10 lovely days in Italy sadly came to an end……..

24th July
BA557
FCO-LHR
note that I made a mistake: Italy is behind, not ahead of, Israel
1835-2110

Check-in was speedy at FCO, as was security and passport control. Had a jolly good time spotting- even got Ethiopian, Eritrean, Croatian and Air Plus Comet, as well as TWO Tunisairs and a Volare A330!

Boarding was 30 minutes late, as the A319 was delayed in London. We left at 1855, and landed at 2050. The snack was an All Day Deli box: sweet corn and tuna sandwich (good) and Nestle prepackadged LC1 vanilla pudding (disgusting, and when opened, half of it explodes all over you). In front of me, a little boy was giving full details of the journey to his dad over and over, while his dad was detailing it. (“From Bangkok to Australia!”) My sister leaned over and whispered to me “and from Australia to the guillotine, if he doesn’t shut up right now.” Exactly how I felt, too.
The rest of the flight was spent reading Stupid White Men again. Landing was smooth.
Behind me, during taxi, a young boy was looking at the aircraft and identifiying them-“737, A320, 777, oh, there’s a Jumbo over there!” His brother said “Don’t be stupid they’re all Jumbos!” While the boy was proving they weren’t, I was desperately trying to hold in my laughter.
We got off, and my entire family, albeit my father, headed off to the Hilton LHR transfer hotel.