Michael

An autumn escape (part 4: New York to San Francisco)

After arriving at New York’s JFK airport in terminal 7, I made my way to terminal 8, the American Airlines terminal. As is the case with all international to domestic connections in the US, I manually transferred my bags. Terminal 8’s check-in counters were mostly closed. American Airlines was condensed to a single aisle, splitContinue reading “An autumn escape (part 4: New York to San Francisco)”

An autumn escape (part 3: London to New York)

After a nice overnight layover in London, I was off on the next leg of my trip! This time to the United States for the main part of my trip. It took a couple tries to get this trip booked correctly because flights kept getting cancelled or moved. In total, three flight changes happened, andContinue reading “An autumn escape (part 3: London to New York)”

An Autumn Escape (part 2: Sweden to London)

After the last flights, we spent a nice, serene four days in Stockholm. We went to the zoo and to the Vasa museum. The Vasa museum was particularly noteworthy; the ship had capsized on its maiden voyage in 1628 and then sat preserved for over 300 years before being raised and then having a museumContinue reading “An Autumn Escape (part 2: Sweden to London)”

An Autumn Escape (part 1: to Sweden)

It’s now been about seven months since the first round of lock downs were announced in the UK. Obviously, travel is still way down given the quarantines or testing requirements that are often necessary to change countries. I planned this trip back in April, at a time where it was generally hoped that by October,Continue reading “An Autumn Escape (part 1: to Sweden)”

Back to the UK on Finnair!

Hi everyone! Krister and I had a nice trip to Finland. I spent most of the time sitting outside in the sun and the rest of the time working from home, so not a bad trip overall. But alas, it was time to return to the UK and resume normal(ish) life. Learning from last time,Continue reading “Back to the UK on Finnair!”

Finnair Eurobusiness during the pandemic

Well, it’s been a long lockdown, but Europe is slowly starting to reopen and allow more travel. For this trip, Krister and I are in Finland specifically to visit his parents (15 July – 26 July). This is the first time we will have seen them since we got engaged, and Finland is now allowingContinue reading “Finnair Eurobusiness during the pandemic”

Flight #2 back from New Mexico: Chicago to Munich

Sorry for the delay everyone! I’ve been playing catch up now that I’m back from the field. And with the chance of the university shutting down, I figured I’d have time when working from home to work on this. Low and behold, Liverpool has cancelled classes, so I now have time! Upon arrival into ChicagoContinue reading “Flight #2 back from New Mexico: Chicago to Munich”

Flight #1 from New Mexico back to Liverpool!

I’m back in the UK now after the trip to New Mexico to collect some rocks! Annique and I brought back over 200 lbs of rocks in 5 checked bags between the two of us (all free!). Amazingly, at the premier access check-in at El Paso airport, they didn’t even bat an eye. The TSAContinue reading “Flight #1 from New Mexico back to Liverpool!”

Flight #3 to New Mexico!

We’ve finished day 8 and are almost done with our field work! And I’m just now getting around to part 3… just in time in 2 days to travel back to the UK and have 3 more flights to review… My bad. Good news though, my complimentary upgrade for the flight from El Paso toContinue reading “Flight #3 to New Mexico!”

Trip to New Mexico part 2!

Our sampling trip is still going well! We’ve just finished day 5 and already have over 100 lbs of rocks! This is great. We had to go back to Las Cruces and El Paso for some sampling and to get the drill, which just got delivered by DHL. We had some extra time yesterday, soContinue reading “Trip to New Mexico part 2!”