I’m sitting in the Zurich airport waiting to see if I can get the free public WiFi to work. I am not optimistic. I have no luck with free WiFi in US airports…I have no idea why Europe would treat me any differently.
Flight was pretty uneventful. Seatmate was a nice young woman who was not overly talkative, but friendly. Movie selection sucked and I watched most of the Merryl Streep movie about Margaret Thatcher (Iron Lady, I think) and tried to sleep for most of the flight. Food on the flight got mixed reviews from me. I always get the vegetarian option, which can sometimes backfire. Dinner was good…some sort of Middle Eastern trio with an eggplant dish, couscous, and a chickpea dish. Yummo. Breakfast, OTOH, was not so good. This is the Vegan backfire. Airlines often make vegetarian meals vegan, to cover a larger group. Instead of the yogurt and cheese and berry filled roll thingie, I got an applesauce cup and two mini slices of rye bread with margarine. And the rye bread…not so fresh. It ended up being a blessing in disguise as anything dairy would have probably tipped me over the allergic edge.
Yes, I am traveling with the beginnings of a sinus infection. Awesomeness….Luckily, I’ve kept it under control by drinking lots of hot black tea and orange juice. Avoiding dairy is also good, although I could not resist an apricot almond croissant (buttery goodness) and a milchkaffee (similar to a latte) in the airport here when I landed.
When I landed, I had to go a mini-security screening and found that they hadn’t assigned my gate yet. Due to this I was forced, yes forced I tell you, to hang out in the duty-free shopping area. I managed to find an eatery….but shopping called. Scearce, I found 14 dollar Swiss shot glasses. I’m taking the chance that you would think that was as ridiculous as I do, so I did not get one…despite the fact that they did have them shaped like bier steins…lol.
However, I did get myself a Swiss birthday present. It was like I was 20 years old all over again. I bought a Swatch (yes Patti, I can see you laughing). But it’s KEWL. It is purple (of course) and larger than the old ones I have AND you can see the multi-colored innards. When I get to the apartment and unpack the cameras, I’ll take a photo.
Oh look, they want money for unsecured WiFi in the Airport. Cheap buttheads. No thanks, I’ll upload this when I get to Vienna.
Anyway, this is my first ever time standing on European soil, which is pretty awesome. I saw the Alps! I am so easy to impress…lol.
Well, this teeny tiny keyboard gets on my nerves at the best of times…and I’ve really had no sleep, so I am going to end this now. It is 9:40 am local time (I don’t even want to think about what time my brain thinks it is) and the Vienna flight leaves at 10:25. Less than an hour to go before I’m Vienna bound! Auf Wiedersehen!
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