Munich layover

[Writing from the Lufthansa lounge, Munich, Germany]

I was correct yesterday when I said that would likely be my last blog posting from Italy. Nothing else spectacular happened yesterday afternoon. Sue and I worked through until about seven, and then our hosts drove us back to the hotel. Sue and I sat at a table on the patio, talked about work, and watched the sun set in the mountains. Then we went to eat, and had our last pizza (I had pizza napolitan - just bread, sauce, and garlic). After we talked for a while, we said goodbye, since the taxi was going to arrive at six to take me to the airport.

The taxi arrived right on schedule, and I had a fast ride to the airport. Unfortunately, the stores in the airport were closed, which meant I was not able to do any last minute shopping for the kids. Ah, well. The Napoli airport was notvery busy, but everyone seemed to show up 10 minutes before the flight. Then they delayed the flight a half hour because there are minimum crew rest times, and the crew wasn't sufficiently rested to make the flight on time. I dozed and listened to music on the way to Munich.

Now I'm in the Lufthansa lounge in the Munich airort, and it turns out my flight to Philadelphia is delayed, too. It was supposed to leave at 12:35 for Philly, but now it leaves at 13:45. This puts me into Philly at almost five o'clock.I assume it will take at least a half an hour to collect luggage and get through customs, then another half hour to get to my car. This means I'll be leaving the airport around six. Not a good time to be on Southbound I-95 on Friday. Again, not much I can do about it. I hope my family has collected a few ingredients for a good Italian dinner.