Sunday, May 10, 2009

Europe 2009: Outward Bound

Well, I got to Zurich in one piece. The flights were all very smooth, although I wasn't impressed with US Airways on international flights. The flight from Philly to Zurich left two hours late because a tire needed to be changed and the jack broke, they needed more nitrogen...

It took them forever to do the meal service and I just wanted to try to get some sleep. The food wasn't the worst I've had - I had some cheesy pasta dish. I was on a 767 so there weren't TV's in each seat or anything and my favorite - the little map with the plane marking the current position - was nowhere to be seen either.

Yes Man was the in-flight movie, although I only watched bits... without headphones - I don't know if they ever got the sound working.

But now I'm in Jose's small one-room apartment that the Opernhaus owns which is in a very attractive (though a little out of the way) neighborhood. To get there from downtown, you take a train, then the Dolderbahn (almost like a funicular) up the hill a couple of stops.

Jose's making some pork stewy thing for dinner...

Tonight is the opening of the Opera Aggripina - I'll attend this performance and we're going to a party afterward.

The only mask-wearing weirdness I saw was generally foreigners in the Philadelphia airport. And, generally people seemed less airport-stupid than I've seen on previous trips. So far, so good!

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