Day 25, On the way home

With the train strike scheduled for today I had to travel to the airport early, but in practice I woke even earlier, so I showered, packed and departed on the 6am Malpensa Express. Almost empty train crossed the flat Po plane in patchy fog that reminded me of Tree Of Wooden Clogs.

At the airport, the fog has lifted, but still a couple of hours till check-in.

The first flight leg to Singapore went like clockwork, but the second leg less so. There was a scheduled 16 hour layover, so I booked an airside hotel room and had a shower and a shortish sleep, then planning to do some leisurely dining a window shopping before the 10:30pm call to the gate.

Unfortunately the 00:30 departure turned into a 03:00 departure due to "operational problems:. Not enough time for more sleep...

Then the 03:00 turned into 08:00, so still no real opportunity for sleep. This also meant that I missed the bus to Canberra, so had to overnight at Rydges Airport which was very nice, then a morning bus on Monday. Oh well, in the grand scheme of things not too bad.

Singapore Airlines apologized to me multiple times, gave me voucher for food, an apology gift at the gate lounge for each passenger and a later S$100 voucher to spend on online shopping as a further apology. I can't fault their response.