2021.12 Germany and christmas markets (part 1)

Before March 2020, we had a few ideas on upcoming trips.  One included traveling to Germany to visit Christmas Markets.  Obviously, due to a global pandemic and travel being significantly reduced and filled with ever changing requirements it wasn’t until December 2021 that we traveled.  And even then, traveling conditions changed, but we were able to make the journey…

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the trip that was not to be

In the middle of 2019 I found online a good flight deal.  The exact deal was from Turkish Airlines to fly business class from North America to Singapore!  After visiting its airport twice, maybe it was time to leave the airport and visit the city state, right?  Nope…

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When life happens

The Thursday morning that we were leaving Tasmania, I woke up to an unexpected text message.  It was from Air New Zealand — our carrier for our Australia/New Zealand flights that we had coming up on Monday (4 days away!).  It was not encouraging news.

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Domestic Airlines of Australia

I find it cool that Australia has 4 airlines to choose from for domestic flights.  During the planning of our 2018 trip I wanted to try all 4, however based on schedule, price and preference we flew three of them.  To help provide background on each of the airlines, enjoy this post.

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2018 Trip Planning Update 3

Less than three weeks to go! I do not think I can find enough words to express our excitement for this trip. Now I wanted to give you insight on something that I enjoy doing – planning flights, and more specifically which route will we take to Australia?  Step inside the world of “How many ways can you fly to Australia?”

From Great Circle Mapper

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