It's Thursday morning, 9/10/09, and we have a flight to catch at some far off airport. We're worried that our $1.99 cheap air flight is going to cost us a fortunate between the cab ride and overweight luggage. There was no direct metro or train to Charleroi airport outside Brussels. The check-in attendant at the airport was very gracious and advised us to step aside and load up our backpacks. Despite the air ticket warning of only 10kgs to carry on, we were told just do it. The attendant even fudged the weight for us and reduced our penalty from Euro150 to Euro45! The only worry now was the little old lady and her cane could easily topple us over with our bulging backpacks. Ryan Air is reminiscent of Southwest Air, decent. But I kid you not, perhaps the locals were more weary than us, that when the plane landed, the passengers errupted in applause.
We are now enjoying a lovely bed and breakfast built around the 16th century. A former farm, now lodging and an olive tree/olive oil farm located in Pezze di Grecco in the Pulgia region of Italy. Picture the map of Italy, we in the heel of the boot on the Adriatic Sea side. Somewhat off the typical beaten path for tourists, English is either non-existent or poorly spoken. Thank goodness that the word "Toilet" is universal.
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