Karyn's Day: LeaveViennaArriveSingapore

It was much appreciated that we had access to our unit all day, until we left. After tidying-up,and re-packing we decided to wander further afield in our own neighbourhood.

I was again fascinated with suburban apartment living. Our neighbourhood was wall-to-wall apartments, mainly starting on the first floor. We noted the ready access to supermarkets, eateries, transport and the occasional green space. Where they parked their cars, motorbikes and bicycles. Only distinguishable by the motifs on the windows, but we also saw some schools...again in those multi-storey buildings that open straight onto the street. People wandered to the "FitInn" in their gym gear, ran the streets in their lycra or shot hoops in the previously-mentioned caged courts. The residential streets were always quiet. What were people doing? A way of life for billions, but certainly not for me.

While having a light lunch we heard the rumble of motorbikes. Tony immediately "knew" that it would be the worldwide " Distinguished Gentlemen's Rally." I was sent out in a rush to try and capture some photos. Earlier on we had stumbled across the club house of the Viennese Hell's Angels.

We eventually had to say a grateful farewell to our apartment and did the train hop to the airport. First flight to Frankfurt and then the long haul to Singapore. We are cheating a bit by spending 2 nights in the balmy warmth of this Asian city/nation. Arriving late afternoon we have ventured no further than the poolside bar where we had a pleasant chat to a member of the Adelaide 36'ers basketball team who had just won an invitational tournament here as pre-season warm up. Being warm, Tony decided that he needed to finish the evening with his holiday-habit of a sladoled...ice-cream, to those who had not noticed the Slavak name!