On Saturday morning M. and I got up and packed our bags for our trip to Europe. Our flight was at 15:00, so we planned to leave around 11:00 to get there with plenty of time. We had breakfast and cleaned up the house a bit as well as packing, then headed out to get a train to the airport.
We were there with plenty of time after getting through security and the passport check. Our flight left on time and we had some favourable winds so we made good time to Singapore, landing just before 21:30 local time (23:30 Sydney time), so about 10 hours flying time. We had a two hour wait before our flight to Frankfurt would begin boarding, for departure at 23:55. But while waiting in the SilverKris lounge, I checked the departures and found that our flight had been delayed by 35 minutes. I told M., and hoped that it didn't presage another 25-hour delay like when we travelled to Frankfurt three years ago! An announcement came over the PA system, that our flight was delayed because they changed the plane, presumably for mechanical reasons. So with the early arrival into Singapore and the late departure, we had about an hour more time here than we expected.
There were no further delays, and at the appointed time we left for the departure gate, cleared through another security screening, and boarded the plane.