Welcome to Wien!

Well, it looks like I am finally settled in, so I suppose I should take this time to recap. My flight to Zurich was a bittersweet one.  Bitter, because I was literally on the verge of tears, if not crying the entire time.  It was an 8 hour flight, I slept for about 2 hours tops, and didn't listen to ONE song or watch ONE movie.  It was sweet because the service was great, and although I wasn't the happiest, the food was good, and the flight was short and painless.

After taking off, we were greeted with lots of different beverage choices.  I chose this- a simple bottle of Henniez Water.

And then came the time for dinner.  Chicken or Tortellini?  Well, naturally, I would have picked Chicken, but it didn't look quite normal.  So I traded it in for Tortellini.  Which to my taste buds was great, but many many hours later, my stomach is still very upset with me.  Looks good though, right? (Par)


Finally, Swiss Air decided to trick our bodies into thinking it was really morning by serving breakfast.  I say trick, because yes, it was now morning time in Europe, but our bodies were still on Chicago time, and more importantly, our stomachs were still full from the full dinner we had 3 hours prior.  But here is breakfast on Swiss Air (sub par):



About 30 minutes before landing time in Zurich, Swiss Air Economy got a First Class feel- they served us scorching hot towels to cleanse our hands and face.  Kind of a flimsy towel, but regardless, they tried. A+ for effort! (Par)

I would love to share pictures from my flight from Zurich to Vienna, but it was a total of 52 minutes, and they wouldn't let us turn on any electronics.  With that being said, they DID serve us a lunch and provided a yummy Swiss Chocolate for desert.  After arriving in the airport, it took only 10 minutes to get to the baggage claim and retrieve all of our bags (efficiency is key in Europe).  We made it to our building just in time to get our keys, and we got settled in.  Stay tune to the update on my room.  That's a whooole other blog post :-)