Today, a new shop at Schiphol airports shopping centre for aviation enthusiasts opened its doors: Planes at Plaza. Eye-catcher of the shop that can be found in the publicly accesible shopping center on the arrivals level of the terminals is the front section of a former TWA DC-9 painted in home c…

17 years ago / 3 185 visits / 1 comment

Yesterday evening I returned home from my vacation. It was great, Jelle and I enjoyed every bit of it. We met our great new friends David and Daniel onboard the Diamond Princess, took some fun flights in Hawaii and in Vancouver, made a short train trip on Vancouver Island, had pretty good Lufthansa…

17 years ago / 1 548 visits / 2 comments

Hi everybody. Just a short note from the middle of the pacific ocean somewhere in between Los Angeles and Kona, Hawaii. It's a fascinating idea to sit on a giant cruise liner somewhere in the middle of the ocean and being connected to the internet. So far our journey went as planned and we are now…

17 years ago / 1 247 visits / 1 comment

Just a short note to let you know why I haven't uploaded any new pix the last time. Very simple: I used up my monthly upload space and since I am on vacation now I decided to postpone my request for pro-membership. So, as I am back end of October I will have upload space again and I also plan to upg…

17 years ago / 513 visits

Finally, vacation is near. Only two more days to work and off we are, yeah! Jelle and I will fly to Frankfurt where my parents Lieselotte and Peter from Cologne will join us. During this trip my mother will celebrate her 70th birthday. So we thought we work out something special for her. As she didn…

17 years ago / 679 visits

Are you interested in civil aviation in general and in Cologne's airport in special? Then consider to pay the continent's largest lowcost airport a visit this weekend, as the "22nd Aviation day" will be held at the airports' modern terminal 2/D this weekend between 10.00 and 18.00hrs. Organized by a…

17 years ago / 498 visits / 2 comments

I was walking back on memory lane today. Since some days for whatever reason there was a song on my mind that I remembered I liked very much as a teenager. I could not remember the name of the group however I remembered it was somehow italian but it was sung in english and the title included somethi…

17 years ago / 526 visits

I just read an internet article in german newspaper "Die Welt" about George W. Bush's newest plan: [read here in german] in future he wants any person coming to the U.S. without Visa to submit specific information 48 hours before entering the country! They are really getting completely nuts if this…

17 years ago / 833 visits / 4 comments

In preparation for our vacation I thought I start ironing some shirts and stuff. I am one of those persons that hate ironing and therefore once clothes are washed they get folded and stacked away somewhere in the closet. When I intend to wear something I will therefore have to iron it first. But to…

17 years ago / 495 visits / 1 comment

I confess: that's what I am, I am addicted to coffee. :-) And I think it's my mother's fault... or was it my grandpa when he fed me coffee with a spoon when I was a baby... ;-) It doesn't matter anymore... I drink a lot of coffee. At work, at home, when "on the road". At home, we usually drink Sen…

17 years ago / 544 visits

a station near you? I now uploaded a collection of my station photos and they can be all found back in the new folder "stations". Do you guys like trains and do you also use it? I go to work with the train daily. For me it's most convenient as it's only a seven minute train ride to my work whereas…

17 years ago / 628 visits / 2 comments

Not to long ago I was looking for some airline commercials over at youtube (did I mention that I have a passion for aviation, as well?)... I came across this commercial which I really like: I like the Frontier corporate image and the way they promote themselves. Frankfurt Airport has a nice boo…

17 years ago / 713 visits

Online travel guide publishes one of my photos.

17 years ago / 699 visits / 1 comment

It's still a few weeks ahead but already I am counting down till I finally go on my yearly vacation... and guess what? I am going to cruise again! :-) I am really looking forward to it, can't wait 'till I am finally aboard a new ship. This time we will sail on a Holland America Ship, the "Zuiderdam"…

17 years ago / 551 visits / 1 comment

Oh my god, it's already 01.15 and I'm still surfing on ipernity (isn't there a nice short commonly agreed on nickname for the site?...like, "ity" or such?)... and I have to be at my work fresh and shiny and wide awake at 06.00... I think I should go to bed now... well, to make it short: I am off thi…

17 years ago / 740 visits / 1 comment