JAPAN 2013 | Solo in Tokyo

September 2021. In our Grand Scheme of Travels, Danny and I had planned to be in Japan with Michel. Quod non. So let’s go back to March and April 2013, when my sister Florence, her husband Kenneth, my nephew Leo and my niece Isaline travelled to Tokyo, Hakone and Kyoto. The classic intro to Nippon…

Flying from Europe to Australia

After literally years of planning, we travelled to Australia to visit Sydney, to cruise to the Pacific Ocean territories of New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji and to hop over to Melbourne. The year was 2020 and it was just before the pandemic.

REVIEW | Sun Air of Scandinavia from Friedrichshafen via Dusseldorf to Billund

In the month of April I made a week-long trip with Michel, discovering German aviation history in Friedrichshafen, Danish Railways History in Odense and navigating the sea to discover some Estonian history in Tallinn. After learning about German aviation history and the Dornier factory in Friedrichshafen it was time to fly on a Dornier plane…

Is flying business class worth the extra money?

Danny wrote an elaborate post on our business class flights from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and Singapore with Cathay Pacific. Today we argue why you should consider or not paying the extra money.

REVIEW | Cathay Pacific business class to Singapore

Last year Timothy and I decided to have a short weekend trip to the sun during the Winter and we decided to head for Singapore, a city that was on Timothy’s to visit list. Since we would only be there for a weekend we decided to splash out and fly business class to fight the…