Travel Day To Zurich! You mean Budapest? There too!

With a little less than 12 hours left on the clock, today is my first long haul travel day since I started my blog! Although my final destination is Budapest, I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to explore Europe a little more.

Departure Day breakfast bacon!!

When I booked my flight through STA Travel, Swiss International Airlines had the least expensive economy class ticket, that meant a layover in Zurich. I had three options for layovers one, six, and twelve hours. I can’t really afford to stay a night in Zurich, so six hours it is! Tonight I catch the red eye from Boston, and tomorrow I explore Zurich before catching a night  flight to Budapest!

I’m not sure what I’m going to do in Zurich yet, I have a budget of 50 CHF (that’s the Swiss currency I changed last week along with a few Hungarian Forints), and my plans will be based around that. I read about a Zurich Card that can give me unlimited  transportation, museum entry, and a “culinary surprise” with a main course at some restaurants for only 20 CHF, so my standing plan is to see where that will take me. I’m also looking at a Travel Channel video, and a CNN article on layovers in Zurich right after this!

I apologize for the lack of posts this week I wanted to write more, but after getting sick I ran out of time. I only finished packing last night at 3 AM. Against my better judgement I’m taking advantage of my Star Alliance Gold status and bringing two suitcases. I wanted to avoid this because I’m going to lose my status in February of  next year (I’m only going to qualify for silver status if that.), meaning that unless I find a lot of stuff I don’t need and find a way to get rid of that stuff, I’m going to be stuck paying a ton of baggage fees next year. But since this is my first move, it’s better to be prepared than need something and not have it.

All packed up!

I’m also going to be taking advantage of the lounges in Boston and Zurich so I’ll try to post pictures of those as well as the airports, planes, and of course, my layover (What? I like airports!). As of today I will no longer have access to my US number. If you need to get a hold of me and  I haven’t given you my new number, call my old US number and there’s a message on how to contact me.