We had a wonderful flight with Edelweiss Air (a branch of Swiss Air), a pleasant airline in that the service was friendly and always with a smile delivered with a great demeanour - they show that they really love their positions. Our Jet lag saving grace was the Transit Hotel right in the Zurich arrival terminal, fantastic. The Zurich airport has a basic hotel for longer layovers, you can rent rooms for 3, 6, 9 or 12 hours. Our layover was almost 6 hours so for about $100.00 CAD we rented one of these rooms for the entire layover. They give a room with no windows (which is great), a very good bed, night tables, TV, telephone, internet and a place to have a shower with towels and toiletries. They give you a wake up call where you must get out of bed in order to turn off, reminiscent of "the button" on Lost - red and big. We crashed and woke refreshed especially after a nice shower. Checked out, breezed through immigration to our gate and arrived in Copenhagen 2 hours later. Waiting at the luggage terminal I had a feeling that I have never experienced before, the belt stopping with my bag yet to surface, ah not good. I will say this, they must be used to this, the person at the counter was very professional took down all my information and confidently told me that these things usually get resolved within 24 hours. Sure, I believe this when I see it. I mentioned that I had everything in my bag, IE. toiletries, because I do not ant to fly with liquids. He said one moment and then returned with a carrier bag stuffed full of goodies, thanks.
The bonus here was travelling through the metro and bus system with only one suitcase. One suggestion here, the Metro for us looked like the better option because of where our hotel was located in the centre of the city. The problem was at the metro station where we got off the escalator was under repair - four flights of stairs with the suitcase, not fun. Even though the train was going to take us for 5 additional walking minutes we would have been better off taking the train as there are no stairs.
Ascot Apartments and hotel check in was quick they understood my predicament and took down my information and also reassured me that this should be resolved within 24 hours with the luggage being delivered direct to the hotel, okay I will try to relax. Checked in with Bryan, they were calling it a night with their jet lag kicking in, so we headed for a nice dinner before crashing for the night. All in all good travel day…
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