Debarkation Day of Cruise — Venice
Well, waking up at 4 a.m. starts the day off long. Went to Raffles for breakfast at 5:30 a.m. and got off the boat at 6 and paid 80 EUR for the taxi to the Marco Polo Airport. When we got there, the check-in desk wasn’t open for another hour for our 9:55 a.m. flight.
Mom Buss got really low blood pressure and momentarily passed out. We located the first aid station downstairs and two people came upstairs with a wheelchair, took her blood pressure, took her down. Checked her out.
While waiting I tried the check-in machines. They asked me to scan the passport, said I needed more documents, and to furnish one of the below documents — but listed a blank screen. Two people who assist the people on the self-service machines tried to help me with the same result. So instead I stood in line and had the desk people sign us all in.
They said Mom Buss was fine, so they wheeled her in to the airport, and we got on the flight to Paris. Then we made the transfer in Paris for the Flight to Atlanta. They made her and Dad wait a long time before getting them on the flight to Atlanta. Dad said it wasn’t the best efficiency they were showing.
The Flight from Paris to Atlanta was also AirFrance. They certainly fed enough, though I couldn’t get the chicken dish because they were out (the rest of the family had chicken). It was way too cold where I was, and Betsy was way too warm. There was no adjustable air.
We all watched movies. Nathan watched Oz the Great and Powerful. I watched Life of Pi.
We got through the multiple customs and passport checks in Atlanta, and got to our gate, with the flight delayed 37 minutes. We just moved gates a few minutes ago, and they say they will be starting loading soon. We will see how that works out.
The short hop to Kansas City isn’t bad, but we learn from mom and dad that somewhere in the customs movement, via wheelchair, their camera from the trip got lost, and they hadn’t transferred any of the photos to any other device. So they will have to get pictures from we kids for the trip. The one real negative from the trip, aside from mom’s health bout today.
I had had the same fear of losing all my photos, which is why we had bought the Chrome book, though on the trip I hadn’t figured out how to transfer pictures to it from the SD card (P.S. — afternote, figured it out now, simple DRAG, when I was trying to right click).
Got off the plane in KC, dad went for the van while the rest of us got the luggage. After 10 p.m. by time we got home. Turned the thermostat down and went to bed. Trip done. Time to unpack in the morning.
And that is the travelogue — except for another day or two of some general comments and thoughts I have been jotting along the way.
At The Rainbow 