First, on the day we land in Rome there is a planned nationwide rail strike that should glut alternative transportation options on that day. After a 12 hour flight, dealing with that sounds just brutal.
But, it gets worse. Our flight’s ETA is about 12:30PM. There is a planned air traffic control strike from 1PM-5PM, so if the flight out of LAX is in any way late, I’m envisioning long holding patterns.
Not a great way to start of what should otherwise be a trip worth looking forward to. Sigh.