The highlight of the flight was leaving Amsterdam 30 minutes late due to a bird having attacked the plane on a previous flight and damaged an access panel on the plane's nose. Technical experts had to be called and eventually they expressed a hope that the plane would make it to Geneva. The one hour flight was uneventful until the pilot suddenly pulled it out of the landing approach at the last minute and we zoomed up into the sky over Geneva. Oh, oh. Turns out that the aborted landing had nothing to do with the damaged nose panel but everything to do with a plane that was tardy leaving the landing strip ahead of us. On his second try, the landing was fine.
Here's a photo of my current writing desk on Nicole's balcony. That's the castle of Vufflens in the background. We're surrounded by vinyards and had wine from a local winery with dinner last night. Delicious.
Paula, Nicole and I took Malibu the wonderdog and Teo the wonderkid out for a walk in the afternoon (partly for the exercise and mostly to try to stay awake until a reasonable hour to combat the jet lag). Along the trip we came across a mushroom - a verpa, similar to a morel but usually not eaten. I'm always on the lookout for tasty mushrooms...
After a delicious homemade Pad Thai we headed for bed satisfied with the 8pm bedtime (29 hours since awaking in Seattle to start the epic adventure!).
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