Schwechat, 21/09/2016

Is an airport near Vienna. It used to be my favourite airport,small,easy to navigate,immaculate toilets,excellent food and the coffee,the coffee! Combined with an apple strudel, it was worth flying through Schwechat just for that! And then,once Austria became a member of the EU,things began to change. It has grown big, bigger, massive. But not better. Still,there are things I love about the airport even now. The Austrian Airlines terminal has the most wonderful Versace shop,the buyer has an eye for the different,the exquisite. I have seen bags no other outlet has and have bought two there in as many years. Today in the British Airways terminal I noticed a VICTORIA SECRET section I haven't seen before and a cabin suitcase to die for. Was soooo tempted, but there is no way now I could get it home unless I check in the cabin case I am carrying with me and that is impossible now. FURLA has the most wonderful black and deep red crossover bag  and had it not been for the very awkward way it locked I would have bought it. But I do not do awkward. Food is not what it used to be at the airport and I avoid it. Coffee is just as disappointing. Had the most unexpected surprise on the REGIO BUS to the Schwechat airport from Bratislava,the capital of Slovakia, this morning - the free coffee served was EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. And we even had a choice of two newspapers. Now that is what I call service. May it long continue. In about an hour I should be sitting inside the plane waiting for a take off and in about four hours I should be back  home. If things go according to plan.