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Baboo to Nice, continued

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Fly Baboo

Fly Baboo

(Part 2)

As we arrived to the plane, I quickly realized that we were on a, lets say, “Recycled plane”.   At first sight, you could begin to see my fear.  Another woman ahead of me saw my face.  I could see that we were both feeling the same way about the plane.  When we got closer and began to walk onto the plane, I noticed two pieces of duck tape.   Yes, that lovely silver tape that all men think can fix anything.  There were two-piece on the body of the plane near the wings.  I held tight to my locket that my mom gave me and prayed that one; it wasn’t where we were sitting and two, which we would land on the ground safely. (more…)

Baboo to Nice

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Water Taxi in Venice

Water Taxi in Venice

(PART 1) After having a unique trip to Venice, Jeni and I were ready to hit the road to Cannes France. We started our day with our American Breakfast… A roll left over from dinner three weeks ago and coffee that was brewed in the same time frame… mmm, I love what this hotel considered breakfast…  then we had a water Taxi pick us up at our hotel to bring us to the airport. For those of you who know Jeni and I pretty well, you know we tend to have pretty ridiculous airport stories… and go figure Venice wouldn’t be any different.

So the water taxi drops us off about at the airport… Yeah another 100 euro taxi ride! You really have to love European taxis… Anyways, one would think if you were getting a taxi ride to the airport, you would be dropped off at your terminal… Maybe that’s just American of me. Nope, not in Venice it about a 10 minute walk from where the water taxi drops you off. Not really a big deal because it was a beautiful day and I had to work off that huge breakfast I had at the hotel.

Okay, we have now entered the airport, Jeni waited with the luggage while I went to find where one would check in for an airline called, “Fly Baboo”. (more…)