Honeymoon Recap, Part 1 - Getting There
The honeymoon started in the afternoon of May 1, as we left on American Airlines from Austin-Bergstrom International. Our flight itinerary was to connect in Dallas, then through London Gatwick, and into Bologna. Why Bologna? Chu and I used our frequent flyer miles to purchase the tickets for free (more or less), and flying into Bologna was the only destination that had open frequent-flyer seats. Obviously not our first choice, but at least it got us into the country cheaply.
All of the flights were exactly on-time, so we arrived in Bologna at 6 PM on May 2 and went straight to the hotel. When booking hotel rooms, my main goals were to a) get a hotel not too far from the train stations, and b) to try to stay somewhat near to the action in each city. Unfortunately, somehow I managed to do neither in Bologa. The hotel (a Holiday Inn) ended up being outside the city, some 15-20 minutes by taxi from the train station. Not sure how I managed that, but we were stuck with it.
The next day we were heading off to Venice, so we got a good, long night’s sleep, and then headed over to the train station early in the afternoon of May 3. We wanted to get to Venice quickly since we were getting a late start, so we purchased some first-class reservations for the Eurostar, grabbed some McDonald’s for lunch (they were everywhere), and got on the train to Venice.
Links: Video From Bologna, Italy map, Bologna Map
