist tax we are required to pay for each night we are here. Finally, we got to our room, which is really nice, and we share a bathroom with our floor. We were so relieved to have free wifi in our room and I got to skype my boy shortly after our arrival. We ended our night with an episode of Doctor Who and passed out.