Unbelievable, but im back on the other side of the world again. Unfortunately flying wasn't that easy this time. I started from Tallinn to London on 22nd May and going from Stansted airport to Heathrow itself took 4-5 hours. At late night i reached Easyhotel London Heathrow, which was surprisingly nice place for a good price and had the last long sleep before long flights. Saturday morning, before a flight to Singapore, i caught up with Maggy and Ian, and had a nice breakfast with them at the airport. Soon it was time to go to the plane, but we were not lucky this time - the aircraft had some technical problems and we had to sit on our seats for 2 hours. Finally everything got fixed and the long flight to Singapore started. Since the plane had taken off in London a few hours later than it should, i guess all the passengers who were heading to any connecting flight in Singapore, were worrying about reaching Singapore at time. So did i. Our plane landed in Singapore at 9:15am, my next flight to Brisbane was just boarding and about to leave at 9:55am. Singapore airlines did excellent job again: there were heaps of the airline's employees waiting for us in the arrival terminal and helping us to find the fastest way to the next gate. Even a girl, who had been sitting next to me on the plane and was hoping to catch her flight to Perth (and the flight was about to go at 9:30am, which means 15 minutes later than the previous plane had landed!), made it.
Flight from Singapore to Brisbane was the best one i have ever experienced. Perfect service again and wow, 4 free seats + 4 blankets + 4 pillows for me! Even though i didn't fall asleep, it was just amazing feeling to lie down and get some rest.
And... to reach Brisbane... don't even need to tell how lovely it was.
Now it is the fourth day for me here, but im still having 12-hours nights and still not feeling fresh.
It is harder to get used to new time than ever before. Just trying to keep myself up, drinking a coffee at the moment. And it's the midday :)
Yesterday i made a short tour to the city. Walked on the streets, enjoyed good coffee, bought some postcards to send them home and found that i know the city pretty well already. The weather is nice as always. 20-25 degrees at day, but as it is the autumn here now, the nights are cooler. People here even don't talk about 4 seasons, because they really do have just 2 seasons: wet and hot summer (from November until March), and dry and cool winter (from April to October).
The funny thing is that me, who never feels cold at home, i really think that it gets cold here at nights and im freezing! They usually don't have the heating systems in the houses here.
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