Westerplatte was my main reason to visit Gdańsk Poland recently. And I’m glad I did! But I did leave it with a bad taste. Why Westerplatte Westerplatte was one of the the first battle grounds of word war 2. As such its an important part of the European history and. a place well wort a…
Grand Mercure Hanoi, you nailed it
One of the hotels I tried in Vietnam was Grand Mercure in Hanoi. And to be honest they nailed it. I have tried other luxury hotels but this did stand out. Check in was soft as a duvet We arrived around 1 pm with a car from Novotel Ha Long. As sone as we arrivedn…
The new SAS
It’s time for a new SAS! The airline have been struggling financially for a long time. In July 2022 the company searched and was granted protection under chapter 11. Basically this means that SAS got time to find new financier and to renegotiate their loans. The process is described in the pdf below and is…
Turkish Airlines, 3 pros and 1 cons
Turkish Airlines is one of the easiest airlines to find bonus trips on among Star Alliance. As most airlines they have some good sides as well as areas where they could develop. After having to intercontinental night flights and an intra-european morning flight with the recently I will give you 3 pros and 1 cons…
Ambassador Day Cruise
The Ambassador day cruise is a great way to see Ha Long Bay, a part of UNESCO world heritage. But it’s not the five star cruise they want to be. You can buy a transfer from Hanoi to Ha Long. But because we stay i Ha Long we asked the Novotel staff for a taxi…
Travel off season, is it worth it?
Traveling off season can give you som pros but also some cons. I will give you 3 pros and cons to why or why not you should travel out of season. Pros to travel of season The cons then So is it worth to travel off season? In my humble opinion the answer is yes….
A Pullman Hanoi Review
Pullman Hanoi is a typical upscale business hotel more then a family resort. However even if Im on vacation I was really pleased with it. Reception and bar We arrived to Pullman Hanoi an early evening after a flight from Istanbul and a taxi driver who tried to scam us. So we had been walking…
Several airlines -what a mess
To fly with several airlines on one booking can become a real mess. Tomorrow I will start my two week vacation to Hanoi and Halong (more post to come). Because I used Eurobonus points I booked with SAS but fly with Lufthansa and Turkish. This should not be a problem, al of the airlines are…
Air sightseeing over Copenhagen
To make an air sightseeing over Copenhagen was the most magic way I ever seen the Danish capital. Not only did I see al the famous tourist spots from an unusual angel. I also did get the experience of flying with an seaplane. It was just a wow experience. The plane Nordic Sea Planes is…
Have the airline consolidation started?
An European consolidation of airlines is needed. To day we can fly cheap with RyanAir, Europes largest airline. But is it healthy? I don’t think so. Thats why Im happy to see the sone privatized TAP makes a half year profit. At the same time we can see that SAS makes its first profit of…