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A Trip to Alcatraz
A trip to Alcatraz … is on our agenda today. Yesterday we were already at Pier 33, where the boats to Alcatraz dock and disembark. We were told that booking online is easier and quicker, that you can choose your own time and that everything is much simpler. The fact is that we are still awake quite early in the…
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Flight from Milan to San Francisco
The flight from Milan to San Francisco … begins with the bus ride from the Crown Plaza Hotel to Milan Malpensa Airport. This first step goes like clockwork. As we already have our boarding passes in our hands thanks to the helpful lady at the Lufthansa counter in Nuremberg, we can skip this step and go straight to security. We…
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First day of the world tour
First day of the world tour Well, the first day of our trip around the world didn’t turn out too badly. At a quarter to five on the dot (in the afternoon), we are picked up at home in Eckental by our helpful friend Kurt. Afterwards we drive to Kalchreuth, where we want to pick up our dear friends Sabine…
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Flight Schedule Round The World 2024
The flight Flight Schedule Round The World… … 2024 is now (hopefully) finalised! Over the past few days, almost all the airlines involved have repeatedly made changes to the flight schedule for the world tour, but of course I have to admit that we are talking about a whole series of flights and that many imponderables are to be expected.…
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Packing List
Of course, packing our suitcases also needs to be carefully considered. Firstly, we want to lug as little luggage around with us as possible, and secondly, we want to be prepared for all possible weather conditions. So our first consideration is What can we expect weather-wise? Germany / Italy / Switzerland – rather cold around 10 January and…
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Argentina – Brasil – 2022
Nuremberg – Amsterdam ¬ Fri ¬04.11.2022¬ – POJJEN LH 149 14:30 NUE – 15:15 FRA – seat 5A + 5C LH 996¬ 16:35 FRA – 17:50 AMS – seat 6A + 6C So now it’s finally about to begin: our second trip to South America; on the one hand to see our favourite places again, possibly from a different perspective,…
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Planning RTW Trip 2024
RTW = Round the World Planning RTW Trip 2024 is pretty much in the bag. I’m now going to give you a rough outline of what we have planned. We’re actually starting our trip around the world 2024 in the traditional way at Nuremberg Airport on Thursday, 11 January. We will first fly via Frankfurt to Milan, where we will…
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What does “Travel” mean?
The origin of the word “travel” is most likely lost to history. The term “travel” may originate from the Old French word travail. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word travel was in the 14th century. In English we still occasionally use the words travail and travails, which mean struggle. According to Simon Winchester…
