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 …
Living in Zurich presents numerous opportunities for exploring cities in the surrounding region, not only by plane, but also by train. I booked a train ticket to Stuttgart for the weekend. I was off to explore the great car museums and plenty of other things that the city had to …
Having only ever been to Greece by visiting Crete with my parents when I was 7 years old, it was quite overdue that I would visit Athens, a city packed with heritage and culture. The opportunity presented itself with three days off from work in mid-March. The timing was perfect …
I have only ever been to Austria on a skiing trip with my parents over 10 years ago, so now that I live in Switzerland, it’s about time to explore the neighboring country more. An opportunity for that presented itself when I found cheap tickets to Graz, Austria’s second-largest city. …
Estonia was celebrating the 100 year anniversary of when it first declared independence from Russia on February 23rd, 1918. I had three days off during the so-called “Anniversary Week” during which special events were planned. Because of that, I was off to Tallinn for a chance to immerse myself in …
With a few days off for the weekend, I was looking for an opportunity to escape the cold weather in Central Europe for somewhere warmer. Plenty of cities had the Carnival going on, but I ultimately decided to head to the Portuguese capital for an extended, four-night weekend stay away …
I am going to be traveling more often on my off-days in 2018. One of the first opportunities to take advantage of this came at the end of January, where I found a cheap return ticket with SWISS to Nice, France, leaving on a Monday and returning on the following …
Hi there, my name is Thomas, I’m a 24-year old air traffic controller. I was born and raised in Denmark, lived in the US during high school*, and in 2016 I moved to Switzerland for work. Some of my greatest passions in life are traveling, exploring foreign cultures and learning …
