{"id":2023,"date":"2017-07-01T04:18:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T08:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:08:01","slug":"on-the-way-to-sicily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/other-trips\/trips-europe\/europe-2017\/on-the-way-to-sicily\/","title":{"rendered":"On the way to Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2017.06.25\/26 \u2013 Ottawa \u2013 Rome (Italy)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we were packing our luggage on the previous Friday evening, Jenny kept on reminding us that we were now retired. We had another retirement celebration on Saturday evening with some very good friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, our trip started a bit differently as we took the bus to the Montreal airport as opposed to driving our own car. The parking for an extended stay at the airport, contrary to past years, had significantly increased in cost and had become no longer appealing to us. Another kind and dependable friend drove us from home to the bus station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bus ride was well appreciated as the driving was a bit treacherous at times with some heavy rain. We arrived at the airport in plenty of time. Our check-in was quite easy as we had completed most of it online the previous evening and we only needed to print our luggage tags at the airport kiosk. We had our meal at St-Hubert before going through the security control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight was as comfortable as it could be with limited irritants. Although the flight was delayed at departure, we managed to arrive 20 mins ahead at Rome\u2019s airport. We opted to take a shuttle bus to the Termini train station instead of the Leornado Express train \u2013 at a third of the cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After stepping off the bus, we promptly located our hotel a few blocks away. We took a couple of hours of rest before heading out to purchase our train ticket to Naples for the next day. We took the city bus to the Trastevere neighborhood for some great pizza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before enjoying a well needed sleep, we booked a 4 night stay at a Bed and Breakfast(B&B) in Naples<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017.06.27 – Rome<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 9:30am, we heard a knock at the door. A breakfast cart was waiting to be rolled into our room. We were asked, upon our arrival the day before, to choose our breakfast items. Sure enough everything selected was on the cart. It was a first for us to have room service on the road!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We visited the ATM before showing up at the Termini train station. Our train ride to Naples took two hours \u2013 a full hour more than the new Frecciarossa fast trains.
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