Well …… we were supposed to be home Friday but due to an unexpected 24 hour Italian air travel strike, we had to stay one night in Naples. And since we were coming from Florence, we had to find our own accommodations (that the airline said they would pay for).
So, since being in Italy for almost 2 weeks, we found that paying for a fare on a the buss (public transportation), could be done 1 of 3 ways depending on the bus.
1 by cash on the bus to the driver - where he gives you a ticket
2 buy a pre paid ticket that needs to be validated on the bus
3. We thought by swiping your credit card, but not 100% sure about this.
Anyway, we had a long trip from Florence and left at 5:45 am to catch a high speed train that we had pre booked before our flights were cancelled. So, we didn’t really think it through and both of us decided that once we arrived in Naples, we would save $ by taking a public bus to a hotel that we booked for 1 night.
When we got on the bus, we could not speak to the driver (no access to him) due to split front door, and the bus did not take cash or credit. So now we were riding for free.
We didn’t know what to do and the bus was packed and no one seemed to speak English. We only had about 6 stops so we just stayed on the bus without paying.
Well, it hasn’t exactly been the dream trip, but we have another story ……
A bus cop approached us on the bus and gave us a ticket for $100,60 euro
And the next day (today/Saturday) our original flight home, which had been changed from Naples to Munich and a connecting flight from Munich to Toronto, was changed to Naples to “Greece” and from Greece to Toronto …… the flight from Naples to Greece was delayed and so we missed our flight from Greece to Toronto.
So, we are now in Greece for one night and booked tomorrow (Sunday) to go direct to Toronto.
The moral of my email, Be prepared for almost anything when you travel these days. We are now delayed 2 full days due to airline issues. At least we are healthy unlike the beginning of this trip. That was the worst!
Here are some more pics.
