P.E.I. students may miss Europe rendezvous
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 | 9:05 AM AT
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A P.E.I. professor is worried she won't be able to meet up with her students, due to arrive in Europe this weekend, because of travel disruptions caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
'Right now the train stations are just total chaos.' —Carla DiGiorgio
Carla DiGiorgio was scheduled to meet with students from the University of Prince Edward Island's education program currently in teacher-training practicums in several European countries.
Her travel plans were torn up when the cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland grounded planes.
Digiorgio was in Sweden when planes were grounded and had been due to fly to Italy. She held on to a rental car and has been doing a lot of driving over the last four days. Tuesday morning she was in Lugano, Switzerland.
She is worried about the UPEI students who are due to arrive in Europe this weekend.
"I had it all planned out. I was going to be picking people up at airports, taking them to other airports or dropping them off where they're going and taking them to train stations," DiGiorgio told CBC News on Tuesday.
"Right now the train stations are just total chaos. People can't get on the train at all. Hopefully, if they arrive on planes then I'll be able to drive them, at least."
European Union transport ministers have agreed to reopen some European airspace to airline flights Tuesday. That is providing some relief to travellers stranded in Europe, but there's no indication when things will return to normal.
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