I am sitting here laughing……out loud……someone is having a laugh……someone must know I am writing a Blog thingy…….the people in the two seats next to me are looking at me as though I should be wearing a straight jacket…….everyone else is moaning...

If the old days of the Soviet Union are over someone forgot to tell the people at St. Petersburg Airport……….I once wrote that I promised never ever to fly into Miami as a cruise ship crew member again after the way I and others were treated……..however I would fly in their...

Two days ago I spent an hour in a small Russian plane that had spent the last few years flying sheep from one side of Cuba to the other………..it stank of sheep and if it hadn’t been for Anna Kornikova serving me Dietov Cokeov it would have been even scarier than it was. Also that...

Vulga…………….no not me ……….the car. The Vulga is the famous car made in Russia and whenever you think of movies about Russia you see these big ugly black cars bumping past the Kremlin. However, having spent the last 9 hours I saw more BMW ’s and Mercedes...

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I just went through security which was manned by someone who made me take off my shoes. Now considering I have been walking since 8 am up and down the hills of Tallinn my feet smell like Gerard Deperdeaux’s refrigerator………….cheese topped with extra cheese. So, there I was...

It’s now 5:05 pm and our luggage was just unceremoniously dumped in front of us without a word of sorry for keeping you waiting for nearly 2 hours. Now we are standing in a long line to check in again to Helsinki with Estonia Air, which knowing my luck, will be sending our suitcases to [...]

Hi Everyone, We had some technicial problems yesterday and weren’t able to post John’s picture. But all is fixed now, so here they are. ShareThis

I looked at the plane and immediately knew it was not a good day to be my underwear………….the airline was called Comm Air and where normally you would have big powerful jet engines there were two little ceiling fans stuck to the wing. It was only 8 am and in the darkness of the...

I am sitting on a bus, the computer on the tray table which is making a permanent indentation on my stomach, blogging on a bus is as difficult as translating the words “personal hygiene”…into French. It’s 9 am and for the last hour and a half we have been on and off the bus at all ...