Skopje

One of my main goals for my travels this year is exploring more of Eastern Europe, a region that I haven’t visited enough. Eastern Europe has a large cultural wealth and a tremendous amount of history. It’s very distinct from Western and Central Europe. There’s plenty of direct flights from …

Innsbruck

I have only been to Innsbruck’s Airport as part of flight training, but not the city. Given that it’s a relatively short train ride across the border, and the city’s size is perfect for a weekend getaway, it was certainly up there on the to-do list. Saturday Got on the …

Bratislava

I have never been to Bratislava, or even Vienna for that matter. Why do I mention Vienna? A few months ago I found cheap flights to Vienna, however, I only had two days off from work. Bratislava is about 80 km/50 miles east of Vienna, and its own airport isn’t …

Frankfurt

I’ve flown through the airport of Frankfurt over 20 times by now, but never once left the airport. So it was overdue that I changed that and visited the city itself. Ironically, train tickets are much cheaper than flights between Zurich and Frankfurt, because the Lufthansa Group has a monopoly …

Cologne

I had Saturday and Sunday off during Easter Weekend. Even though it’s a busy travel period, I found cheap flights to Cologne. A friend of mine lives there, so I booked those tickets with little hesitation. Friday Boarded my Eurowings Airbus A319 flight to Cologne which landed a few minutes …