Home to SFO

Let it go
And my time in Seattle is over, too. I am heading down to San Francisco. Flight 27 to San Francisco Date: 18/08/2014 Code: UA1698 from SEA to SFO Airline: United Airlines Plane: Boeing 737-900 Distance flown: 775 Miles Duration: 1h32 The flight was ok, I was a bit late at the airport. I’m a bit bummed […] Read More

West Coast

Let it go
Time is up for Montréal, I’m off to Seattle and Vancouver. The flights were good, but I have to seriously question Air Canada’s check-in procedures… tons of people, two counters open, only one person at the Business check-in, only one person at a baggage drop. After checking-in online you still need to go to a machine […] Read More

31/03/2015

Let it go
I did it. After months of thinking, pondering, discussing with friends, calculating my budget, and endless discussions with myself, I have sent off my request to Human Resources for the extension of my unpaid leave, and informed my former bosses. I am extending this trip a little, into spring 2015, and should be back to work […] Read More

On to Montréal

Let it go
And another flight, hopping over the North Atlantic, heading for Montreal. I have a direct flight with Swiss, one of my favorite airlines. I’ll arrive in Montreal in mid-afternoon. Here are the stats: Flight 24 to Montréal Date: 25/06/2014 Code: LX86 from ZRH to YUL Airline: Swiss International Airlines Plane: Airbus 330-300 Distance flown: 4560 Miles Duration: 8h05 Read More

Heading west

Let it go
My time in the Middle East is already up. Today I fly back to Zurich, with a short stop over in Istanbul, and then tomorrow on to Montréal. Here are the stats: Flight 22 to Istanbul Date: 24/06/2014 Code: THY795 from IST to TLV Airline: Turkish Airlines Plane: Airbus 321-200 Distance flown: 775 Miles Duration: 1h50 […] Read More

IST to TLV

Let it go
Another city coming up, I feel like time speeds up more and more… I’m off to Tel Aviv now. Here are the stats: Flight 21 to Tel Aviv Date: 28/05/2014 Code: THY788 from IST to TLV Airline: Turkish Airlines Plane: Airbus 343 Distance flown: 800 Miles Duration: 1h40 We had a bit of delay, as a passenger […] Read More

On to Istanbul

Let it go
And I’m off again, now to Istanbul. I’ll meet Sven and Kevin there for a few days, then my sister Sabine will join me for ten days. I’m curious to see if I can tweet from there now. Interesting times. Here are the details: Flight 20 to Istanbul Date: 04/05/2014 Code: THY1914 from ZRH to […] Read More

75825 kilometers

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As I really like statistics and numbers, like the longest flight, the plane models etc, I kept track of all that data on my travels. After the first trip around the globe, here are the statistics: In total I travelled 75825 kilometers, which is roughly 1.9 times the circumference of the Earth. This figure includes the flights, the […] Read More

Full circle

Let it go
Today, I am boarding my last flight of my first Round-the-world ticket, flying from Tokyo-Narita back to Zurich, where it all started 6 months and 26 days ago. I’ll have a short technical stop at Lake Constance, seeing my family and a few friends there, washing, changing clothes and dropping some superfluous weight before heading […] Read More

Up north

Let it go
Time to say good-bye to Te Waipounamu, the South Island. I’m flying north to Auckland for one last night at the airport, before taking the morning flight to Tokyo the day after. Here are the flight statisticss: Flight 17 to Auckland Date: 01/04/2014 Code: ANZ648 from ZQN to AKL Airline: Air New Zealand Plane: Airbus 320 Distance flown: […] Read More