Tag: Rome

    One thing I forgot to mention…

    Remember my disastrous date where me talking like a pirate (it WAS September 19th in my defence!), and losing my car in the car park seemed to totally turn-off the lovely Wendy? I have a bit of a confession to make… Now, bearing in mind I currently drive a Ford Galaxy, 7 seater people carrier (no, I don’t know why either – but it’s handy for moving furniture and furtive fumbles in the back 😉 ) – which is a large green thing, and VERY visible, losing temporarily misplacing it is a bit embarrassing. Well, it happened again… I do […]

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    Ciampino Airport, Rome

    Well, it was a LONG day…but I finally got home. Wasn’t the easy ride I thought it would be either – I’d planned on getting started about 10am, being done by 2pm, then heading off into Rome for some sight seeing until my flight back at 10pm. Ah… For starters, Ryanair (airline I was working for) don’t actually have a hangar at Ciampino – they’re breaking a B737 so have rented a stand which has been cordoned off at the end of the runway: I was working in a corner of this compound: The ‘yellow things’ centre left are the […]

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    Silly o'clock…

    It’s almost 3.00am and I’m off to Stansted – next stop Rome 🙂 On the plus side – I love Italian food! 🙂 (so, so much better than German), and the weather looks pretty good – I should get 6 or 7 hours in Rome after finishing testing/resealing the jacks, and I’ve never been there before – hopefully I’ll get a few good pictures 🙂 Ciao!

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