If you have followed my blog, you know by now that I have started to dislike flying a lot in the last few years. Ever since the financial crisis went from Wall Street to Main Street airlines have been trying to cope with the fact that fuel prices went up and fewer people can afford travelling internationally. On top of that their service is getting really crappy as well. Believe me: airlines are trying to pinch every penny. I also think this is wrong; instead of raising prices and lowering service overall to a lousy level (paying $5 for a […]
9/11/2001 – 9/11-2011
It is kind off surreal to me, that 9/11 is already 10 years ago! It was a Tuesday afternoon for me (6 hours of time difference with New York) and I was at my work at my former employer; Internet company Lost Boys (Business Solutions). Around 15:10, which was about 20 minutes after the first plane hit the North tower of the WTC, the news trickled in at my work. The initial reports where that a “small airplane” had hit the WTC. My first thought was, “wow, that’s a freak accident.” I also thought about the fact that in 1945 […]
Home again
So, I am home again after a relaxing three weeks of vacation in Florida. We – as in me and my girlfriend – didn’t do that much: just chill, watch trash TV, catch a movie, eat out, shop, swim and enjoyed each others company. I certainly enjoyed my trip. Florida is very nice although it aways takes me a few day to get used to the 90+ (= 30+ celsius) temperature and the 90+ humidity. This time the weather was very nice even though we had almost 1 week of cloudy weather (kinda perfect for me). And I only got bitten […]