Sofi's Blog: The Journey Begins

The view from our balcony in Zurich.

Swans were swimming in the lake. We are going to swim too! The water was 20 degrees, and it was only 15 degrees outside!

The shore of the Zürich See, or the Lake of Zurich.

At 4:00 PM yesterday morning, we took a taxi to the Vancouver airport. We had to take separate taxis- there was too much luggage to fit all of it and us into one- and so Mom, Kristina and I went in one and Papa and Lucy went in the other.
Our plane departed for Chicago at 6:10. It wasn't a very long flight, and it was nice and relaxing. We landed in O'Hare airport, where we had to wait about 2.5 hours. Kristina and I bought some postcards, and we had a nice snack of fresh fruit and pretzels before boarding our next plane.
The next plane was bound for Frankfurt, Germany. It was a really, really long flight and I didn't sleep a wink. I mostly watched movies, ate, and read my book. When we arrived in Frankfurt, we missed our connection to Zurich so we got bumped down to a later flight. Thankfully, that one left early.
We flew SwissAir to Zurich. It was beautiful. Once we got above the clouds, the sun shone beautifully and the clouds looked like snow below us.
After claiming our baggage, we took a taxi to our Great-Aunt's house where we had some delicious soup for breakfast. It was SO good. After that, we came here to Mom's cousin's apartment. It's really beautiful. Her apartment is right downtown, pretty much within walking distance of most shops and markets.
We went for a walk by the lake once we got settled in. I felt pretty tired and cranky before going outside, but once I got out, all nasty feelings vanished. It was glorious.
That's pretty much all my news for now, but I'll post some pictures to go along with my story. The journey has finally begun!!!