Our Trip in 1990 (reblogged)

In Singapore we went to the Zoological Gardens. Peter and Caroline had breakfast with an Orangutan. — In Singapore we went to the Zoological Gardens.
Peter and Caroline had breakfast with an Orangutan.

This is a picture that Caroline took at Sydney Airport before our Departure.

Gaby had come with David. Also Monika was there to farewell us. This was 24 years ago, meaning that none of Monika’s girls had been born yet, but Monika had of course already Troy and Ryan. They were ten at the time.

Here, Caroline is in the picture too, meaning we are to be seen here with all three daughters!

In In Singapore we went to this Chapel. — In
In Singapore we went to this Chapel.

Our Hotel had a Swimming Pool at the Top of the building.

This was the View from the Top of the Building.

After Singapore our next destination was Paris. I already mentioned in Part One that we picked up a 2CV in Paris.
We did a bit of sightseeing in Paris, where we had booked a hotel for two nights. Then we did drive through country area. Close to where the Mt Blanc Tunnel leads towards Italy we had some overnight stops at a hotel which had very basic accommodation. The good thing was, that from there it was not far to Switzerland. We had a few excursions to Geneva. I am sure we made some pictures there but unfortunately cannot find them at present. I have no idea, why they are not in the books with all the other pictures from this trip.

We arrived at this hotel in the evening and were happy to stay there for it was reasonably priced and the owners were very friendly.

RAFFLES HOTEL, SINGAPORE, November 1994

We had our first stop over in Singapore in 1990. The Raffles Hotel was closed at the time for renovations. We had been planning to have a drink there. So we just had to postpone it. In November 1994 we actually made it inside the hotel for a drink. And we managed to take some pictures of the occasion.

On every table was a large bowl with unpeeled fresh peanuts. Raffles Hotel patrons would have known that with the highly priced drinks would come as many peanuts as anyone would like. Of course we helped ourselves to some peanuts and discarded the peels on our table. After a while a waiter approached our table and wiped with his hands the peels off the table onto the floor. He indicated that we should do the same. We realized then that this sort of thing was the custom at this particular hotel. After a bit of musing we came to the conclusion, all right, why not?

It was November, but Christmas decorations were out already.

Peter did not get me a Singapore sling which was outrageously expensive. None the less I was quite happy with this drink that he got me. — Peter did not get me a Singapore sling. He said this would have been outrageously expensive. None the less, I was quite happy with this alternative drink that he got me.

and I took this photo of Caroline and Peter.

This is Singapore's Catholic Cathedral. — This is Singapore’s Catholic Cathedral.

In my previous blog I forgot to mention that in November 1994 we also had a stop over in London before we went on to Berlin. I am going to write about our visit to England in my next post.

At Sydney Airport November 1994

We moved into our new home in September 1994. A few weeks later we had a burglary. I was so upset I wanted to cancel our planned trip to Berlin. A very understanding doctor managed to calm me down with some hypnosis treatment. So in November we went as planned to Sydney Airport for our departure which led us first of all to another stop over at Singapore.

The following pictures show that our family came to the airport to farewell us. I find these pictures very interesting for our family. They show our grandchildren what they looked like nearly twenty years ago!

I noticed that all four of our children and all six of our grandchildren that we had at the time, are to be seen in the photos! Also Gaby’s carer David and our daughter-in-law.