Idea Hotel

The bus dropped us off at Arrivals, which was silly, since everyone was leaving! I wandered around looking for both an ATM and taxis. I walked the long concourse several times, looking for the taxi stand. I did find an ATM and took out another 100€ for my home fund.

The taxi stand was at the very end of the concourse. Of course, it was the wrong one. I've had this before--there is a separate stand for local taxis. This one was for going to Milan at 250€ per ride. The nice driver told me down one level, and 2 doors back the other direction.

It was a long walk and I found the taxis. A not so nice driver told me 20€ for the trip. I asked if she could break a 50€, and she said, "sì". Off we went. It was 1/2 the time as Milan for 2x the cost! As I was getting my suitcase out, she yelled at me because she didn't want me to scratch the car. . in this country!

The reviews had all said that the place was a dump, but it was well located and cheap. They were not wrong. My key for room 110 was on a big metal disk. One good surprise was that there was a restaurant open for dinner at 7 pm. It was about 5:30pm. So I found my room, which was shabby and very hot.

Luckily, there were 2 beds, and I used one to reorganize my stuff. The TV didn't have English stations that I could tell, but the sound didn't work anyway. I used my laptop to watch some videos, while I ate the rest of my piadini and artichoke spread--along with the little boxes of wine I bought this morning.

At 7:30 pm I went to the restaurant and had some risotto and a salad. The risotto was surprisingly good.

Back in the room, I put out all my clothes for the travel day and got everything else staged. I was in bed by 9 pmRead more