An Exercise in Avoiding Boredom

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Courtesy of Martin Stein, shot at Fortress Königstein in June 2008.

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In business class, all stewardesses are blond and beautiful.
Unless, of course, you are flying United, in case of which they have claws and fangs.

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In business class, all stewardesses are blond and beautiful.

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Today’s travel story (sorry, can’t help it) is about the cab driver who took me from my home to the airport. First of all, he was late, and then he couldn’t find my home address. In this day and age a cab driver without a navi is surprising, but he didn’t have one. In any [...]

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I’ve found another good reason to avoid the food they offer you on air planes. According to a BBC News health story, humans can combat jet lag by forcing themselves into the food rhythm of their destination timezone. Quotes from the doctor who did the research:
If, for example, you are travelling from the US [...]

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The conference I attended in Leipzig, Germany, overlapped with the world-wide gathering of Goth people. Some were quite beautiful, actually, and certainly elaborate, as the photo below shows (courtesy of Wilhelm Schäfer).

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Amazingly enough, sarcasm helped. Or, I just got lucky, as there were no further complications.

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After arriving in Vancouver from San Francisco, I found this greeting from the Transport Security Administration (TSA) in my luggage.

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For yesterday’s drive to and presentation in Suzhou, I picked up my guide at the airport. I could have taken a cab but rather decided to take the Shanghai Magnetic Levitation train, a.k.a. the Maglev. Engineered in Germany but never deployed there, the Maglev connects the inner city with Pudong International airport, and travels 30 [...]

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