Tomorrow we take off on our 18-day COSMOS Best of Europe Tour! We have arranged for a shuttle to pick us up at our house in Pápa and take us to the Vienna airport. The cost of the shuttle will be 26,000 forint ($115.64). This is much more than gas would cost to drive ourselves, but we would not all fit in the car (especially with our luggage). Arranging to have a shuttle pick us up and drop us off seems to be the easiest, most convenient option! We have already made other arrangements to be picked up when we return to Vienna. Dad’s friend has offered to let us borrow his van for the airport pick up.
Tonight, we sat around the table after dinner and discussed all of the necessary details of our COSMOS tour. We will arrive at the Vienna airport 2 hours early, as is recommended, check in and … wait. Our flight leaves at 2:15 pm. Grandpa went online, 24 hours before our flight time, and confirmed our reservations and chose our seats! Leaving Pápa at 10am will allow us time to relax, and work around any difficulties that may arise (traffic, confusion at the airport, etc).
Our British Airways flight lands in London at 3:45pm (London time). We are expecting rainy weather for the 2 ½ days we are there. Do we worry about rain though? Of course not! If it rains, we will make the most out of the wet weather and see as much as we can! One thing we are sure of is that we intend to have fish and chips for one of our meals…preferably served in newspaper (I think that is the authentic way)!
Our hotels will most likely have internet access, though I don’t know how “accessible” it will be. I will blog about every detail I possibly can, hopefully at least once a day. We are very excited for our COSMOS Best of Europe Tour!
