Day 07. A 05:30 start to the day and off to the airport for a nice short trip to Munich to meet up again with the Reids and to drink a few steins of the good stuff. We arrived at midday and found our way to the hotel with no problems. The cobblestone streets are not uber friendly for rolling suitcases. Hotel Eder was to be our base for the next three nights. They are really proud of their old wide timber stair case and it does look lovely, just not so much when they put you on the top floor and you have to cart your bags up there. We had a little laze around in the room until, BAM, the Reids turn up with pretzels on their minds and euros in their pockets. No ... read more

Day 04 Universal Studios. The morning was to travel at a moderate pace because Universal didn’t open until 10:00. Once again I managed to squeeze in a gym session, this time with Oli followed by a swim. We caught up with the Reids for some breakfast and morning banter then we got ourselves some cabs and headed over to Sentosa Island for a bit of movie fun. After the compulsory photo in front of the Universal spinning world logo thing we lined up to be among the first in the gates. Once again the first rollercoaster, the bad ass Battlestar Galactica, was a solo ride. No worries I am sure the others will catch on. To make the rides more appealing for everyone we headed over to a smaller dragon rollercoaster. The thing that made this ... read more

Considering the long day yesterday of readying and flying the Walkers woke nice and early this morning, a lot earlier than they planned. This turned out to be a bit of a blessing when they went down stairs and discovered the breakfast buffet. Lucky that there was one of the holiday makers that had a body built for big breakfast, thank goodness for the weeks of quasi dieting before the trip, things where about to change! Bellies full and arriving at our appointed location, the Singapore Flyer, early we had a chance to have a bit of a look around. This was really pleasant with a nice garden to stroll through and an area which was full of old school hawker food trollies. unfortunately it was a little early to get the deep fried oysters. The ... read more