Singapore

Singapore Airlines crew was very nice during the flight. You get plenty of food and there are games and movies on demand on your private TV screen which is in the back of the chair in front of you. You can order any drinks ( including wine and strong drinks etc and cola and 7up, tomato juice , apple juice ) you want free of charge. Also, you can order in-between-meal sandwiches which were better than I expected them to be. I decided to close my eyes the whole flight, not sleeping but trying to get some rest and not use the TV's and games. Kim would mostly be watching TV and play some games : She's more comfortable in planes than I am. The flight was very smooth , no turbulence at all and before we knew it we were in Singapore ! Singapore was warm and there was a tropical storm raging there ( it somehow formed within 5 minutes after we landed and only lasted about 2 hours ). The airport was a delight : It was silent and clean and not crowded at all ( makes you wonder how one of the biggest airports in the world can be less crowded than unheard-of Schiphol ). The airport itself was huge : 3 terminals with robotic light-rail trains connecting each of them. Each building has air conditioning so you feel rather cold than warm, so we were glad we were wearing woolen pullovers. We looked up prices of camcorders because we want to buy one and thought Singapore would be cheaper , however we were surprised to find out that Singapore electronics are MORE EXPENSIVE than european electronic shops, EVEN with the duty free. ( later we found out that Australian shops are cheaper than European ones, so we were quite happy we didn't buy the camcorder in Singapore or Europe ). After 3 quick hours ( 2 of them were spent shopping ) we headed for our gate which was a train ride and some conveyors further. We got on board without problems and before we knew it we were on our way to our final destination : Brisbane Airport ! The flight was very cold, we had 1 tshirt , 1 woolen pullover and 3 blankets ( courtesy of Singapore Airlines ) on us. With 3 blankets the cold was ok, but I was glad I wore a lot of clothes. A lot of people were sneezing and caughing at the end of the flight ( including Kim ) but I was lucky enough to have escaped the ordeal : I had my eyes closed all the time and was snuggling under 3 blankets :) I actually managed to get 4 hours sleep on this flight which was a total of 7,5 hours. The original flight from Amsterdam to Singapore was 13 hours ( we had tail wind and did it in 12 hours ). Again plenty of food, good service and no crying kids, we felt really lucky.