Our short flight from ZRH to VIE was just fine. It never ceases to amaze us when an airline manages to serve a tasty sandwich and offer a beverage service on a one-hour flight, but that's because we're used to US domestic carriers. The Swiss Air sandwich was better than anything we ate yesterday on UA. Harrumph!
After landing, we decided to take the cheapest rapid-transit into Vienna, which involves a ride on the S-Bahn (rather than the relatively new and expensive CAT airport train), followed by a transfer to a U-Bahn.
We got a little confused about the location of our Hilton but managed to get off at the right stop, even though we suspected it was the wrong stop. We're now all checked in at the Hilton Vienna Plaza, with a lovely room that's actually a large junior suite right next door to the Executive Lounge.
We've seldom seen a bigger bathtub than this beauty.
No, Not at all a bad place to rest up after flying about 6500 miles on four flights SEA-ORD-EWR-ZRH-VIE.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
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