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Category Archives: Air Travel
Parallel Reality Travel Is Here
This week Delta launched a personalized flight monitor, its latest tool to make airport experiences smoother. The first deployment is at Detroit’s DTW airport in the McNamara Terminal. Most air travelers frequently consult the flight information display screens; many of … Continue reading
Sunday Sundries
Atlas of endangered alphabets – is an excellent project aiming to save indigenous and minority writing systems. High Life – Just discovered that you don’t even have to leave home to read British Airways’ really rather good in-flight magazine. Worth … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, apps, Art, Books, Europe, Libraries, Maps
Tagged British Airways, library tourism, Mississippi
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In-flight Entertainment
On this date in 1925, the first in-flight film was shown on an airplane on an Imperial Airways flight. The film was The Lost World, one of the first science-fiction films. Based on a 1912 Arthur Conan Doyle novel, it … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Books, Europe, Film, History, movies, Public Transport, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Air Lines, Arthur Conan Doyle, stop-motion
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The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Social Network
Up until quite recently, I was a habitual buyer of postcards during my travels. Mind you, I rarely ever sent the postcards to anyone, but rather keep them as reminders of the places that I had visited. When I was young, postcards … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Art, Books, Europe, History, Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged European travel, Postcards, Social media, Travel
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Magical Mystery Tours
Japan is famous for its proliferation of gachapon, or capsule vending machines, which sell everything from exotic beverages to underwear. This summer, Peach Aviation, a Japanese airline that mainly flies domestic routes, began installing special vending machines that offer discounted airfares. … Continue reading
Ode to Canada
Airline preflight safety videos are generally ignored by flyers, but sometimes clever production manages to get our attention. Air Canada just released their first updated video in almost 7 years and it’s surprisingly compelling. The new safety video is called … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Canada, Film, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Air Canada, British Columbia, Provinces and territories of Canada
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When In Rome
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Rome over the last few days because of the news that a new archeological site will be opening in the coming year in the heart of the Eternal City. If you haven’t heard, … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Architecture, Art, Europe, Film, History, Museums, Photography, Tourism
Tagged Italy, Rome, Timelapse
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Travel Fever
Like many of us the German street artist known as Lapiz has been mourning the ongoing travel restrictions due to Covid-19 limitations. He has translated his frustrations into a graphic mural titled, “Reisefieber.” I can certainly related to the sentiment … Continue reading
Under the Social Influence
By now you have probably noticed that I’m a sucker for a clever travel/tourism campaign. So it will be no surprise that I fell hard to this clever video from New Zealand urging travelers to stop repeating stereotypical photos they … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Film, Photography, Tech, Tourism
Tagged New Zealand, Queenstown, Travel
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