Toulouse

As an aviation professional and geek myself, it was only a matter of time before I’d find myself in Toulouse. The city is home to one out of two assembly lines of the large planemaker Airbus. The other assembly line is in Hamburg, Germany. It is possible to visit several …

Düsseldorf

In February of 2019, I was going through simulator training for the second of two air traffic controller licenses. Because it was all simulation and hands-on training, I had my weekends off. The advantage was that I had next to no theoretical material to study, and my time off was …

Dresden

During the later half of 2018, I had taken a lot of trips to Eastern Europe. I really like the culture of Eastern Europe. Perhaps the main reason is that I find the 20th-century history of the region fascinating, during the Cold War era. The politics of the period were …

Nuremberg

Much like Bordeaux which I had visited the week before, Nuremberg in Germany was a destination that I wanted to get to because of a direct flight from Zurich. While Nuremberg certainly has been part of SWISS’ network for a long time, at the time of my visit the flight …

Bordeaux

In 2018 SWISS had started a direct route from Zurich to Bordeaux in France. Such routes don’t always stick around, so I try to take advantage of them while they’re still active. It wasn’t exactly peak season either, so the tickets were cheap. I was going through some additional air …