TravelingThe Airbus A380’s four Rolls-Royce engines rumbled as the plane started moving, slowly at first but gathering more and more speed until finally it was zooming down the strip.
When the pilot pulled back the yoke the nose of the plane rose and, just a few minutes later, Andrea watched as Venice and the entire lagoon became smaller and smaller and then disappeared.
Sergio looked at his son, smiling. It was the boy’s first flight and he seemed to be enjoying it.
- It’s exciting, isn’t it? We’ll be flying over the Alps in a little while. You’ll see how amazing it is.
They were landing in Toronto in nine hours, then they would leave for Alberta the next morning. After that, a four-hour flight would take them to Calgary.
Sergio was enthusiastic about this vacation with his son. He h
