Today I am returning to Houston. The Day started fine, woke up on time, returned the rental car, got the shuttle bus to the airport, but when I checked in it started going bad. My London to Houston boarding pass has the “SSSS” on it. After boarding the flight to London the captain announced a…
This morning I left Le Creusot and drove to Geneva. On the way I stopped at Chalon-sur-Saone. They had a tourist information center near where I parked and they gave me a nice map for a short walking tour of the city. The city even had markers on the sidewalk to help guide you on…
This morning I arrived in Geneva, Switzerland. I managed to get a rental car with a manual transmission. I drove to Lyon, stopping at a petrol station along the way for breakfast. I was unable to check in to the hotel, so I continued to Lyon and walked around Vieux Lyon and up to Fourviere….
A simple overnight flight on Qatar Airways. Tomorrow I’ll be arriving in Geneva and then driving to Lyon, France.
This morning we explored Basel. We went to the city gate first via tram. We then walked around the area and found the Rathaus (City Hall). The building stood out from all the others because of it’s color and decoration. We then walked to the Basel Gothic church. We used our Swiss…
I woke up this morning to find a light dusting of snow. It was still lightly raining. I walked to the lake and took some photos of St. Moritz. I walked back to the hotel and had breakfast (was included) and they provided a shuttle to the train station. I actually got to…
Today’s train is the Glacier Express which leaves at 7:52 AM. I got up early and took some more photos of the Matterhorn before the sun was fully up. This was the best time to take the photo because it was not harsh light. Only a few more minutes later and the sunlight was…
I didn’t get as early a start as I wished, but daylight only started at 7:10 AM. I got the 8:11 train to Brig (off at Visp) from Montreux. In Visp I got on the 9:41 AM train to Zermatt. Interestingly enough although I was on the train for an hour no…
My transfer between LGA and JFK in New York City yesterday was uneventful (uneventful is a good thing). My airplane landed a little early this morning (7:14 AM instead of 8:05 AM). I managed to get some sleep on the plane (probably more than I did the night before when I was packing for the…
I’m on my first flight which is from Houston (IAH) – New York City Laguardia (LGA)… later I will then transfer to JFK for a flight to Zurich, Switzerland. Amazingly enough I was upgraded to first class on the flight to NYC. Delta’s International Contract of Carriage pays for the transfer between the LGA and…