After we had all finished packing and getting ready for our trip we all drove to the airport together. It was 1 pm when we got to the airport and we sat around and waited for our plane to be called. The airport was pretty nice and the people working there were caring and helpful. At 2 PM, the announcer said that our plane was ready to be boarded. We went up and showed them our tickets and began boarding the plane. After we had gotten into our seats, we had to wait around 45 minutes for the plane to start departing. When we had gotten off the ground we could see the ground under us, we were pretty high up and it was a nice view. The plane ride took about an hour and a half, from there we had to get out and get something to eat because the we were pretty hungry at this point. It was around 5:30 PM when we got to DC, so we had around 2 hours to get something to eat. We found a food court located near us and we were able to spend some time relaxing and eating. We headed back to the airport and we heard the announcer tell us that it was time to board the plane. We got our stuff and boarded the plane, it took us about 15 minutes to get through and get on. We had to wait for the plane to depart again which took about the same time as last time. The plane started lifting the air about 9:30 PM and we got ready for a red eye. The plane was a Boeing 767-300, which is a pretty decently sized plane and had many of seats available. We were able to rest up on the flight, which was a total of eight hours and five minutes; way too long to sit still, but it would all be worth it once we started our journey around the country.
Itinerary
Day 1
2/20 |
Get to airport at 1 pm. Fly RDU-GVA Round trip $1013. RDU 2:17p-IAD 3:26 (1h 09m), 2h 04m layover, get something to eat, IAD 5:30p-GVA 7:35a (8h 05m)
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Day 2
2/21 |
Arrive in Geneva 7:35 am, check into City Hostel Geneva at 9:15 am, leave at 11 am, get there at 12:30 pm, visit Chillon Castle finish at 3:30 pm,eat and start to explore Lake Geneva at 5 pm, leave at 6 pm, arrive at hotel at 7:30 pm and go to bed.
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Day 3
2/22 |
Check out of Hostel 12 pm, arrive at train station 2 pm, Go to Basel (by train)arrive in Basel at 4:30 pm, check in to Youthhostel Basel at 5:15 pm, dinner 5:45 pm, finish and leave at 6:45 pm, Visit Congress Center leave at 8:15 pm. Go to bed at 10:00 pm.
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Day 4
2/23 |
Eat breakfast at 8:30 am, Fasnacht Spring Carnival (in Basel) begins (we need events during the carnival here) leave for hotel at 4 pm arrive at 6:30 pm and eat dinner, go to bed at 8:30 pm.
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Day 5
2/24 |
Woke up at 10 AM, Ate Breakfast in the Hostel from 11 am- 12 pm, Checked out the streets of the Festival till 1 PM, 1 PM- Ate at a local cafe, at about 3 PM, when we were done with lunch, the Guggemuusige came out and we watched them and explored untill 9 PM. 9 PM- Indigenous Meal ( Swiss Cheese and Chocolate Platter)Went back to the Hostel at 11 PM.
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Day 6
2/25 |
Carnival ends. Wake up at 9 am, for Basel Hostel, pack and eat breakfast then leave for Zurich at 11 am, Go to Zurich arrive at 1 pm and go to Zurich Hostel, leave for Uetliberg at 2:30 pm, arrive at 3 pm, visit Uetliberg mountains leave Uetliberg mountains at 7 pm and go to Zurich Hostel, arrive at hostel at 7:30 pm and go out to eat, finish eating at 9 pm and go to bed at 10 pm.
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Day 7
2/26 |
leave for Mala Gorge at 8:30 pm, eat breakfast at a local cafe till 10 AM, Visit Via Mala Gorge at 11 AM, visit the Clock Tower (Zytglogge) at 3 PM, visit Rhine Falls at 7 PM and go to bed at 10 pm.
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Day 8
2/27 |
Wake up at 6:30 am, then eat breakfast and pack bags, Check out of hostel and go to Bern arrive at 2 pm and check into Bern Backpackers Hotel & Hostel Glocke, explore city, game starts at 7 pm, Hockey Game ends at 9:30 pm, get back to hotel at 10:30 pm.
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Day 9
2/28 |
Wake up at 9:30 am, then eat breakfast, finish and leave at 10:30 am, arrive at 12:30 pm, start tour at 3 pm in Alestsch Arena, finish tour at 6 pm and head back to hotel in Bern, arrive at 8 pm and have dinner, then go to bed at 9:30 pm.
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Day 10
3/1 |
Wake up and leave at 10:30 pm then eat breakfast, arrive at 11 am, start at 12:45 pm for the Foxtrail in Lucerne, finish at 6:45 pm, eat dinner at 7 pm, leave at 8:30 pm, arrive in Zurich at 9 pm and go to bed.
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Day 11
3/2 |
Wake up at 8 am, eat breakfast at 8:30 am, take train to Geneva at 10 am, arrive there at 1 pm and go to next hotel, 2 pm eat lunch, head back after sight seeing at 6 pm, get dinner at 6:30 pm, head back to hotel at 8:30 pm and pack and go to bed.
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Day 12
3/3 |
Wake up at 8 am, and continue packing, check out of hotel at 10:30 am, get to airport at 11 am, board plane at 11:40 am, Fly GVA-RDU, GVA 11:50a-YUL 2:10pm (8h 20m),, there we eat and walk around, get on same plane 1h 50m, YUL 4:00-YZZ 5:32 (1h 32m), 3h 48m layover, there we eat and walk around, get on plane YYZ 9:20-RDU 11:03 (1h 43m) get home around 12 am.
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| 1.00 US Dollar=.96 Swiss Franc | ||
| Item | Cost (USD) | |
| Plane tickets (round trip) | $1,013.00 | |
| Swiss Pass (covers all transportation costs some museam entrance fees) | $305.97 | |
| City Hostel Geneva | $103.00 | |
| Youthhostel Basel | $135.00 | |
| City Backpacker - Hostel Biber | $110.18 | |
| Chillon Castle | $12.85 | |
| Bern Backpackers Hotel&Hostel Glocke | $152.94 | |
| Hockey Tickets | $24.87 | |
| Foxtrail | $43 | |
| Uetliberg Mt. | $31 | |
| Zytglogge | $7.78 | |
| Novotel Geneve Aeroport | $108.00 | |
| Spending Money | $500.00 | |
| Food Money | $500.00 | |
| Total | $2,547.24 | |
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