We're Off to Malta

Today we leave for Malta but we had most of the day before we had to head to the airport. Thomas and I were up around 7:00am and we dressed and went down to Deanne & Dave's for breakfast and coffee. Dave made us all fried egg sandwiches. After eating Thomas and I returned upstairs to take showers and get all of our things packed. Then we brought our bags downstairs and now we were ready to go, we just had to wait for our ride this afternoon. To kill time we visited, played dominoes and read. We had a light lunch around noon and then read until our ride picked us up.

A friend of Deanne & Dave's (Mark) picked us up around 2:00pm to drive us to Boston. The ride took a little over an hour and thankfully there wasn't too much traffic. We checked our bags in and got our boarding passes then headed for security. This went quickly and before we knew it we were at our gate (E8). We are flying Alitlalia to Rome and then a change to Malta. We had an hour to wait for boarding so we read until then. Thomas and I were in seats 21AC, so just the two of us, which made it more comfortable for the eight hour flight. We got settled and I started reading. I think I read for an hour and a half and then they served us dinner. It was chicken and veggies and it was pretty good. While eating I watched Bohemian Rhapsody. I loved this movie, just incredible. Once that movie was over I watched two others - Spy and The Happytime Murders. After finishing these movies I tried to sleep but I never was able to get comfortable. Then they served us some drinks and a pastry for breakfast and before we knew it we were landing in Rome. The movies kept me entertained and made the flight go faster. But I was sure glad when we landed and were off the plane. It felt nice to be up and moving.

We landed at gate E11 in Rome and needed to get to gate B21 for our connecting flight to Malta. So we started walking . . . and walking . . . and walking - there were signs overhead leading you to your destination and they had times listed for getting there. From our landing gate it was about a 22 minute walk to the 'B' gates. Right before getting to the 'B' area we had to go through customs. The line was long but it went moved fast and we were through in no time. And finally, we arrived at our gate and had about 30 minutes to wait until boarding. Once we started boarding we had to get on a bus and they drove us out to the airplane. We had to climb stairs to get in. The flight wasn't full so Thomas and I had a row to ourselves so it was a comfortable flight. It was also a quick flight and before we knew it we were landing in Malta. From the plane we headed to baggage claim. It wasn't long before we had our luggage and we were ready to explore Malta.