Focal Point: 10 Pictures of Tokyo Station

Tokyo Station is one of two major train stations in the Japanese capital and the center for the Shikansen high speed (aka bullet) rail lines. Commissioned in 1889, and completed in 1914, Tokyo Station is the busiest station in Japan in terms of total volume of trains (over 3000 trains …

Watch this Spectacular Night Timelapse from a Swiss Airways Cockpit

  We have all watched and marvelled at the spectacular night sky that we get to see as passengers from 20,000 ft through the lens of our tiny windows.  And, I’ve always wondered how insane the view must be from the cockpit.  Well, the wait is over.  Just have a look at …

UPDATED: Here is why United is to blame

As most of you will have heard by now: a video has emerged of a passenger, who is by all accounts a doctor, being forcibly dragged off a United flight 3411 that was headed to Louisville. http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/10/video-surfaces-of-man-being-dragged-from-overbooked-united-flight.html This is an insane situation from start to finish.  And, while the passenger is definitely …

In-flight Dining Review: British Airways Club World IAH-FCO-IAH

It’s been a long time away from the blogging scene (almost a month). There comes a point when you realize you underestimated the amount of time school takes up and I think I reached that point just after I made the pledge to catch up on trip reports. And then …