Meeting Place at leonardo da Vinci Airport On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:29:05 +0200, B Vaughan<me@> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:53:40 +0200, Doesn't Frequently Mop
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
> >Make credence recognised that on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:56:26 -0700, Ken
> >Blake <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> has scripted:
> >
> >>Friends of ours are arriving at around the same time as my wife and I
> >>at LDV/Fiumicino airport this fall. We want to meet up with them and
> >>take a taxi to downtown Rome together. Can someone suggest a good
> >>meeting place at the airport that will be easy for everyone to find?
> >
> >There isn't 'downtown' Rome as such. It's quite spread out. Perhaps
> >you could consider the train. This would also be a good meeting point,
> >as the station is small.
>
> What station is small? Surely you don't mean Termini!
No, I'm sure he meant the Fiumicino station.
> If there are four people, the taxi is cheaper than the train anyway.
Yes, which is why I didn't want to take the train.
> All of the international flights arrive at the same place. I have
> never had trouble meeting people at Fiumicino if I wait just outside
> the customs checkpoint for international flights. There are seats
> within view of the exit, and a display to show the status of arriving
> flights. I would just arrange to hang around the arrivals hall in the
> vicinity of the exit. I'm sure you won't miss each other.
I think we're going to take the earlier advice of booking a van to
pick us up (more convenient and hardly any more money than a taxi), so
we'll meet next to the man with our names on a sign next to the exit.
Thanks.
--
Ken Blake
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