Author: Vic Cross

Here's hoping your birthday is lots of fun!

Two days after arriving back in Brisbane, this is the first time I've felt like going near a keyboard thanks to this rotten cold I picked up.  I've slept most of the time since coming back.  But yes, safe and not-quite-sound, I'm back home.

My last day in Singapore!  This update comes to you from the refurbished Qantas/British Airways lounge at Singapore Airport.  Today we caught the MRT to a couple of "suburban" shopping centres, the goal being kid's clothes and other things for Nicholas.  As always, Quek was very accommodating and spent way too much of his time with us!Today was … Continue reading Homeward Bound

I'm beginning to think that three weeks is about my "hump" for being away from home.  I've been thinking the whole time about Nicholas and Susan and home, but it usually happens at about the three week point that it gets a bit stronger and I start longing for home.  Maybe it's just that I'm in the … Continue reading I miss everyone

Last night we arrived in Singapore after very smooth flight from Frankfurt.  Surprisingly, I managed to get some sleep overnight and I've felt quite good today (on my last legs now but!).  Today in Singapore had us visiting a number of shopping areas for various things including of course, a visit to IT-geek-heaven, Sim Lim Square.The transition … Continue reading Sweaty Singapore

If you ever find yourself on a sector that transits Frankfurt, make sure you get all the boarding cards for all your onward sectors!  Aer Lingus said they couldn't give us our FRA-SIN boarding pass, and said "just go to the transfer desk in Frankfurt".  Trouble is, there is no transfer desk airside in Frankfurt, and the … Continue reading Transiting Frankfurt

I've been spoiled by free Internet access in most places we've been; so much so that the thought of paying €8 to do this update was a teeth-dryer.  Anyway, we are in the Delta lounge at Frankfurt airport after a frenetic stopover in Dublin.  What's happened the last couple of days?  Well, I'm glad you asked...After our day … Continue reading Update on Dublin

Today we did a day trip to Rotterdam, south of Amsterdam (no, not all the names of towns in Holland end in "dam").  We caught the Intercity train to Rotterdam Centraal and spent the day looking around the sights of this fair city.Rotterdam is know for some striking examples of modern architecture, and we saw many … Continue reading Rotterdam day trip

That was us yesterday, as we took a "Canal-Bus" tour.  It's the hop-on-hop-off style of tour that we've had in other cities, except this time it uses a canal boat instead of a bus.  Three different "lines", and a total of 14 stops to visit -- we managed to fill up the day quite nicely.  The ticket only … Continue reading Amsterdam by canal-boat

The hotel I'm in has the usual channel on the TV that shows you all about the place, the restaurants, the movies, and so on.  But in the background, they're playing a local radio station, and I could make enought sense of the Dutch announcements to identify it as Sky Radio.  On a whim, I went to … Continue reading My new favourite radio station