Moving Day - Taxi, Plane, Train, Train, Taxi

The day began with a 6.00 am alarm. By 7.00 we were in a taxi taking us from Taormina to Catania airport. The trip on the autostrada was smooth till we approached Catania. These highways are frequently elevated and there are numerous tunnels. Lyn has discovered that before each tunnel a sign tells you exactly how long it is.

Catania's traffic was heavy and we stop-started to the airport. Italian Air is different to Emirates. When Emirates board an aircraft it is a strictly controlled military embarkation. The Italians preside over a free-for-all.

We've become connoisseurs of landings and this one was a 9.5. Then it was a trouble-free ride on the packed Leonardo Express into Rome. We had over an hour to kill which coincided with pannini for lunch. 

The Frecciarossa journey to Verona was a little over 3 hours. The WiFi is free though and we both dozed.

At Verona we caught a taxi to our wonderful apartment. We walked through clean and wide streets with normally-functioning traffic to an Aldi to buy groceries. It's as if we are in a different  country.

In the absence of any photos of a boring day, I've found this news photo from a few days ago when a motor scooter tried to dive into a manhole (tombino) in Palermo.