While I am not an uber-frequent flyer, I did fly enough in the past few years to get an idea of how things work. So I decided to write a few short notes on what to expect when flying on some of the airlines I flew on and to some of the airports I have been
At the beginning of March 2016 I was in Vienna for a week, and on one of the mornings I decided to take a walk through Lainzer Tiergarten, which is in a forest on the hills south of Vienna. Climbing towards the park it was drizzling, then it started raining, and as I went higher and
Seatguru and other sources unanimously say that the last row of seats in every airplane is the worst, no matter what type of plane is involved. Limited or no recline, galley & lavatory proximity, sometimes noise from the engines or seats protruding in the aisle, they all provide a cocktail of elements that makes this
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As I have stated before, I am love flight and flying, and one of the things I do, every now and then, is to look at planes coming and going on flightradar24.com. On the previous few days I have seen a number of flights divert or return due to bad weather at the destination: yesterday I saw
A simple snap of a bike rental sign in Lyon, France Image details: Camera: Canon PowerShot S110 Lens: built-in 24-120 mm Focal length: 26 mm (120 mm full-frame equivalent) Exposure time: 1/250 s Aperture: f/5.9 ISO: 160
A simple snap of a magnificent bird at a show with birds of prey. Image details: Camera: Nikon D90 Lens: Tamron 18-270 mm f/3.5-6.3 Focal length: 55 mm (82 mm full-frame equivalent) Exposure time: 1/500 s Aperture: f/10 ISO: 200
Just a simple snap. Looking toward the sea from my hotel room on the last official day of the summer season – the good weather though promises to hold for a while more. Image details: Camera: Samsung Galaxy S II Exposure time: 1/929 s Aperture: f/2.65 ISO: 32
