Monday, June 25, 2007

Pictures from Linate



As I was waiting for my wife and daughter to arrive at Milan, I took some pictures of the facilities at the airport. How's the airplane maintenance?

In search of a free lunch.

I bought a Samsung TV last Christmas. It came with a free accommodation anywhere in the world. We chose Italy;-)
As I wanted to see if there really is a free trip, I booked the flights with my frequent flyer miles. There was only one problem: Finnair had only one seat available. So I booked Minna and Kia SAS flights through Copenhagen. It was a good opportunity to spend my remaining Eurobonus points. I am not going to collect anymore SAS miles.
So here I am, and have been since 10am, waiting for my family to arrive. ETA is 23:21 so I have been driving around the outskirts of Milan the whole day but what wouldn't a man do to get his family a free holiday (taxes, extra bed surcharge and car hire excluded)? I also took a nap on a shopping mall parking lot.
This is my first blog entry with my new and excellent N95 phone. I am glad that the battery lasted for the whole duration of the blog writing... We still have to drive to Lake Garda this night or we'll face more surcharges for not checking in on a specified date. What's with this extra bed surcharge anyway? The accommodation was supposed to be for 2-4 people. We're only 3...
Unfortunately, I cannot attach any pictures with this browser. I took some funny ones from here, Linate airport Milan.