Tracking the airplane above your head
If you look in the sky and wonder “Which flight is this?”, this is an interesting site, among many, to help you out http://www.flightradar24.com/
Airplane over London
Easter in Corfu
Among numerous destinations in Greece to spend Orthodox Easter, Corfu is definitely one of the top five. It was a glorious morning on Saturday when we arrived at Igoumenitsa Harbour. After a quick coffee and an even quicker and swifter process of ticket issuing, we boarded the ferry boat and set off for the island…
Travel Loyalty Schemes #3 – Airline Schemes – Some useful advice
I still remember my first trip to Korea, when I was asked to enrol on the air miles scheme of Korean Air. After a quick meeting in Helsinki I was to fly to Seoul via Frankfurt and I can still remember walking to the Transfers Desk and being asked to put down some personal details…
Travelling and the Environment
In 1997 and for the whole of the spring semester I participated in a course on environmental engineering in Lund, Sweden as part of a University Erasmus program. For me, environmental engineering and the whole environment preservation was something new. The phrase mostly used was sustainable development and I have to confess that only when…
Crowdsourcing in travel – Flight Booking
If you cant bother with online booking processes, start a contest and ask people to come up with the cheapest flight ticket. Crowdsourcing in travel! http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20130304-need-a-flight-start-a-contest
Those airplane seats with single and small numbers (or…flying first from Japan)
A number of times I have been lucky enough to fly business, mainly for long haul. Still, wearing a suit, a tie, a shirt and tight shoes while trying to sit as comfortably as possible on an inclined – or even flat – seat, is something I would not normally suggest. So, after my first…
The art of flight booking – Part #2 – Some practical advice
Over the last 10 years the main (if not sole) means of booking my personal (and sometimes business) travel has been through my own powers. Especially for my personal travel, I have never (with an exception of one or two occasions) been to a travel agent to enquire in detail about a destination and I…
2013 Formula One Season – A chance for celebration
In a couple of days the 2013 formula one season will kick start and we all are anxious to see how the competition will evolve and if 2013 is going to match 2012 in excitement as the 2012 season has been arguably one of the most exhilarating of the last years. … My first formula…
A serious, nice, urban London walk..(if you ‘ve got the guts for it)
I sincerely believe that the best way to appreciate a city is to just walk it. Even if you have just one day to hang around then take a map, draw a condensed walk and off you go. It is also dead cheap! It is only then that you can start getting rid of the…
Personal Stories on travelling 