Zurich.
So, talk about a crazy experience. We ALMOST MISSED OUR FLIGHT! We arrived to Geneva with only a 40 minute layover! Since we didn’t have to check our bags, that should’ve been ok, except that Geneva is a small airport and they make EVERYONE go through pass port checks and then through bagging check AGAIN! We told the attendant we only had 40 minutes and she told us that we had to try and shove our way through and cut people! What? Like no separate line? So after rushing to get inline, we had to wait to get our passports checked (and stamped!) Which took almost 20 minutes! We finally got through and ended up in the baggage line which was HUGE! I knew we had no chance of making it so I ran up to the part of the line at the rope (the end of the front 1/3) and explained to the guy we only had 20 minutes to make the flight and he let us cut. After waiting 15 minutes to get our bags checked, we only had 5 minutes to get to the gate which was up the stairs and waaaaaaay down the airport. We ran, we ran past the people movers and ran and ran and the final people mover we got on because it the sign pointed that A5 was past it when it was actually half we through it, so after we got off, we had to run over to the gate and got there right as the plane was supposed to be taking off. We ran up and were the last two to get on, she didn’t even bother to scan Josh in! We rushed on and were told that there wasn’t any room for our luggage (luckily they found a spot for mine and Josh’s got to ride first class in an empty seat…wonder if it got any of their fruit cups :P ) Josh and I crashed, tired and exhausted but boy, the view of all the swiss mountains through the clouds were absolutely amazing and totally worth the crazy run. We are currently landed down in Zurich awaiting our last flight, the final leg to Valencia. We will have spent over 24 hours at airports as of 3pm! And we don’t even get to Spain until 7 PM or so! So crazy. There is so many duty free shops here, with lots of fine chocolates but I have to keep reminding myself that I am poor and cannot afford it XD But we are currently relaxing and trying to regain feeling in our tuchuses. Oh, and on the flight from Canada, we were served dinner (which was actually quite good) and breakfast…on a 7 hour flight. Quite awesome! They didn’t get my veggie order and instead had to take a leftover veggie order off first class (came with a hot towel..talk about fancy :P ) The seats all had t.v.s in the back of them with access to tuns of music and movies, including new releases. Definitely an awesome experience
So, talk about a crazy experience. We ALMOST MISSED OUR FLIGHT! We arrived to Geneva with only a 40 minute layover! Since we didn’t have to check our bags, that should’ve been ok, except that Geneva is a small airport and they make EVERYONE go through pass port checks and then through bagging check AGAIN! We told the attendant we only had 40 minutes and she told us that we had to try and shove our way through and cut people! What? Like no separate line? So after rushing to get inline, we had to wait to get our passports checked (and stamped!) Which took almost 20 minutes! We finally got through and ended up in the baggage line which was HUGE! I knew we had no chance of making it so I ran up to the part of the line at the rope (the end of the front 1/3) and explained to the guy we only had 20 minutes to make the flight and he let us cut. After waiting 15 minutes to get our bags checked, we only had 5 minutes to get to the gate which was up the stairs and waaaaaaay down the airport. We ran, we ran past the people movers and ran and ran and the final people mover we got on because it the sign pointed that A5 was past it when it was actually half we through it, so after we got off, we had to run over to the gate and got there right as the plane was supposed to be taking off. We ran up and were the last two to get on, she didn’t even bother to scan Josh in! We rushed on and were told that there wasn’t any room for our luggage (luckily they found a spot for mine and Josh’s got to ride first class in an empty seat…wonder if it got any of their fruit cups :P ) Josh and I crashed, tired and exhausted but boy, the view of all the swiss mountains through the clouds were absolutely amazing and totally worth the crazy run. We are currently landed down in Zurich awaiting our last flight, the final leg to Valencia. We will have spent over 24 hours at airports as of 3pm! And we don’t even get to Spain until 7 PM or so! So crazy. There is so many duty free shops here, with lots of fine chocolates but I have to keep reminding myself that I am poor and cannot afford it XD But we are currently relaxing and trying to regain feeling in our tuchuses. Oh, and on the flight from Canada, we were served dinner (which was actually quite good) and breakfast…on a 7 hour flight. Quite awesome! They didn’t get my veggie order and instead had to take a leftover veggie order off first class (came with a hot towel..talk about fancy :P ) The seats all had t.v.s in the back of them with access to tuns of music and movies, including new releases. Definitely an awesome experience
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