While it pains me to even tell you this story, I trust you can enjoy a chuckle at my expense (maybe one day I will too…) and avoid a very carless mistake. A couple weeks ago, I had a...
Return to Germany!
The last two months have been great—only two airplane trips in early June and most of the time spent at home in Los Angeles with family and friends. Still, I have not been in Germany since March and boy...
Looking Back on a Remarkable Year in Frankfurt
There are good years and then there are good years. This has been a good year. I said my goodbyes yesterday and have left Germany, another chapter in my life now complete. For those who did not know, I...
Nuremberg Christmas Market
As we enter the Christmas season and my final days in Germany, I thought rather than jetting off to some exotic or dangerous country this weekend I would take a day to check out a new German city and...
Germany Rejects Airport Full Body Scanners
When you are evaluating the acquisition of new technology how do you determine whether it will be a good fit? Do you just buy it without testing it, as the U.S. did in the case of airport full body...
Disaster Avoided at German Airports
Disaster has been avoided, as German Air Traffic Controllers just moments ago called off a strike planned for tomorrow after a court ruled they could not strike earlier in the day. The move comes too late for some carriers,...
Exploring Berlin Tempelhof Airport
One of the most storied airports of all time, Berlin Tempelhof Airport is brimming with history. The airport site was once Knights Templar land in medieval Berlin, and from this beginning came the Tempelhof name. The airport officially opened...
Off to the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg!
I’m flying up to Hamburg today on a two-day business trip to attend the 2011 Aircraft Interiors Expo–every airline nerd’s dream. While I will refrain from disclosing my precise reason for going, there will be representatives present from the...
Save Money with Deutsche Bahn’s Schönes-Wochenende Tickets
I’m off to Luxembourg today! The plan is to travel by train to Luxembourg, spend five or six hours there, then travel back to Frankfurt, perhaps stopping in Trier, Germany if time permits. I’m taking along my brother and...
A Change in Venue Coming for Live and Let’s Fly in 2011
Happy 2011! The New Year is upon us and another adventure is drawing near. I recently accepted a job with Star Alliance and will be moving to Frankfurt, Germany later this month to work. The assignment is set to...
