Early start today. 0700 flight to Amsterdam. I checked out of the hotel, paid for the parking, drove to a petrol station, filled the rental car with diesel and drove back to the airport. I had no problem finding the rental car return, I think. I left the car in the parking lot with a…
I arrived early on my flight from Houston, so I didn’t need to rush through the Schipol airport. My flight to Hannover was on a puddle jumper, but I was only on it for about 45 minutes. After arriving I got my luggage and walked to the train station… where you would expect to find…
I’m flying on KLM through Amsterdam to Hannover, Germany. After arriving in Hannover I will take a train for an hour until I reach Hameln, Germany. Eventually I’ll arrive in Prague, Czech Republic before taking a long train to Wolfrathausen, Germany and flying back from Munich, Germany. As you can see the seat makes you…
I woke up this morning, had a wonderful breakfast in the morning at the hotel and wandered down Queen Street for a bit. I found a shop with $10NZD shirts and bought a couple. They had a hilarious ‘Fake News’ game on sale. I missed the Christmas parade and took the SkyBus to the airport….
It will be a couple of long days…. I will arrive late in Dubai and still need to connect to Oman…. where I may or may not have a hotel room (long story). My ‘coffin’ for the next few hours… if you are clostrophobic you should fly economy!
I just got this email today… I think that’s the most I’ve flown on a single airline.
The food available in the British Airways lounge was not very good. You might have noticed… my ticket says British Airways, but the plane says Air Belgium. I’m not exactly sure why, but British Airways has wet leased the plane including the flight attendants and pilots from Air Belgium. The…
Today I leave on my first segment of my trip that will literally take me around the world. IAH-LHR & LHR-AUH British Airways and Air Belgium (wet leased to BA) DXB-HKG & HKG-HND Cathay Pacific NRT-MEX & MEX-IAH AeroMexico I never did get breakfast… The…
Today I return to Abu Dhabi via Amsterdam on KLM’s new 787-9. They used to use the Queen of the Skies (747) on the Houston to Amsterdam route. Progress is not always a good thing. The benefit of the 787 for passengers is higher cabin pressure and humidity. Obviously the airlines like the fuel efficiency…
I’m flying to Oman on Qatar Airways tonight. I enjoy flying Qatar Airways, their 777 has the best seating arrangement of all the airlines I’ve flown (2-2-2) and they give you pajamas to wear while sleeping. It’s amazing how much fresher you feel when you aren’t in the same clothes for 24 hours. …
I am on a very late flight to London (British Airways) that leaves at 10:25 PM. I’ll have 8 hours in London (not ideal, but long enough to have some sort of adventure, even though it will be snowing. I’ll eventually arrive in Dubai… To add to the mystery of airfares the same flights…
It was so cold overnight that some of the waterways near the hotel froze over. A ferry went through and made a path in one area. I dropped off the rental car at the Arlanda airport in Stockholm and took the bus to the terminal. The business class lounge didn’t offer much in…
I’m on my way to Doha, Qatar on Qatar Airways. The business class seats are always nice. And it’s nice having a direct flight.
After a short nap I woke up and took the metro to Place Espagna to catch Aerobus A1 to the airport. I got on the Aerobus at 0705. I think it is silly that Barcelona spent all kinds of money finally getting the metro to connect to the city and the metro is slower than…
So far everything is looking wonderful. The door chime on the Excursion wasn’t active this morning. I got to the Parking Spot (#2) and luckily I was more organized than usual and had my reservation because they were out of uncovered parking, so I got a free upgrade to extra wide uncovered parking. I’m…
The flights were uneventful. I did enjoy the upper deck of the 747-8i between Washington D.C. Dulles and Frankfurt, Deutschland (Germany). I’m staying at the Marriott Marquis attached to the City Centre Mall (for obvious reasons – I don’t need to go outside to forage for food) Pictures of my room below: …
When I arrived at the airport this morning I was pleasantly surprised. Yesterday I slept in and didn’t check in right at 7:21 AM, the result of which was I was 3rd or 4th on the upgrade list (despite my 1K status) and only 2 first class seats were available. I touched the kiosk to…
On my way to Houston from Abu Dhabi. First flight to Amsterdam on KLM was slightly delayed. It was on a nice new Boeing 787. I can tell the difference as my eyes aren’t as dry as on any of the other airplanes. Now I’m sitting in the upper deck of a Boeing 747. It’s…
I’m on my way back to Abu Dhabi, this time with Delta and KLM. Here’s a picture of my home from Detroit to Amsterdam in DeltaOne… And my dinner choices… I’ll have the beef 🙂
By some miracle I managed to make my connecting flight to Stockholm. If you ever think it’s a good idea to fly through Frankfurt….it never is. My flight from Houston arrived at gate C16 48 minutes late. Then I had to walk to gate A15, through passport control (luckily no queue there) then security (tremendous…