The trip starts now

It was to be a protracted start to the trip. Our first flight was on the double decker A380. Although we had pre-selected upstairs seats these were changed to downstairs at check in. This ended up working well as the flight of stairs gets cordoned off at the top. So I spent a good 20 minutes going up and down stairs to stretch my legs, ignoring all the looks that suggested I was a crazy person. We had a fairly long wait in Singapore so made good use of the foot and calf massages that were on offer. The next leg was supposed to be the sleeping leg and drugged to the eyeballs we both dropped off quickly. Unfortunately we were awake 5 hours later, and that was the end of any decent sleep. Arriving in Munich at 5am we took the opportunity to at least go outside the airport, although as the temperature was literally freezing, we didn't last long before retreating to the temperature controlled airport world. From a grey, misty snow covered Munich we had a short hop to a stunningly blue and green Copenhagen. From the plane we could see the patchwork fields below some white with snow, others green, or red roofed houses. Lines of windmills paraded across the ocean. We only had time for a quick bite to eat before we headed back into the sky for the final leg towards Stockholm. So with 36 hours of travel and 5 hours of sleep under our belts the trip starts now.