Up with the alarm this morning, ready for the flights home. Had some breakfast as usual downstairs and then waited for our taxi to arrive at 8.30 am. He actually turned up 10 minutes early but we were already downstairs and waiting, however he was early because he popped in to get a coffee, leaving to car parked in the street, blocking the road. Many horns later from upset drivers, he returned un-fussed, waved to the waiting cars and we were in and off to Schipol Airport.
Our flight was for 11.10 am, so once through check-in and luggage drop we went to the lounge and waited. All on time and got into our seats and a very comfortable twelve and a bit hour flight to Singapore with Singapore Airlines. Excellent service as usual with plenty of food as always. Jane had some sleep but I didn't as trying not to sleep on the way back to try and beat the jet lag, so got through a couplle of Guy Ritchie movies.
Arrived in Singapore around 2am Singapore time and made our way to the Krisflyer lounge as we had a bit over four hours to kill. Jane had a bit of a nap while I just walked around a bit or sat and surfed the net. Mind not in the space to do another blog.
The flight to Brisbane (back in cattle class now) was pretty un-eventfull except for the boarding. We were in the second row ( 42 window and aisle ) and there was a couple in front carrying two children (new born and under two down syndrome boy) who were in the window and middle, with an American guy in the aisle. Extremely large woman got on and of course had the ticket for the window. Apparently the couple had been allocated the middle seats in both aisles, not together which was a bit silly. In the end I moved to the middle next to Jane, and the guy moved back to our row to accommodate the woman, so the couple could stay together. The staff thanked us and I made a flippant comment saying thats OK , just a whiskey later will be fine.
The flight went well ( except the guy next to me who woudn't shut up when he was awake, continually whining about the pain of his knee). Jane slept off and on and I watched more films, until one of the cabin crew came after dinner with a very nice plate of cheeses and fruit, along with a 15yr old Whiskey for me. Gotta love the service of Singapore Airlines.
Finally got to Brisbane on time at 7.15pm and after stopping at Duty Free we were out and soon in the car as Isabel had come to collect us.
An excellent trip with some unexpected nice surprises. Now to start planning for the next one when the bank balance improves a bit. Europe is certainly an expensive place to visit at the moment with the Australian dollar so weak. Pound was basically one to every $2 AUD and the Euro was about $1.70 AUD. Oh well can't change it and we did have a most enjoyable trip.
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