Home is where the heart is – I had the idea to this posting about my favorite cities of the world while listening to music related to different places n the world. One of them was my home town Cologne,…
The Twelve Best Flights Of My Life (… so far)
During the later phases of the Covid-19 lock-downs in Germany, I had the idea to that posting. Maybe just because I was looking forward to be able to travel again more freely after some one and a half years. I…
Taipei – City worth visiting!
The more I read about Taiwan and its capital before my trip there in February, the more I have been looking forward to see that city. Apart from the undeniable fact that there is a some 12 to 14 hours…
Airport Review: Kinmen (KNH), Taiwan
Though Kinmen airport only connects to other airports in Taiwan, there is quite a lot of traffic in this regional one, which may also be due to its quite siginficant distance from Taiwan’s main island. Most of the planes connect…
Kinmen – Taiwan’s Western Outpost
As part of my February travels, I also made a daytrip to the island of Kinmen, which precisely contains the main island, the Western sister island Lieyu (which connects to Kinmen by ferry) and a couple of very minor islands.…
Flying the Hello Kitty Jet
The Star Alliance is quite an inhomogenous club of airlines: while Lufthansa or United transport over 100 million passengers per year, some minor regional carriers barely do 10 million. EVA Air is one of the minor carriers of the alliance…
Airport Review: Taipei Songshan Airport – TSA
Usually, when you fly Taipei from Europe, you land in TPE aiport in the 30kms West of the Taiwan’s capital. Strictly speaking, this airport is not part of Taipei, but is part of the city of Taoyuan. The capital itself,…