In Day 4 of our epic Family Travel Adventure we leave London and the United Kingdom. It’s off to Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5 to catch our British Airways flight to Geneva, Switzerland.
Leaving London to Fly to Geneva
Overall we had quite a long wait at Heathrow Terminal 5. We figured we would wait outside the security area until the standard 3 hours before the flight, then check in our bags. We were pleasantly surprised to find that we could check in our bags immediately. Not only that, we were expecting to pay 65 pounds in excess baggage for our fourth 23 kg bag.
But the man at the counter was nice enough to let us through without paying any excess baggage! Possibly because the last couple of bags were small and 15-18 kg each. Then it was thought to the secure area, and duty-free shopping.
Heathrow Terminal 5 Review
Overall we found this airport to be one of the better ones. There was heaps of comfortable seating, most of it with phone charging plugs along the side. Heaps of good food options, and plenty of good shopping. Ramon even got to update his camera equipment with some hard to find accessories.
Is Geneva in Switzerland or France?
We made it to Geneva and caught an Uber to our destination, staying at a long time close friend’s apartment. We thought we were staying in Switzerland, but just before the apartment things changed. On the left hand side of the road is Switzerland. On the right hand side of the road is France. Then we turned off to the right into the apartment. So we were staying in France not Switzerland. Looks like 3 countries were visited this day.
Catch our other Europe VLOG adventures
You can catch other VLOG episodes of this family adventure by clicking these links:
- VLOG-001 – Noi Bai Airport Hanoi
- VLOG-002 – Bangkok to Doha
- VLOG-003 – London Big Bus Tour
- VLOG-004 – London Sightseeing by Foot
- VLOG-005 – London to Geneva Journey
- VLOG-006 – Geneva France
- VLOG-007 – Geneva to Budapest via Brussels
- VLOG-008 – Budapest Big Bus Tour
- VLOG-009 – Budapest Royal Palace
- VLOG-010 – Budapest to Vienna Train Trip
- VLOG-011 – Schonbrunn Palace and Zoo Vienna
- VLOG-012 – Vienna Self Guided Walking Tour
- VLOG-013 – Vienna Big Bus Tour
- VLOG-014 – Vienna to Prague
- VLOG-015 – Prague Self Guided Foot Tour
- VLOG-016 – Karlstejn Castle Prague
- VLOG-017 – Prague Zoo Daytrip
- VLOG-018 – Prague to Geneva
- VLOG-019 – Europe to Vietnam, 5 countries in 2 days
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