The Cat's Reduced 1K Mileage Run
Dec 4, 2000, 1:41 pm
#16
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: CH-3823 Wengen Switzerland
Programs: miles&more, MileagePlus
Posts: 27,041
and Wengen is the place they will stay: http://www.wengen.ch
Dec 4, 2000, 4:33 pm
#17
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: PDX
Programs: On a collision course with Kettledom
Posts: 25,550
Great Rudi,
I wish on my first trip to Switzerland (many years ago) that someone would have told me that the train from the Flughafen to Baden would switch directions at Zuerich HBF... it is quite surprising after a long trip and not being quite awake.
Catman -- if you are ever dining without a german speaking escort in a Swiss Restaurant, remember these words when you want your check -- "Bitte Zahlen" -- it will shorten your evening quite a bit...
Also -- I think you get 50% off on the ticket to Jungfrau if you have the rail pass. My mistake last time I went to Jungfrau was that I stopped along the way for a weisbeir or five along the way... it doesn't mix well with the altitude.
[This message has been edited by opus17 (edited 12-04-2000).]
I wish on my first trip to Switzerland (many years ago) that someone would have told me that the train from the Flughafen to Baden would switch directions at Zuerich HBF... it is quite surprising after a long trip and not being quite awake.
Catman -- if you are ever dining without a german speaking escort in a Swiss Restaurant, remember these words when you want your check -- "Bitte Zahlen" -- it will shorten your evening quite a bit...
Also -- I think you get 50% off on the ticket to Jungfrau if you have the rail pass. My mistake last time I went to Jungfrau was that I stopped along the way for a weisbeir or five along the way... it doesn't mix well with the altitude.
[This message has been edited by opus17 (edited 12-04-2000).]
Dec 4, 2000, 10:44 pm
#18
In Memoriam
Join Date: May 1999
Location: San Francisco UA1K; AA Gold
Posts: 937
Glad to hear you'll make 1K, Catman - good luck with all your flights!
And never say "never" - when I stopped work, I had been a Premier Exec for many years, but even that lapsed after a year or two. Then two years ago I realized I enjoyed traveling more than anything else, plus I had the time and no ties, and have been 1K both years. Who woulda thunk it?
...but I'll have a card I can pass on to my kids (since I doubt I'll ever get that close again!)