Zurich to Singapore
Departure: 12:15 Wed 27/02/2008 Zurich, Switzerland
Arrival: 07:05 Thurs 28/02/2008 Singapore, Singapore
Airline: Singapore Airlines SQ345 Duration: 11:50
Fare type: Economy Restricted Aircraft: Beoing 777-300ER

Single occupancy Standard Room for eight hours in Terminal THREE

Singapore to Christchurch
Departure: 19:45 Thurs 28/02/2008 Singapore, Singapore
Arrival: 10:40 Fri 29/02/2008 Christchurch, New Zealand
Airline: Singapore Airlines SQ297 Duration: 9:55
Fare type: Economy Restricted Aircraft: Boeing 777-200/200ER

Yup... Marco's taking a holiday, getting on a plane, and coming home. And I'll be there on Friday. Today I caught up on two weeks' sleep, made a to-do list, cleaned my tramping boots, printed some stuff out, packed, gathered documents, had lunch with my grandparents, and finally posted my travel times somewhere public so people know when to meet me at the airport. :)

Yesterday I picked up the keys to my new flat. It's effective from April but we're getting all the paperwork out of the way because I'm going on holiday. When I come back I'll have my own pad! That's pretty cool, methinks. I won't have any more holidays till the end of the year, so having a comfortable working environment will be nice. The biggest plus is I won't have to live out of a suitcase, and that my work to home commute is reduced from an hour-and-a-half train ride to a ten minute stroll. Incredibly, finding the flat was yet another stroke of luck. Someone from work is returning to Austria and needed someone to take over her flat. Me taking the flat simplified matters immensely for both of us. She doesn't have to throw all her stuff, as it's not valuable enough to sell or cart to Austria. As for me, well... *FULLY FURNISHED* flashes in red neon.

Tomorrow I'll go to dinner with Emil, Sonja, Claudia and Rene. My shout. They've all helped me through my cultural adjustment period, helped me out with stuff I didn't understand, and generally put up with me for a year and a half. Extra merit goes to Sonja who washed and ironed my clothes since I've been in Switzerland. Not to mention cooking and cleaning.

Wow... this holiday is going to be fantastic. I'm incredibly excited, though a little concerned I might have picked up a swiss accent. Gosh. Then I'd sound like... Max!