GVA to ATH

Our second honeymoon flight was from Geneva to Athens on Swiss. (As we mentioned earlier, we took 5 flights total during this trip.) We had a good experience on Swiss. It wasn't a very long flight, but after the tight quarters on Continental, the seating on Swiss felt so spacious. And the food was so much better.

It was a night flight (leaving just before 8 pm), so we weren't sure if there would be food served. Shortly after takeoff, they announced dinner boxes would be distributed. Due to the current state of US airline meals for short flights (i.e., none), we're used to eating at the airport before the flight and are always pleasantly surprised when the airlines announce they're serving a meal.


The boxes were very simple meals - risotto and cake - but it was the right amount of food for the time of night and the short flight.


The main part of the meal was a tomato risotto. (It was clearly labeled on the foil top that it had "no pork." The foil top also said "enjoy your meal." I liked that.)


We liked the risotto. It was served piping hot, so that was good. If you don't like tomatoes though, you would be out of luck, because it was quite tomatoey. The cheese melted well into the risotto but it wasn't overwhelming. It was so much better than my meal on Continental.

The dessert was a cake, which was fine. I'm not a huge dessert person, but it was pretty good. It was something like a carrot cake.


And then to close the meal, they gave everyone some Swiss chocolate. That, of course, was excellent.


In a few hours, we were in Athens and ready to start our Greek adventure!