I wrote this on the Monday we arrived, however somehow has been labelled on the Tuesday!!
Well we made it - it took around 48 hours from the time we rose on the Gold Coast on Sunday, till the time we closed down in Athens on Monday night. A long but very good trip. Singapore canned their whole flight from Singapore to Athens, therefore to reach Athens, we flew from Singapore to Zurich, then onto Athens. So all that said, Singapore Air "in the air" were still as outstanding as ever. We had a 5 hour layover in Singapore, and that is not at all bad at the super Changi Singapore Airport, so much to do, and very many places to relax. With the cancellation of their Athens flight we did get to fly on one of their A380's to Zurich, absolutely full, and we were the only 2 that had that one extra seat. It was a 13 hour flight and really outstanding again by the air staff of Singapore - a slight amount of turbulence, great movies, very little sleep and I do believe there is more leg room on these A380's, a good opportunity for us really. Next there was another 5 hour layover in Zurich (1 deg.C)- another outstanding airport, plenty of places to relax, great shopping and of course the very courteous efficient swiss behaviour. They are part of the EU, but like Britain they have kept their own currency - the Swiss franc - bit of a pain, as this is where we planned to stock up on Euros - well now we could get a little ripped off in Greece - not good planning Lizzo!!!
The Swiss Air flight on a small absolutely "chocked" full A320 was extremely pleasant on a brilliantly sunny day, two and a half hours of stunning scenery from my window seat. We flew over the gorgeous snow capped Swiss Alps, down over the outstanding Dolomites in Italy (we were only there just under a year ago) then over what used to be called Yugoslavia (confused on all the names it now has) then down over Greece to Athens. English Carl and his partner picked us up and drove us to our hotel, arriving at 6.30pm, after the quickest baggage pick up we have ever had, literally got through Greek Immigration in about a minute - and Customs - where were you on our arrival???
Our hotel is in the centre of the Plaka, with the Acropolis at one end of the road, and Hadrian's Arch at the other. I had chosen the Ava Hotel because of the extremely positive comments on Tripadvisor, and it looks like a very good decision. They had a bottle of bubbly waiting for us - that will be consumed tomorrow evening, and rather than having to go out, they brought up a great tapas type platter of Greek treats. and just to top things up - free WiFi. Had a much needed lengthy shower, a glass of wine from our small kitchenette and next will shut those eyes for a much needed sleep.
These were the Brig's first flights since having the PM installed - special treatment through every Security situation - so that all went without any hitches whatsoever. Off to shut these eyes, and hope my feet have reduced in size by tomorrow morn.!! Well I don't know how to delete this second photo of the Brig on my little Mac Air, c'est la vie!!! 
