Saturday, July 3. Under a sun that breaks the stones garrulous and happy Eleanor and I arrived at Malpensa 3 trolley bags and various armed with a kilo of sheets of between various air reservations, car and hotel. After checking in and discovering that the tariff Easyjet to embark on various amounts valigiame the cheerful figure of 88 €, with his wallet lighter and boredom lurking after completion of the security checks we are going to wait his turn of our flight.
Clever as two weasels we placed in front of a monitor to instantly see any changes at the gate or can be delayed, partly because of course when traveling, especially with lowcost, a small delay, or some mistake it is still pending , as expected, and in fact the flight is delayed. After a few seconds of discomfort and some puff of disappointment to look back every way to kill time between strolls in the duty free shop, snacks and pop into the bathroom.
Finally the announcer announces boarding. Take the race!
centrometristi As we rush in the halls of Malpensa just looking for the gate and after a moment of bewilderment and finally arrive to find a queue waiting. Obviously for us is the tail of the nerds, the ones that go up to them and kneeling on the chick on the plane, also a gift only € Easyjet to be given boarding priority for me has always seemed like a crazy crap.
finally open the doors and climb on the bus that will take us to the aircraft. After several minutes in a bus crammed with people and kids with a curious Portuguese red shirt that you must notify us and get us back inside Terminal 2 of Malpensa. At first we are told that the flight will be further delayed a few minutes but after a flight attendant announces that the flight was officially canceled .
Take the panic. We need to retrieve your bags and go back in the check-in to find out how you can also go to Lisbon. While we await the arrival of the baggage that I'm Expedia suggests the first solutions to the case and gives me the times when you may be able to call the office the next day (Sunday). Obviously the flight was canceled when is too late to be able to divert to another flight and eventually try to figure out what to do for not too Smena both in economic terms for the actual days of vacation.
Easyjet asks us to leave after two days and while guests to the hotel. Now were the 22, it was raining, we had a mad hunger Malpensa and of course was empty and without a bar open so we decided to scrounge the hotel and dinner.
While waiting for the transfer of know a couple of Monza with whom we chatted a bit 'to kill time and share with us (and 146 other people) the adventure of flight cancellations. Fortunately the hotel in which we operate is a nice 4-star Novotel 5 minutes from Terminal 2, where within 10 seconds of pouring 150 desperate to haunt the lobby waiting for a room.
The following day, after a 70min phone call with Expedia to reorganize the best for traveling, keep up the holiday spirit we dedicate ourselves to a ride on the lake before returning back home before returning to Malpensa the next day .
finally arrived on Monday afternoon. Riparcheggiamo the car, we do carry over to Terminal 2, redo the check-in, go over security control, communication riattendiamo gate and finally jump on the plane and takes off for Lisbon.
arrived in the capital after a first loss Lusitanian find the way and we go by car to pick up the car, the officer was born five days after me (but at least the first 10 years) and is keen to let me know and I informed him that a friend of mine was born on his own day (Goro) and the general euphoria bully us to be born in August.
Once the buttocks resting on the motorized vehicle trying to extricate the map to get to our hotel. Eleanor as a good sailor makes us arrive at your destination quickly and without turns absurd.
The Holiday Inn Continental looks good in a quiet and well maintained but we reserve a big surprise when you arrive ...
... our reservation has disappeared into thin air. After a brief negotiation in a discutibilissimo English (obviously questionable on my part) the chick in the hotel Confabula Portuguese with his colleague and then it says, 'wait a moment "and vanishes into thin air. Eleanor and I look at him and wait for a while '. Then the phone rings, the guy, which I think is the same as Seth Cohen second and Eleanor equals Mr. Bean as a young man, tells us that everything is ok and makes me sign for the room.
From here on, our holiday will be a total descent. We untangled easily for a week (because of lack of Easyjet) between metros, trams and cable cars. We have wandered far and wide from the historic district of the 'Alfama to the skyscrapers of Parque Das Nações . Range between fusion restaurants at, and codfish soup Pasteis de Belem we ate like a king and in the end we also granted a trip to Starbucks in the fabulous resort of Rossio.
The spirit that reigns in the city is both fun and relaxing and at the end were it not for the tiredness not return never in the room but will continue to hang around all night to the Bairro Alto with the average of sangria in your hand.
The only downside of the holiday is the disappearance of my iPhone that probably fell out of my pants pockets. Luckily I was going to change soon.
the last day while we were full to our first point of bringing her back to car I see someone greets me, obviously I think "I figured if Lisbon to greet me" and go on quietly for gas, after just get up again I hear you calling my head and I see Anna and Michael, the pair of leg Monza known. After the surprise at the unexpected meeting we salute you We meet at the airport and to make the trip back to Italy together.
So after trying in vain to pay a fine of 5.15 € fabulous for no parking and you have waited a canonical delay Easyjet back to Italy while in South Africa is competing in the finals of the World Cup, stealing information from time to time the hostess on the game in a series of surreal scenes fantozziane.
set dedicated to The Lisbon Flickr
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