trip was fun.. only regret was taking tat cosmos trip instead of f&e all the way. joined cosmos for switzerland and italy.
cosmos tour had alot of elderly ppl and got 1 guy who is wheelchaired bound. he and his traveling mates n wife are armenian americans n were super rowdy n noisy. they are forever late in mtg which got tour guide super pissed. n forever don't listen to instructions. they really tested the patience of the tour guide and are perpetually late. when we were at pisa, had to take mini train to pisa instead of walking coz of the wheelchair guy. n these ppl including the wife came back to mtg point late by 20 mins n without wheelchair guy. they just dumped him at some corner n went shopping without him. the wife even borrowed tour guide hp to call the guy.
tour guide was so mad tat she told the wife to go n fetch the hubby n make their way to the tour bus themselves as the train can't wait anymore. then the rest of the group got very angry with the tour guide. but i think they has stretched her patience way too far which is why she did it. coz the train has to be pre-booked and the train has to go n fetch other groups. n such tardiness is a huge taboo in europe.
n the worst part, the so called mates n relatives of the wheelchair guy did not get off the train to go with the wife to look for the guy. but later in the bus, suddenly, this so called mate of the wheelchair guy suddenly burst out loud screaming at the tour guide and asked to stop the bus and they dun wana continue with the tour anymore. we were in the middle of highway lor.. we find it quite sickening coz wat's the point of flaring up only after the incident? these very ppl din even bother to go with the wife to look for the wheelchair guy in the first pl.. only good for acting. but this incident turned everyone against the tour guide.
n when we were in rome, some of the group were browsing and buying some rome historical books. n these same armenian ppl complained non stop n screamed at tour guide y they have to wait so long. n obviously, the rest of the group were super pissed with these self centred ppl coz we have been tolerating their lateness throughout the trip without complaints. it is really watching soap opera man.
very eventful but we were very bo chap n rarely joined them for those optional excursions so we are not affected mostly.