Wednesday 15 May Rome
13 hours later, we have arrived at Rome Airport. Actually, we arrived in Hong Kong 1 hour early, so our plane was supposed to leave 4 hours later, but it was delayed an hour so we had a 5 hour layover
 . Hurrah for the business lounge where we could lie down in relative comfort. Then the 14 hour flight which left at 1.30am. Now we have succeeded in getting ourselves to the wrong terminal and ordering cafe latte which is woefully tepid instead of caffe caldo which is hot but black. However my 4 pages of Italian on the fridge door have saved me from a tirade of abuse from the Italian gentleman who tore an Aussie woman to shreds for ordering in Strine. So I plunged into my best rehearsed fridge Italian which sent him into paroxysms of praise. Peter has realised that he is entirely at my mercy except for the Malta reprieve. He has learned Grazie though which will stand him on good stead.  Thanks for the entrata and uschita tip off Mark. We hit it as soon as we landed and wouldn't have known whether we were coming or going. It is very cold and wet today. Let's see if Palermo can do better.