Travelling to Paderborn, Germany 1 --- Flying for more than 24 hours

I took a week off to go for a short trip to Paderborn, Germany...

I travelled from SG back to MY first. As it was a weekday, there were not many people on the flight. I am taking Jetstar because it touches down at KLIA (no need to transfer from LCCT) and the recent bad news on Tiger Airways always cancelling flight...

After that, I took a midnight flight from KLIA to Düsseldorf, Germany via KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines).
I watched couple of in flight movie along the way, i.e. Prince of Persia and The Karate Kid. I slept the other time as normally flight to Europe is mostly midnight in MY.

There was a transfer flight before reaching Düsseldorf International Airport, Germany at Amsterdam, Holland (I travelled by KLM, Royal Dutch Airline). I’ve checked in my luggage all the way, so just need to get my boarding pass to get going. There was no more check-in counter, only Self-Service Transfer machine, where you can confirm and print your boarding pass (I have to start using the ones in KLIA or LCCT to keep myself on the technology edge…)

Self Service Transfer Kiosks

Self Service Transfer Kiosks at Amsterdam Schiphol

There were three and half hours of flight transfer time, so I walked around. Amsterdam Airport (it was called Amsterdam Schiphol) is a very huge airport. I believed it is just like Changi Airport of SG, where most of the people shall transfer from here if they are travelling within Europe. In the airport itself, can you believe me that there are actually library, museum and casino?  

Amsterdam Schiphol

Amsterdam Schiphol as busy as Changi Airport

Foot Massage before you fly

Playground for Children



Airport Library



Airport Museum

Some of the Airport Museum's Exhibits

Airport Casino...keep playing until forget your flight...

One thing to note, not to walk too long within the airport although you have a long transfer waiting period, queuing through immigration and security scan can takes more than half an hour.

KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines

Morning Sun in Germany

Flying from Amsterdam to Düsseldorf is like from SG to MY, about an hour flight. I reached Düsseldorf around 9:30am (local time GMT+02:00). It took me about a day in travelling time (22 hours and 40 minutes to be exact, I flew from SG 04:50pm, GMT+08:00). I still need to catch the 10:40 train and travel another two and half hours to reach Paderborn…… with my luggage… 

By the way, in EU nations, we are only need to validate our passport entry once. There is not requiring to stamp on your passport within the EU nations.  

I shall update more on my experience and share photos on this Germany trip soon…