Saturday, January 25, 2014

Monday 29 July 2013 - Singapore to Engen



We arrived at the airport and were the first to book in.  Not long before boarding Sharney and Terry checked their boarding passes (sitting beside each other), but then checked mine and found I was a couple of rows away so there was a mad scramble to fix this.  The sky chair wasn’t ready so we were last on board as changes had to be made.  The staff were flustered and embarrassed about this.  Our flight left at 1.20 am.  The plane was an A380, so larger than the previous plane.  This time they only had to close one other toilet to get me in but still very squeezy, not the “large disabled toilet” I had been told about.  It was a very long, 12 hour flight.  I didn't get much sleep.


We arrived in Zurich at 8.00 am and my cousin Waldemar was there to meet us.  It was so good to see him again.  He drove us to Engen the small town where he lives in southern Germany.  Waldemar took Terry and me to the disabled friendly room at the hotel Rasthaus im Hegau which was about two minutes from Waldemar’s house.  Sharney stayed at Waldemar’s house.  Our hotel room was very good with plenty of room to wheel around.  The toilet had pull down rails.  There was a wheel-in shower with a good rail and a plastic chair was supplied.   


After Terry and I had settled in, Waldemar took us to his house for a “welcome” lunch.  It was good to see Roma and Nick again as well.  After lunch Terry and I were returned to the hotel where we had a good sleep.  We were then picked up again to have dinner at Waldemar’s house.  Christoph, Simone, Dean and Lukas were also there for dinner.  It was good to see Christoph and Simone again and to meet their beautiful children.  We enjoyed our dinner and went back to our hotel to have a good night’s sleep.











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