Alvin's Travels

We finally arrived in our destination, in Italy after some happistances and some travails. We encountered my kid cousin Steven by chance on our flight from JFK (New York) to Munich, Germany. He was returning home from a school reunion in Irvington, NY, where he grew up. He was very near my daughter's home in Irvington, which happens to be the same place that Steven and his sister attended Summer Camp when they were growing up in Irvington. Steven was unaware of this coincidence. Steven's father, my young uncle, who lives in California, keeps in voice contact with me via MS Messenger service.
After arriving in Munich, I noticed that my flight was different from my traveling companions, who had obtained their tickets in Italy. My flight had already left. Fortunately, the clerk at Lufthansa Service desk was very helpful in rescheduling me on the same flight as my friends, at no additional cost to me. The flight was much later than the one I was booked on, about four hours later, so we had a lot of time to explore the new terminal in Munich.
The flight to Pisa from Munich was brief and pleasant via a Lufthansa partnership with Dolomites Airlines. We arrived in Pisa Monday 4:30pm local time. We took the railroad connection to Pisa Centrale, a ten minute ride from Pisa Aeroporto, where we were given the runaround as far as a connecting train to our destination. Luckily, the train was delayed which gave us a chance to move our extensive baggage from on track to another as the train people played track roullette. Fortunately, we met a young Italian, who turned out to be a computer systems engineer, who was heading in our direction. He seemed to understand the garbeled announcements about the various changes. We disscussed a new optical router system that he is working on here in Pisa.
Finally made it to our apartment in Querceta about 7:30 pm local time. Had a well deserved shower and a delicious meal in a local Trattoria. 'till next time... Ciao