tomorrow, Cologne bound

Ahh, Cologne. or Köln, as its called in german. never been there. but ill be there tomorrow. meeting with my father, and exploring the world of jet engine sales. anyways, the plan for the next 2 weeks is that im in germany, visiting friends of mine from when i used to live in germany, and to hit up some aviation sights while were at it. its going to be awsome. i leave tomorrow at noon, and its a 3 hour train ride ish. ill post…

Pictures from Ile de Maurice

So. Mauritius. where should i start. well, we flew from amsterdam to paris, thats about an hour. a little more. the problem was we left really early. then, it was a direct 12 hour flight from paris to Mauritius. with the 3 hour time zone difference, we left friday morning, and this meant we arrived on saturday morning, at 5:30am. ouch. The official language of the island is english, but, everyone speaks french as their main language. now, we got off the airplane, thru passport…

Mauritius, quick post before i go

So, after a week of having my brain fried by the hot mauritian sun, i finally managed to get to where they have a wireless hotspot, and to check my e-mail. im just posting a quick blurb, as im flying out tomorrow morning, on an 8am flight. its going to take us about 1.5-2 hours to get to the airport, which, consequently, it is the same amount of time it takes to get from anywhere to the opposite side of the island too. i got…