DELAYED FLIGHT

Early In the morning after breakfast we checked out from Pullman Hotel and transferred to the airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul. At Ataturk International Airport we were delayed for more than two hours. It was a chance for me to mingle with a Jordanian mother and her two daughters, Nada and Linda, both very pretty.
I taught them “Tupipel” and the song “Leron-leron sinta”. In return they taught me a Yugoslavian song.
We arrived at Leonardo de Vince Airport in Rome at around 9:00 p.m. (local time). We went directly to a restaurant for dinner. We then were billeted at Albergo San Giorgio Hotel, Via G. Amendola, Rome.
At the airport, Iliana (of the travel agency) and the driver Claudio, met us along the way where we were briefed by Ricky Ordoñez about our personal securities as well as security of our belongings. We heard from him that while in Rome it was not important only that we do what the Romans do but that we must be observant and careful of what some young Romans might attempt to do to us.
In short, it was a bit scary briefing about the present crime situation in Rome. But Filipinos were quite used to that kind of atmosphere quite common back in Quiapo, Divisoria and even at the tourist belt.
Some of our companions, separated from us to go back to the Philippines. Mother and son, Gloria and Vincent Salazar; Dra. Judy Lao and her sister Jing Lai; Mr. and Mrs. Vicente and Nena Ong; and Ms. Cora Lorber