Our room in Il Pozzo di Radi

It never gets easier to pack for these trips.  I was up late and early every night and day to finish things and get ready to go.  You’d think I could sleep on the plane but there’s hardly room to exhale.  The seat in front of me tilted back past the plumb of my seat.  How can the greedy airlines, squeezing ever more bodies into their flying machines, pretend they are at your service?  I just read in The Week that the 23 largest American airlines made $15.5 billion profit last year, about half from baggage and change fees.  I bet their CEOs don’t sit in economy. Keep reading