Even for Switzerland, Zurich was expensive. We couldn’t find affordable hotels anywhere, so eventually we burned some credit card points to get a room, and cut our stay down to only two nights. Let’s get in and get out with our wallets in tact. This turned out to be just fine, as though Zurich was lovely and comfortable and beautiful, it wasn’t like there was a ton to do there other than just be. We do love just being, and…
We giggled. It was surprising, and faintly ridiculous, seeing all our earthly possessions (for the past 6 months, anyway) shoved into one tiny locker. Franz and Helga never looked so small. If it fits so easily in there, how come all this stuff is such a pain in the ass to carry?! Travel Day We were in Martigny, Switzerland, halfway through our travel day from Chamonix to our next stop, Zermatt, Switzerland. We’d taken the train to Martigny, then had…
Phase 3 of our trip began with about the most luxury we’ve had the entire trip: a 7-hour flight on Emirates Airlines to Geneva. Comfortable seating! Lunch! Cheese! Wine! Hundreds of movies! I’d always heard that Emirates is one of the nicest airlines in the world, but it really lives up to it. Three movies later—including finally catching Avengers: Infinity War (my take? A good Guardians of the Galaxy movie mixed with a less good Iron Man movie mixed with…
