A piece from home

I still have some pictures from California… This one was taken at the eastern dome of the Griffith Observatory. The Telescope as well as the planetrium’s projector are made by Carl Zeiss. It is always nice to see a connection to your hometown – regardless of where you are in the world.

2012 Travel Review

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Before continuing with more shots from southern California I just would take the opportunity to wrap up my 2012 travel experience. According to my Flightdiary I spend 3.5 days aboard airplanes in 2012. Only 2 flights more than the year before but with 6 longhaul flights and more than 40k miles I have earned the Frequent Traveller status from Lufthansa. I think I will not take any benefit from this as the express lines are unuseful when having a 2.5 hours trip to get to the airport. You have to calculate with extra time so you will always have enough time at the airport. But I really like the package I got from Lufthansa. On the last flights with them I had the feeling that as an Economy passenger you have to be grateful to be allowed to join this flight.
The silver card comes in a clean white box together with personal luggage badges and a stylisch paper clip. Nothing special but I really like the minimalistic and clean look of the package.

Allthough I’m employed directly in California now, I don’t believe to spend a similar amount of time aboard airplanes in 2013.