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Zurich
... which left a lot to be desired.
December 12
Pretty uneventful day: walked to the train station, took the 10-minute train ride to the airport, flights from Zurich to Gatwick, and Gatwick to Prestwick.
Just a side note of something that I think would only happen in Switzerland: when I put my MacBook into the security bin, the security guard asked me, “That’s it? You don’t have an ipad as well?” ...
Switzerland - Day 14
... bonding session that did not need any translation, drawing doodles in the snow is apparently a universal conversation starter.
It was challenging work hiking in the snow up this Mountain with the altitude difference and the lack of recent regular exercise did not help, it was a lot of fun though and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. A fairly common sight to see were young children walking up the track with their parents only ...
The Long Road Home
Breakfast at the hotel opened at 8am. Apparently there are no early risers in Italy. Sometime after 9am, we were on the road. Time to end our little Italian excursion and head back to Germany. I checked my smart phone for the day's temperature. 89 degrees in Pisa. 59 degrees in Germany. Ok, time to buck up and put my jacket back on. Shiver. It was raining outside as if showing me the cold and rain that I ...
Guten Tag, bonjour, hello. English, yes? Ok.
... of that for you!" and stamped my ticket. Whew! I got on the train, found my seat (car 15, seat 67) and was on my way to Zürich! :)
Now I have quite a story for you, and just think, if I'd been on the original train I would have missed out on all the fun with the Swiss Border Guards! So, there had been people coming in after each stop to double check the tickets. After one such stop, four Swiss Border Guards come ...
La grève en France
... streiken!
Das Problem war, dass ich in London Heathrow bloss 2 Stunden im Transit zur Verfügung hatte. Als dann den Passagieren mitgeteilt wurde, dass die Reserve Crew für unseren Jumbolino im Stau vor dem Airport sass, fing ich dann langsam an auszurechnen, wieviel Zeitreserve ich in London noch hatte.
Mit 50 Minuten Verspätung starteten wir dann endlich in Zürich. Als Folge des Flugzeugwechsels bekamen alle Passagiere ...