Or an arrival that took three days
On Monday we took the train to Cologne. After the heartwhelming goodbye from our families, which included a big banner, small New Zealand flags and some tears, we finally stared our journey. Quite some people in our train wagon had noticed the goodbye scene and some of them had a chat with us. The train ride took several hours, but I was just too excited to sleep.
The train arrived late in Cologne and it was pure luck the next train was still there, we ran from one train to another and were in Cologne not more than twenty seconds.
A very modern ICE brought us to the airport in Frankfurt and with some help we found the stop for shuttles to the Hotel. It was time for a rest, we spend the night at the smart stay hotel, which was simple, but nice and clean.
At 12.30 the next day we were finally in the plane to Singapore. It lifted off at 13.00. The crew at Singapore Airlines provided great service and the 12 hours on the plane were flying . . . Luckily I had a seat at the window, I saw a lot of cliffs and mountains in the middle eastern desert from brids-eye-perspective, the sunset above the clouds and a very big thunderstorm near New Delhi at night. The only thing bugging me the hole flight was I could not really sleep.
Singapore made a very good first impression on us. It was warm and we saw a lot of palms even in the airport. The coast was full of ships and the architecture at the airport great. Sadly we had to go to catch the flight, but I am happy we are visiting Singapore on our way home again.
The last part was the flight from Singapore to Auckland with Air New Zealand. Again it was a very long flight without sleep for me, but after quite some turbulence above the Tasman Sea we finally arrived in New Zealand. We were really happy when we left the biosecurity at the airport behind us and were on our way to the base backpackers hostel.
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