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Heat fuels a travel meltdown<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Naples airport. Once 12 flights a day. Every behind in every seat, probably even in the john. A Boeing 747. So busy the airport could\u2019ve started its own city. Bustling, although you can still buy fresh mozzarella that\u2019s packed in Styrofoam to schlep home.<\/p>\n

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This was to be a nonstop full plane to Newark. 214 passengers. The day is hot, sweaty.<\/p>\n

Some new registration of non-Europeans means passport control is now a good 90 minutes. Probably some leftover order Mussolini stuck in his will. Behinds get into seats. Purser gets on a mike. People know this is not a good sign and possibly worse than the coffee.<\/p>\n

Voice: \u201cWe\u2019re assigned an unusually northern route over Iceland. This means extra fuel.\u201d Italian authorities don\u2019t allow refueling with passengers aboard. \u201cSo buses are coming back to bring passengers to the terminal again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yeah, right. Rumpled perspiring bodies line up. It\u2019s broiling. The aircraft could have run on perspiration alone. All lumber back to the ancient creaky bus that was possibly put together before the Edsel. Few cool seats. Most cling to anything like it\u2019s the L train to Canarsie. 25 minutes later it\u2019s back aboard in sweaty seats.<\/p>\n

Comes another announcement. \u201cGreat news. Also not such great news. We\u2019re assigned a much quicker journey to the States. Direct. Over Sardinia. Over Barcelona.\u201d The voice says: \u201cThe flight now will be nine hours. That\u2019s the great news. Not so great is we\u2019ll have to circle 90 minutes to use up the extra fuel. But \u2014 pay attention. You ready now? We were headed to Newark. We\u2019re now going to Albany.\u201d Albany?!<\/em><\/p>\n

This state\u2019s capital did not <\/em>look like the Via Veneto.<\/p>\n

A \u2018Magical\u2019 night with Edie is on tap<\/strong><\/h2>\n

So if you\u2019re not schlepping overseas, try the Hamptons, which is now big with basketball, baseball, pickleball, football, handball, beach ball, Powerball, plus bras, butts, boobs, balls, behinds, burgers and beaches. Also badminton. And \u2014 for one night only \u2014 Aug. 2, Edie Falco.<\/p>\n

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NY theater company the New Group, plus Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French Inc., is bringing Falco to the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. A special reading of \u201cThe Year of Magical Thinking,\u201d Joan Didion\u2019s Tony-nominated adaptation of her memoir.<\/p>\n

Falco is also returning to Season 5 of Paramount\u2019s \u201cMayor of Kingstown,\u201d co-starring Jeremy Renner.<\/p>\n

Falco\u2019s busy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s good vs. evil<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Israelis are moving out. Many are buying places here in the East.<\/p>\n

Hamas attacks Israel. Israel retaliates. Israel is the bad guy.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah attacks Israel from Lebanon. Israel is the bad guy.<\/p>\n

Iran launches rockets and drones at Israel. Israel is the bad guy.<\/p>\n

A few years ago Japan attacked the US. We fought back. We won. And we were then the good <\/em>guy?!<\/p>\n

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From businessman and philanthropist Jonathan Farkas, whose wife Somers is our ambassador to Malta: \u201cI am the only person in US history whose both mother and wife were US ambassadors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Somers\u2019 tip for travelers: Skip the layover. Delta now flies nonstop JFK to Malta. Business between the US and Malta is booming, and visitors can explore 5,000-year-old temples, see the only Caravaggio ever signed, swim in clear waters and stroll a beautiful capital city. Not bad for a direct flight and one passport stamp.<\/p>\n

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Only in Malta, kiddies, only in Malta.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Post’s Cindy Adams recalls a travel horror story from a trip to Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cindy-adams","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"\nItalian vacations are bellissima \u2014 until it's time to say 'Ciao!' - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2656\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Italian vacations are bellissima \u2014 until it's time to say 'Ciao!' - Metro Transit Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Post's Cindy Adams recalls a travel horror story from a trip to Italy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2656\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metro Transit Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-22T05:38:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=2656#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=2656\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14\"},\"headline\":\"Italian vacations are bellissima \u2014 until it’s time to say ‘Ciao!’\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-22T05:38:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=2656\"},\"wordCount\":614,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=2656#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/7b9b2a91acccf054268605a87b64e709.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Cindy Adams\",\"Opinion\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=2656#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=2656\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=2656\",\"name\":\"Italian vacations are bellissima \u2014 until it's time to say 'Ciao!' - 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