The End

We got up yesterday morning around 6 am or so.  Our driver was picking us up and 8:45 - turns out it was 8:30 - for a ride to Fiumicino airport.  Its name is actually Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, but it’s in Fiumicino, a town outside of Rome, so it’s identified as that.  The airport code is FCO, so there you go.

Anyway, we arrived in plenty of time, and did the usual airport things.  We boarded the plane and were told we would be half an hour or so late in taking off.  There is an air-traffic controllers strike going on in France, so it’s a little more complicated in Europe with all the extra air traffic happening at this time of year.  We just had to bide our time.  Then we had a little longer journey because we could not fly over France for the same reason.  Normally we would.

Anyway, we made it home by around 12:30 am Rome time (6:30 pm here).  A little tired.  The guys were waiting for us at our place as they apparently had had pizza and a drink or so.  We said our hellos and goodbyes and off we went.

I have to say, I went to bed very early, and I’m sure the rest of our group did too.

Totally enjoyable.  Arrivederci Roma.

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  1. GerryJuly 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM

    All’s well that ends well. Quite a 16-day saga! So good to have you all back safe and sound!

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  2. Judy (One of the Fab 4)July 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM

    Such a wonderful trip! Thank you, Deb, for your excellent job of the blog. So many facts that I just couldn’t recall. A once in a lifetime experience that I was honoured to be a part of. 😘😘😘

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