Time and me slipping away again!
By Gabi. Filed in General, Singapore |
We are in the air again; this time on a Lufhansa flight between Frankfurt and Singapore. Thanks to Lothar’s ingenuity, we are in Business class with seats claiming to go down to 180 degrees. I view the entertainment guide and see that there really aren’t any new films to be seen. Since having subscribed to Netflix, we are always on top of the latest films, we wish to view. It is already 11PM and the stewardess comes with a dinner menu, which I decline, since I am looking forward to my flat bed and a restful night of sleep. The flight is almost 12 hours long, so that should give me a good ten hours of snoozing time. Before dozing off , I hear the captain remind everyone, “Sie sind verpflichtet sich anzuschnallen”. In English, the captain would ask the passengers to”please fasten your seatbelts”. In German, the translation reads, “You are obligated to fasten your seatbelt”. To the point, wouldn’t you agree?
I try to adjust my seat. It goes down nicely, the top portion to 180 degrees but no matter what I do, I can’t get my legs to reach that magic number. They are always dangling at least 15 degrees down. Now I know I shouldn’t complain because all those poor souls in Economy have much greater problems, but I feel like I’m sleeping on a slide. After many maneuvers, I finally find a position of comfort and am off into slumberland. The flight was rather smooth, except for some bumpy sections over the Caucasus and near the Himalayan Mtns. The captain came on only once with his obligatory warning.
When at a later time I ask Lothar about the bumps, he casually asks”what bumps”? Either he or I was under the influence of a possible side effect of the Lariam, which we are taking against the mosquitoes. Nightmares! Delusions!???
The next day, after having lost another night and day in time, at 4:00PM local time, we touch down in the city-state of Singapore.