Festival do Rio 2013
Turns out, I’m here during the Rio film festival, the Festival do Rio 2013. Tons of movies, playing in cinemas all across town. They even have a big German film selection with films that never made it to the Belgian movie theaters… Now the Rio night life will have to wait a bit. I’m at […] Read More
Random pictures from Ipanema
I met with a friend of a colleague for lunch and got some tips for Rio, ran a few errands, then read at the beach. An unspectacular day in Ipanema. During the day, I took a bunch of pictures from the neighborhood… Read More
Walking the beach
The weather has been a bit mixed today, so I just strolled around Ipanema’s little streets and on to the beach. Ipanema is really as nice as they say… rectangular streets, all lined with lush green tropical trees that make a perfect cover (rain or shine). Orchids are growing on those trees and judging from […] Read More
First impressions at breakfast
I woke up at 8 and strolled over to some kind of bakery that is only a few blocks away and had my first breakfast in Rio. A café com chantilly and a pao com creme…. What I thought might be a latte actually was a kind of espresso with a big chuck of sweet, […] Read More
Got TAP’ed
So this morning I got up at 3h55, went to the airport again (only to be there before they actually opened security…) and went on my flight to Lisbon. Which was delayed by one hour, due to ground fog and the need to get more fuel. I already saw my chances of getting to Rio […] Read More
On my (new) way
So, to keep the statistics accurate, here’s the updated itinerary: Flight 1 to Frankfurt Date: 03/10/13 Code: LH1197 from ZRH to FRA Airline: Lufthansa Plane: Airbus 320-200 Distance travelled: 272 Miles Duration: 0h45 Flight 2 to Lisbon Date: 04/10/2013 Code: TAP571 from FRA to LIS Airline: Transportes Aereos Portugueses (TAP) Plane: Airbus 320 Distance travelled: 1157 […] Read More
Re-routed and re-stitched
Well, this trip starts with a bit of an adventure. The flight to Rio was totally overbooked, so I was re-booked on a flight via Lisbon the next morning, arriving some 10 hours later than initially. Only a slight change in itinerary, but the compensation package was nice: 600 Euro transferred onto my card. My Round-the-world-ticket […] Read More
What’s left
… after all the packing. Read More
On my way
That’s it. Tonight, I’ll be on my way. Here are the flight statistics, and the links to follow me on the plane: Flight 1 to Frankfurt Date: 03/10/13 Code: LH1197 from ZRH to FRA Airline: Lufthansa Plane: Airbus 320-200 Distance flown: 272 Miles Duration: 0h45 Flight 2 to Rio de Janeiro Date: 03/10/13 Code: LH500 […] Read More
At home
When the train was rolling through southern Germany and my home region of Baden last Saturday on my way to my parents, I realized how blessed this region is…. Green hills, harvested fields, little towns with their churches, busy people… It’s all so astonishingly neat, so clean, so perfect… It’s like they comb the lawn […] Read More