As our plane was taxiing to start our flight back to Malta I saw this plane taking off and took a quick shot. My camera settings were already prepared for the flight so the only think I had to do was to get the airplane into focus.
Yesterday I wrote that our adventure wasn’t over. Well, this is the story:
We woke up very early and while Christine was making the final preparations I decided to have a look at my mobile. And guess what: I had received two messages during the night and when I opened them I found they were from our local bank telling me that two purchases had been made with my credit card to the amount of over 2000 Euros. It was still 6.00am when I called the bank to block my credit card and to tell them that the purchases weren’t mine. Then I came to pay for my hotel room with the card and I forgot I had blocked it and I realised I had left my debit card at home in Malta. I didn’t have enough cash left so I asked my brother-in-law to pay the hotel for me with his bank card and I would pay him back as soon as we get home. He had already paid for his room and the machine wouldn’t take his card again and he began to panic. In the end it went through and my bill was paid but he continued to worry about what had happened.
Back in Malta I went straight to the bank to confirm what I had told them on the phone. Within a day one third of the money was back in my account and the rest was returned within 3 to 4 weeks so all’s well that ended well.
I hope you enjoyed my Rome story even though it took a bit long. But selecting pictures from the over one thousand that I took is not easy (for me at least). And it was a holiday not easy to forget.
Many thanks for all your views, comments and fav’s – always appreciated.
What a nasty surprise on your last morning! Good that it ended well. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Rome through your eyes. We have been there a few times many years ago, thanks for the memories.
The same happened to us a few years ago when we were on holiday. Luckily it was the bank that alerted us and we managed to block the card until we got home. They also paid back the money that had been spent, the items were not what we would have bought and it flagged up as unusual on the account. Phew!! Glad you got sorted too.
Well I’m surprised you had a steady hand to take this airport shot! What a very stressful thing to happen & some rotten thief used your card, scoundrels! Cards are so handy & we rely on them so much especially on holiday but good old cash in hand is less stressful occasionally. You can have many a heart thumping moment at a card machine if it’s not working right even though you know you have the money....you were close to having to spend a week in the kitchens washing up!! 😨😨😨
We can sympathize! We were in Vermont for my nieces wedding when unbeknownst to us, Jeff's wallet fell out of his pocket on to the ground in a hotel parking lot. We discovered the wallet was missing and proceeded to call all the credit card companies, banks etc. and hoped we had enough cash in my account to finish out our stay. Meanwhile back at the ranch...some young men saw the wallet fall on the ground and stole it, drove over to a gas station and food mart, took all the cash out and threw the wallet out of their car. A woman saw them throw the wallet away and was suspicious about their behavior. She was unable to get their license plate number but retrieved the wallet. The only phone number she found in it was my sister's. She called her, explained that she had the wallet, gave Diana her number and told her to have us contact her. Diana called us and said, "some lady has your wallet!" Even though we'd cancelled most of the cards by the time we hooked up with her we were amazed at the fact that Jeff's bank card and driver's license was still in the wallet! So glad your story turned out well although it made your final part of the trip a little worrisome. Great timing on this shot!
Thank you for your Rome series, I have really enjoyed your pictures. What a way to finish the week off though but I'm glad it was sorted in the end. You will certainly remember this trip I think.
Thanks for sharing Dione