{"id":314,"date":"2016-07-27T14:27:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T18:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.laughinglyeverafter.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2016-07-28T13:06:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T17:06:57","slug":"switzerland-zurich-to-lucerne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.laughinglyeverafter.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland – Zurich to Lucerne"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our trip officially started Friday June 24th with a flight to Zurich leaving Raleigh at 4:55pm.<\/p>\n

Matt took the day off and I worked from home that morning (to save a day). \u00a0Our morning was filled with last minute details and packing. \u00a0Finally 1:30 rolled around and Matt and I hopped in the car and headed to the airport. \u00a0Our flight from RDU to JFK was a breeze! \u00a0Left on time, though once we arrived at JFK there was another plane parked too close to our terminal so we had to sit on the tarmac for a good 30 mins before finally being able to park at gate. \u00a0The airline staff asked the passengers to stay seated if they didn’t have an immediate flight, which was good because Matt and I were going to be cutting it close. Thankfully our departing terminal was the next one over. \u00a0We managed to run to the bathroom and grab a sandwich before boarding our flight to Zurich.<\/p>\n

While we were waiting to depart, we noticed 1) the plane wasn’t very full and 2) some workers on one of the wings. \u00a0We didn’t think much about it until the Pilot came on and said there was a \u00a0maintenance issue but we would stay on the plane while they fixed it. \u00a0No more than 2 minutes later we were asked to de-board the plane! \u00a0So our flight departing at 8:05 ended up not boarding until midnight! \u00a0I was so annoyed. \u00a0I was tired and just wanted to go to sleep. \u00a0We also taxied for what felt like an hour before finally taking off.<\/p>\n

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The “we are stuck in the airport” selfie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We get in the air, finally, and things are nice and quiet and dark and then they turned the lights on to serve food! WTF!?!? \u00a0At this point, I was really glad they had provided eye masks. \u00a0Finally the lights were turned off but it didn’t do much for my sleeping situation. \u00a0I think I managed a few hours of sleep on and off. \u00a0I finally woke up around 6am EST starving! \u00a0I ate a few cookies and not long after they started to serve breakfast. \u00a0It wasn’t great but it was food.<\/p>\n

We landed in Zurich after noon and made it through customs pretty quickly. \u00a0We found our train and headed off for the hotel. \u00a0By this time, I’d found my second wind so minus really just needing a shower I was doing pretty good.<\/p>\n

After a short walk from the train station we found our hotel, Sorrell Hotel Seindenhof. \u00a0Our room wasn’t quite ready so we went to the hotel restaurant and ordered a coffee while we waited, watching all of the super expensive cars drive by. \u00a0We saw a McLaren, Porsches Lamborghinis – there was not shortage! \u00a0As we were sitting there the bottom fell out. \u00a0Thankfully it was a quick little rain storm and passed before we went to our room.<\/p>\n

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View from our room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Our hotel duck!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lamborgini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One of the many bachelorette parties we saw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This was a dining trolley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once we got to the room we showered and headed out to check out the city. \u00a0We wandered over to the old city and walked around before deciding we needed food. \u00a0At this point, we were back by the hotel but hadn’t found anything interesting. \u00a0We stopped by the front desk and the girl recommended a place in the old city. \u00a0Go figure! \u00a0So we headed back over there. \u00a0We ended up stopping at a place called Saint Lucia for Italian food! \u00a0It was really good! After dinner we headed back to the hotel for sleep!<\/p>\n

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The next morning we woke up and grabbed breakfast from the hotel restaurant. \u00a0We then took another walk around town. \u00a0The sun was out so we had a nice stroll before going to check out and grab our bag for the train to Lucerne!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our trip officially started Friday June 24th with a flight to Zurich leaving Raleigh at 4:55pm. Matt took the day off and I worked from home that morning (to save a day). \u00a0Our morning was filled with last minute details and packing. \u00a0Finally 1:30 rolled around and Matt and I hopped in the car and headed to the airport. \u00a0Our flight from RDU to JFK was a breeze! \u00a0Left on time, though once we arrived at JFK there was another…<\/p>\n

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