1 May
Part One What started as the “European Cigar Tour” in early April travelling to Leipzig, Lommel, Amsterdam and Antwerp with my buddy Frank, became an Asian cigar tour as we travelled to Hong Kong for a full week to visit my ( and now our ) friend Min Ron Nee. Having taken Frank along a Read more…
11 Apr
Nothing like blue skies and warm temperatures to travel around Europe and enjoy the best the old Continent has to offer. Early April, during Easter, I decided to travel up to eastern Germany and visit some family residing near Dresden. Nothing better to do on a quiet Easter Saturday than visit Leipzig which has undergone Read more…
9 Nov
The mild & sunny weather doesn’t give you a hint, but winter approaches and with it also some German culinary traditions like eating goose on Martin’s day. Josef, our resident Dutch cook, planned a goose dinner at the Domtal Golf course in Mommenheim for us, kindly paying special attention that I was able to Read more…
12 Jan
Admittedly, I would have preferred the B-747, but sitting in the Lufthansa A-340-600’s first class on the way to Bangkok, and sipping a glass of “D” de Devaux vintage champagne waiting for dinner to be served I reflect on how civilized travel can be if you approach it right. So, instead of driving the Read more…
12 Jan
Farewell lunch at LH HQ Feuerzangenbowle – Sugarcone slowly burning in Rum January 2010 Sunday lunch was Pig heads in a forest clearing, Monday lunch a more elegant affair at the management guest’s dining room in the 5-th floor of Lufthansa’s HQ at FRA airport. We arrived early due to the snowy conditions and had the Read more…
1 Sep
17-th Wedding Anniv. – 17 Hochzeitstag – 28.08. Lufthansa Abschiedsdinner – 29.08 August 2009 Ich werde oft gefragt ob mein letzter Flug nicht sehr emotionell gewesen sei oder bei Lufthansa aufzuhören weh tun würde. Nein, überhaupt nicht – ich habe damit abgeschlossen . Was jedoch emotionell rührend war, war das Abendessen bei Massimo letzte Woche Read more…
31 Jul
Singapur – als Rundum-Sorglospaket! Um es gleich vorneweg zu sagen: eine der besten Wege eine unbekannte Stadt zu entdecken ist sich einer Lufthansa-Crew anzuschliessen. Als Begleitperson eines Crewmitgliedes gehört man sofort zur „Familie”. Man wird ganz selbstverständlich mitgenommen zu den besten Plätzen zum Essen, Trinken und Feiern. So erging es auch mir bei Ninos Read more…
