If you nowadays look at the map of Cyprus, you won’t find any rail-driven vehicles. However, the country did have quite an interesting rail transport and travel history. A small museum is still reminding of this era. Here is the…
Five Years of Flyctory.com – My 20 Most Popular Travel Posts (so far…)
Damn, it is already four years… And it is more than 2,750 postings since then. On 25th February 2018, I started regular posts on Flyctory.com. The first ones might be rather poor – and the initial generation of reviews does…
Riding the TransPennine Express Nova 2 / CAF Civity First Class
Traveling by rail is typically a bit of an extra adventure: the reliability is low, compared to other European countries. The network is in a rather poor state and on top of that rail strikes are not too uncommon. Thus,…
Food I Had Onboard VI (December 2022 til mid-February 2023)
Wow, it’s already half a dozen of episodes. This time, I start my Food I Had Onboard posting with two flights in December 2022, followed by my first flights in 2023. Hope you enjoy my thoughts about munching above the…
German Rail (Deutsche Bahn) Premium Lounge Berlin Main Station
What a day – on 14th January 2023, I traveled through all 16 German states in a 24 hour train ride. During this rail trip, I did not only pass or visit the eleven largest cities, but also the Premium…
All German States (and the Eleven Biggest Cities) on one Rail Ticket – Part 2
AIthough has just been a day trip, but I just felt it is too long to tell the story of my one day trip on 14th January 2023 in one post. Finally, I decided to do the trip report in…
All German States (and the eleven biggest Cities) on one Rail Ticket – Part 1
Okay, I give in: this trip is weird. While people typically feel that I am “just” a die hard aviation nerd, I also love rail travel. And I collect points at bahn bonus, the frequent traveler program of Deutsche Bahn, the…
Riding the TECO Line Streetcar in Tampa
Even though people typically think that I am an aviation nerd “only”, I am in general very interested in any kind of public transport systems. I especially love to explore rail-driven transport, regardless if they are trams/streetcars, mountain rails or…