They changed the rules for Italy recently. Now you need a PCR test w/i 72 hours of entering, OR an antigen test w/i 24 hours of entry. So… math and planning…and anxiety. We land at 2pm, GMT+1. Burlington is GMT-5, 6 hour differential. So target for entry is 8am Tuesday, our time. If I do PCR, I need to do the test after 8am Saturday, and I need the results in time to board a flight at 1:30 Monday. If it takes 2 days for the results (Typical for us), I need to get the test before noon Saturday? *OR* we bought the “video proctored” take-home antigen tests. I would need to do that test after 8am Monday and get results before noon? Kathy did option (A), I did option (B). But I heard the antigen test has some false positives. Suppose I get one of those? What then?
Kathy’s PCR results came back in time. My antigen test worked and I got the results in time to print and head to the airport. Our first flight is over and we are sitting at the Newark airport, terminal B awaiting the Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt. Here, they did indeed check our passports, our vaccination cards, our negative test results, and our EU Passenger Locator Form. Good to go.
So careful masking and lots of hand washing…. Skiing should be pretty safe. Lots of time outside. No apres-ski bar hopping this trip.