Postcard from Gatwick
Off to Sorrento for a family wedding (family member not Italian, just awkward). One reaches Sorrento via Naples. One reaches Naples via Gatwick.
I’ve seen pictures of what air travel used to be like. Unless you were bombing Dresden in WWII it was actually pretty glamorous. Certainly I bet it did not involve putting your shoes through an X Ray machine. Security at Gatwick is a bloody joke, it would be a lot quicker if you just climbed inside the X Ray machine yourself. Ticket check-in was terribly secure…these days one is checked in by a machine! At five in the morning I was not at my best, and neither was the witch from BA who was ‘helping’ people check in.
After that, Naples was a breath of fresh air. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a shit hole. Really, I can’t believe anywhere like that actually exists in Europe. The poorest places I visited in Cuba were better than Naples.
Still, at least you get to leave quickly – by hydrofoil across the Bay of Naples to Sorrento. The ticket booth was closed but luckily a gypsy was on hand to take me to an open booth, translate for me and then guide me to the right mooring – all for a Euro. Far better service than BA offer – wonder if she wants a job at Gatwick?
I’ve seen pictures of what air travel used to be like. Unless you were bombing Dresden in WWII it was actually pretty glamorous. Certainly I bet it did not involve putting your shoes through an X Ray machine. Security at Gatwick is a bloody joke, it would be a lot quicker if you just climbed inside the X Ray machine yourself. Ticket check-in was terribly secure…these days one is checked in by a machine! At five in the morning I was not at my best, and neither was the witch from BA who was ‘helping’ people check in.
After that, Naples was a breath of fresh air. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a shit hole. Really, I can’t believe anywhere like that actually exists in Europe. The poorest places I visited in Cuba were better than Naples.
Still, at least you get to leave quickly – by hydrofoil across the Bay of Naples to Sorrento. The ticket booth was closed but luckily a gypsy was on hand to take me to an open booth, translate for me and then guide me to the right mooring – all for a Euro. Far better service than BA offer – wonder if she wants a job at Gatwick?
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