Michael

Trip to New Mexico- part 1 (UA80 MAN-EWR)

I’m currently on my trip to New Mexico for field work in the Florida Mountains with Dr. Annique van der Boon! We’ve finished up days 1 and 2 of field work now, and we’ve just put together our plan for day 3. It’s going pretty well so far! Here’s the first of our flights forContinue reading “Trip to New Mexico- part 1 (UA80 MAN-EWR)”

I’m off to New Mexico!

Hi readers! I’m taking a trip to New Mexico tomorrow morning to collect some rocks that are nearly 500 million years old; they come from the Ordovician time period. I’m going with my friend and colleague, Dr. Annique van der Boon. She’ll be helping me a bit to keep this updated with the travel sideContinue reading “I’m off to New Mexico!”

Bonus Club Europe flight for me!

This is a continuation of the previous post for Club Europe from Helsinki Upon arriving in London, Krister and I parted ways. I continued on to Manchester after a connection in Heathrow. Flights from Helsinki on both BA and Finnair arrive into Terminal 3, so I had to take a shuttle bus for arriving passengersContinue reading “Bonus Club Europe flight for me!”

BA Club Europe from Helsinki

Krister and I finished up our short weekend trip to Norway and Finland with a Club Europe flight (BA799) from Helsinki to London (from where I then connected to Manchester). Helsinki’s Vantaa airport is one of my favorites. It’s well-connected to the city by the I and the P suburban trains. It took us lessContinue reading “BA Club Europe from Helsinki”

More Finnair business class!

I took a long weekend trip last week (2/2/20) to Norway and Finland to join Krister, who was working in Oslo, for some sightseeing and some skiing (and because I’d never been to Norway). I had arrived in Norway Friday night on an SAS youth fare (I only get to take advantage of them forContinue reading “More Finnair business class!”

Finnair Business Class (HEL-OSL)

Krister travelled on Finnair flight AY917 (operated by Norra) from Helsinki to Oslo in business class. Krister started his trip at the Finnair Schengen lounge, which both his business class ticket and BA silver card gives him access to. His 19:15 flight meant that he was in the lounge at dinner time, but he optedContinue reading “Finnair Business Class (HEL-OSL)”

Michael’s Travel blog

“You like reading reviews of airplane flights; maybe you should start a travel blog” — Krister Krister mentioned in passing one time that I might consider making a travel blog, so I did.