It could have been worse!

So, I missed the flight :( They had changed the gate from 5 to 8 and only announced the change in Italian so I sat there while my flight boarded and by the time that I realized the change, they would not let me on .. even though the plane was still sitting there! :( So my plan to get there early backfired and when I went outside of security, I saw the chaos that is Rome Airport! The next flight to Vienna was in nine hours so I stayed at the airport instead of going back into Rome and risking another transportation mishap :) I was looking for some fellow Lipari students, since I knew they flew out that day, but the place was so crazy that it was impossible! They were there somewhere, I found out by facebook message but they also missed their flight to Switzerland and had a crazy time rebooking (so it wasn't just me).. Only here in Vienna did I find out about Etna exploding and causing flight delays and cancellations... I was lucky to get out of Catania airport, since many didn't for a while. One of the students who was stranded told me last night that it was raining black sand in the city there and the locals just covered their heads with paper .. bizzare

This is what it was doing the week I was there :) and to think I thought of climbing it that day :)