On our way to Zurich

I am writing this from the Quality Inn & Suites Mall of America. Probably not what you think of immediately as on the way to Zurich. But here we are for tonight with Mom. Clay and I flew into MSP on AA via Philadelphia. We flew 1st class. The jet from RDU was an Airbus 319 and the very small 1st class was really nice and roomy. The jet from Philly was an Embraer. It was smaller with a larger 1st class section the was not nice and roomy. It was closer in seat size and pitch to most Premium Economy sections. They did serve us a nice lunch though. The real downside was the man directly behind Clay who coughed a terrible persistent cough the whole flight. Unless he had emphysema or something, he was probably sick which means in 7 days we'll be sick and then before we get home Mom & Carol will be sick! Fingers crossed he had some other health issue and not an infection! Mom flew Southwest through St. Louis. We were all on time and Mom had to take a light rail to get from terminal 2 to terminal 1 to meet us after 3pm. This Quality Inn runs a complimentary shuttle to and from the airport and to and from the Mall of America.

We had dinner at the Denny's that adjoined the Quality Inn so that was convenient. Mom and I had country fried steak, a rare treat. They had a 55+ Senior menu so we saved quite a bit of money for our huge meals. Clay had the tilapia. It was a lot of food and no one could face dessert.

We plan to watch a HBO movie and go to bed early. Breakfast is complimentary tomorrow from 7 to 9am. We are booked on the 925:am shuttle to the Mall of America. They will hold our luggage here behind the hotel desk. We are booked on the 2:35pm shuttle back to get our bags. We are booked on the 3:55pm shuttle back to MSP Terminal 2 to meet Carol for our Iceland Air flights tomorrow night. On our way to Zurich.