My move from Uk to "Swissland" was, to say the least, a bit exhausting.
As last days go, mine was as hectic as anyone else's. The plane was leaving at 6 AM on Sunday 27/7 from Heathrow T5 with about 50 Kg of luggage (obviously, including the essentials like the Xbox and the bike).
We had a choice, leaving on the last tube (too much luggage for that) or catching a cab. Second option was a winner by a mile. Crossing London from East to west is not a 5 minute ride. What meant that Celeste managed to clock almost 2 hrs of sleep and yours truly about 40 minutes.
So, 1 hr after we got on the cab we arrived at T5. Very shinny let me tell you. But nothing (and I mean absolutely nothing) was open. We should speak to BAA's management coz they are missing a huuuuge business oportunity here.
Anyway. You have to love BA (or Air France, Swiss Air and every other decent airline). Ryanair/Easyjet would have charged me the moon for the excess luggage. BA did not even look at the weight. Way to go. I swear. Now that I do not have to fly from Stansted to anywhere, I am using nothing but decent airlines. In the end you pay almost as much (if not more) with the so called "cheap" airlines. Well, cheap they are indeed. But who cares. I am not flying with them anymore. That is a promise.
Let's continue. With the amount of sleep I had on me, I sat in the plane and did not even get to see the take off (not to mention the landing). I woke up when people were walking out of the plane. I remember to have said: "5 more minutes please!!!" Obviously did not work and I had to leave the plane like everyone else. Sleep counter is up to almost 2 hrs.
I believe swiss passport control have more important things to do than checking people's papers. Twice that I landed in Geneva, twice that I have not even stopped to show the Id.
Special mention here to the twat on oversize luggage in Geneva airport. You DO NOT slam a bike bag on top of a pile of luggage. (Note to self: always videotape when I am carrying sports equipment to show the insurance company why I am making a claim).
After leaving the airport, I got on the swiss train to Lausanne (service levels pretty euqal to the train services in UK...NOT). And the view... you are going around the lake... first taste of what the scenery is around here... I can get used to this easily.
And so I arrive to Lausanne. While I am waiting for Nabs to come and pick me up from the station (coz I do not have a clue where I am going to be living) I get to listen (my french is very very very very limited) to a gentleman that loves biking and has gone around Spain, France and Italy on his bike.
By now it has been 2 hrs sleep in 1 1/2 days.
Drop all the stuff in my new (and temporary) studio, grab the rucksack with the Xbox and go for a walk... for a few hours, carrying the Xbox, the power supply, the games, the controllers...
No wonder that we arrived to Nabs's place a few hours later and while I was sitting on the floor I fell sleep. I have to say, I never felt so comfortable sleeping on the floor. Then again it was more exhaustion that anything else (although a few days later, while I was waiting for the delivery of some furniture for nabil, I fell sleep again on the same spot on the floor. That corner in the living room has something, I swear).
getting to the end of the day and being refreshed by the amount of sleep (2 more hours I believe) I went off for a bike ride along the lake.
For all of you to know, the studio is about 3 minutes away from the lake (10 seconds if you do it by bike since it is a very steep downhill).
And I found this...
Best of all... it is real summer (OK, not as hot as in Spain, but close).
After all the excitment of the day, I could not do more than fall sleep like a baby. What can I say? it had been a long day in the end.
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