Flying To Singpore

We left Berkeley at about 9:00 AM on the morning of Tuesday, December 18. Rich, Arta, Jim and I went off in the rain with our four pieces of luggage. Got on a crowed train at the BART station and moved along rapidly. We finally got seats. We changed trains once and most folks on that train were headed to the airport.

Arrived at SFO at about 10:30AM and checked in with no problem. We said good-bye with grateful thanks for the wonderful hospitality and assistance in transportation. 

The only little hitch we had was the carry-on was only supposed to weigh 15 pounds, was to have been weighed at check-in, and wasn't. When the officials came to weigh luggage gate-side ours weighed 25 pounds. Finally the Singapore Airline folks gave us a tote bag and we shifted some items. 

The seats  on the plane were amazing. There was more storage space than you could believe and even a 

make-up mirror. 

When time to sleep came the flight attendants made the bed down- complete with covers and a pillow.  The entertainment system had everything you could imagine and the headphones were the noise reduction kind like BOSE. 

First time we have had such delicious food on an airplane and such gracious service. So....12 hours later and the time was 6:45PM on Wednesday, December 19 we arrived in Seoul, Korea. 

We were to continue on the same plane, but we had to get off, go up-stairs, walk to the far end of the airport, go through the Transfer Station and walk all the way back to the same plane. Seemed strange to us. The crew did change and we figured maybe the plane was being re-fueled and so passengers needed to be off. Later in the Singapore Airport we saw the same thing happened. 

We took off on time for Singapore, had another meal, slept a bit and flew 6 more hours. We arrived in Singapore at 1:05 AM on Thursday, December 20. Immigration was simple and the luggage arrived. The man with the Oceania sign was right outside the door and transportation to the Intercontinental was a breeze. 

We took showers and fell into the bed at about 3:00 AM.