So after close to no sleep we arrive in Barcelona for our connecting flight to Genova (followed by connecting train to Cinque Terre) only to find out that all of Italy's transportation has shut down due to a strike. Aka we have no flight and are currently stranded in Barcelona.
We waited to claim our luggage for 1.5 hours before being told that Alex's bag is traveling somewhere within the airport luggage system, not to be found as of yet.
We waited in long line ups of other stranded passengers trying to sort this mess out and desperatly hoping to get out of there! We were luckily booked on a flight to Genoa later that day (with a 3 hour connection in Madrid and still missing our train). Alex's luggage was finally found, we found some Internet to sort out booking details and arrange for a hotel for the night in Genova.
We literally spent 13 hours caged in the confines of airports before anxiously checking our luggage and boarding a flight to Genova.
A nice surprise to put a smile on our faces was when we boarded only to find out that the agent who rearranged our flights put us in first class.
Cheers to champagne and a goodnights sleep!
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