A few notes/observations from my current travels:
- Business class on IAD to FRA had more trophy wives per square foot than the changing rooms of Louis Vitton on Rodeo drive. Seriously. I'm surprised some of the jewlery didn't count towards the carry-on luggage quota.
- Frankfurt Airport has the nicest and most competent security of any airport I've been to. They consistantly notice things in my luggage that they want to take a closer look at (this time it was my electric toothbrush), but are always very polite and efficient about it.
- On my Lufthansa flight to Vienna some of the passengers were being persnickity about their seating and refused to sit down. How did they deal with it? The plane just started to taxi. The simply didn't care. The flight attendant seemed to tell them, "These are your seats, you can take them or not, but we've closed the door and are leaving." They sat down in a hurry.
- Austrian, like many European airlines, names all their planes. Their Lauda 737-800 fleet are all named after famous musicians such as Miles Davis, Kurt Cobain, Frank Zappa, and George Harrison. An impressive and influential set there. And while he may not be consisdered as important to music as a Freddie Mercury, because they are Austrian, Falco gets a plane as well. Rock me Amadaus!
- I've always seen the stray dogs when I visit Iasi, but this time I've also seen wild horses.
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