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10:50am on Saturday, 20th July, 2024:
Anecdote
We're here in Rome Fiumicino airport waiting to check in for our 18:30 flight home.
We arrived at 10:30, at the wrong terminal because buses can't stop outside the right one. We went to the Vueling check-in desks to drop off our bags (I managed to check in using their app on the bus ride in, once British Airways condescended to tell me what code to use). The queue for the check-in desks took us to 11:30, whereupon we were told we couldn't drop off our bags because we were too early. We have to wait 3 hours before we can drop them off.
Rome Airport is crowded on the check-in side, but has few amenities (especially places to sit). I have now found a place to sit, and will stay here until 14:30 so I don't lose it.
There was a saying among the ancient Romans that if an emperor wanted to be considered good, the best way was to have a worse emperor follow him. On this basis, I can see why cruise lines would want to deliver passengers to Rome airport eight hours before take-off.
The wi-fi here is good, though, so it's not entirely bad news.
Oh. Yes it is: it only works for mobile phones. OK, phone as mobile hotspot it is!
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