The Journey Begins

The second leg of the journey was Singapore to Zurich, a grand total of 13 hours. This was the flight that I was dreading the most. By the time it was time for us to board the Swiss Air Business Class flight it was midnight Sydney time and I was over it. I just wanted to get into my seat, fall asleep and wake up in Zurich.

As soon as we boarded the plane I realised the flight I had been dreading the most was actually the flight I had been wanting all along. The seats were much wider with bigger arm rests, and you could lie them completely flat like a bed. They were also much more comfortable.

After dinner of prawns and smoked salmon followed by polenta, spinach and mushrooms, I had  black forest  mousse for dessert, then lay my seat back and eventually dozed off.

When I woke up we were 3 hours away from Zurich. From Zurich we boarded the one hour flight to our final destination, Vienna, but not before rushing to catch the train (which we were unaware we had to catch) to the terminal we were departing from.

The flight was pretty short and painless, and when we landed the ground staff brought the aisle chair straight away. Usually I'm waiting around for an eternity, because messages get lost in translation or don't get passed on between destinations.

After we got off the plane and collected our luggage we waited around for my sister to arrive, but after a few minutes gave up and caught a taxi to her place. A non accessible taxi, so dad had to lift me into the car and put my wheelchair in the boot. (we later found out that there was only one accessible taxi in Vienna, according to my sister).

After getting to my sister and brother in law's house she decided that the four of us would go for a bit of a walk to shake out the cobwebs and wake up a bit. We went and had gelato at her favourite gelato shop, and then went to have a look and the beautiful rose garden. I wanted to push myself the whole way there, to try and wake my sleepy arm muscles up, but eventually it became too much of a struggle, and dad took over. After taking a walk through the rose garden, we went and had a look at St Johns church, and then grabbed a bite to eat before heading home.