Our journey began on Sunday when we arrived at San Francisco International Airport preparing for our departure to Zurich, Switzerland aboard Swiss International Airlines. This was my first flight over the Atlantic Ocean, and I have to say if I ever fly again and am able to take Swiss I will. The seats were very comfortable and staff was amazing attending to everyone needs. Our Swiss flight had many options to help pass the time: there was a long list of newly released movies to watch, music stations, games to be played. It was so relaxing I honestly forgot I was even on a plane.
The flight was smooth for the most part and I must admit I love the turbulence. The first turbulence hit as we were being served dinner and everyone had just poured their drinks. I would say about 99.9% had some alcoholic beverage while I asked for Coke Light. Once everyone was served and glasses were poured the turbulence began and I swear everyone was bouncing up and down and the wine was flying. One woman was covered in wine for her husband's glass poured all over her white blouse. She insisted on getting up and the flight attendants refused to allow her so she stripped down to her bra until we were able to move freely around the cabin.
After that excitement it was not hard to fall asleep. Morning came and after breakfast it seemed like only a short time before we were landing in Zurich, Switzerland. From Zurich we departed for Nice, France. This was the first time I was able to board a plane by walking up from the tarmac, something I had always wanted to do. No quicker than we had been served our complimentary drink, pudding cake, and Swiss chocolate than we were on the ground. When we arrived in Nice I was expecting to have our luggage checked by customs but that was not the case since we flew in from Zurich so we retrieved our luggage and met our friend for the ride to the house.
On Monday and Tuesday we ventured out into the city to try and get a feel for the place and familiarize ourselves with ways to get back to the house along with trying to exchange our cash we had on hand for Euro. This was a two day feat. No longer do banks have any cash on hand; it's all distributed via ATM. So we had to resort to exchanging our cash at a travel exchange booth that charged a big fee and % for the transaction. From now on it will be ATM transaction or credit cards only! Lesson Learned. We visited a couple of stores to purchase food and that was an experience of its own that I will share more details with you all later and try and take some pictures of the neat products and labels. As always there is a piece of home wherever we Americans visit, with the well known Coca Cola, Mars Inc., and Tropicana. I hope all is well with all our friends and we are excited to share our experience with you!
Sincerely,
Robbie & Fred
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