Category Archives: travel notes
Rovinj
The other day …
I rode a bus to Rovinj from Zagreb (3.5 hours) to have lunch with a Croatian leader who has been an advocate for orphans since the war in the early 90s… amazing!
After lunch (out of this world good)…
I took the bus back.
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good neighbor
My neighbor in Bp is a retired fellow in his sixties. As I returned to the flat a while ago, he was out on his balcony and saw me coming up the street.
Nearing the top of the four floors of stairs, I heard his door unlatch.
We greeted one another, told him where I’d been and complained about the heat here in the Jewel on the Danube (its 94!) …thankfully I had little to complain about regarding weather on this trip to the bottom of Africa. I asked how he and his wife are and that was about it. I hauled my shrinkwrapped backpack inside.
Then, while I was checking this and that in the flat and there was a knock on my door, there stood my neighbor, with a bottle of bubbly mineral water. That’s a good neighbor. That’s a blessing.
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Egypt Air: trying harder
A long time ago a USA car rental company had a slogan based on their No. 2 status: “We try harder”.
Well in revtomtravels’ estimation Egypt Air is trying harder and in my raking is now my #2 airline, bumping Lufthansa to #3. Don’t worry AirFrance, you’re still safely in dead last.
Egypt won my vote not because of new equipment but care for the customer and pretty close to on time performance. Admittedly, they are a brand new entry and I could change my tune when I fly back to Budapest next week. And admittedly, Lufthansa dropped a rung because they have just delayed me one time too many. Indeed, on time performance the end of July could win back the #2 spot, but all that remains.
Oh, #1? British Airways still.
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kingdom travelin' 