Day 5 - Tue 02 Sep 25: Dubai to Zurich

Tue 02 Sep 25: Dubai to Zurich

The swelling in Noel's foot had reduced a lot overnight, but was feeling more soreness. The Voltaren Gel quickly takes the edge off that though. Unfortunately during the 6 hour afternoon flight and by the end of the day, her foot was quite puffy again. 

We ventured down for a long and relaxing breakfast, before returning to the room to pack for an 1135am departure to the airport and a 3:35pm flight to Zurich. In one sense, it seemed like a bit of a wasted day, but it actually suited us in that Noel was able to rest her foot, and I was able to catch up on some admin.  Check in at the airport was fast and efficient, and it wasn't long before we were sitting in the HUGE Dubai Emirates Business lounge enjoying the quality services. Take off was a little delayed due to heavy air traffic, but we were soon sitting back enjoying another wonderful Business Class flying experience.  Not sure how we will ever go back to flying economy again after this. 

We arrived 30 min early just after 8:00pm (after turning the clocks back another 2 hours), and it took another 40 minutes to get through immigration - it was very busy and they were slow processing. Importantly, once we did get through and collect our luggage, our driver was waiting for us and delivered us safely to our hotel for the next 3 nights, although on checking in, we wished he had taken us elsewhere.  The Bristol Hotel is very disappointing, and at the very other end of the luxury scale that we experienced in Dubai, and more expensive. After checking in, I went for a short walk around the city centre then returned for a hot shower and hit the sack, expecting a very noisy night with all the trams passing by. 


Morning view from our bedroom window

Morning view from our bedroom window

Dubai Airport

Dubai Airport - Our Aircraft 

Waiting to Board

Sit back and relax

A short walk after check-in, just to stretch the legs. This place certainly won't look as nice in daylight.We may have been a bit spoilt the past few days.


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