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This dedication goes to airline no. one, best seats in the house, you know!



The trip in one word:

BLUE



"We need the sun, definitely!"


Hola, dear readers,

it´s finally time now to continue with the next trip after some amazing nordic travels.

The vids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQb6ZB7uxAE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aImgZXzSSls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOX8-sGgrko


For the lights, please.
And also here, the vids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRKPRAUniSk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJtfZIfQ1R0

Snow and sun, maybe?.
And the vids, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tkwsYl6bn8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clIyOs3xv5k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLljdmAXG0c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlgnGKMaolg


Is this really more southern side today?:



Thanx to also this time:

http://www.gcmap.com/



Thursday, 06. Mar. 2014

FRA (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main)
MAD (Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas)

The vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAQXlKtVkME

Service LA 705 operated by LAN Airlines
Scheduled 19.50 - 22.20

Here are the first 200 visited airports:


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And just a couple more:


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And also the checked airlines:


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The recorded plane types, definitely:


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And the visited countries:


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The Tripreporter 2013 data en detail:


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This is 2014 finally:


TRIPREPORTER 2014 auf einer größeren Karte anzeigen

And 2015, maybe?:




Some silent days around christmas produced this idea!.
FRA is the place to start the trip and the car shuttles us perfectly ontime for Tourcare to spend some relaxed time there.
Onwards for the airport by shuttle to check the screen, the usual biz, isn´t it?.
Ticketing is done by Opodo together with the return, what means 55.00 Euro´s per leg.
Seats are selected online, as ever possible, but it´s anyway worth it to ask for something better during the boarding pass pick up, isn´t it?.
And it´s always interesting to fly intra Schengen with a full passport check, what happened also here.
Commotion around the gate shortly later.
What´s going on here?.
Well, football is not my first profession, but the Chilean national team lost the game two days ago in Stuttgart and now they support the national airline on the way back home. With lot´s of people, mostly women, ahem, asking for pictures and autographs


Face to face at B46 and no chance to visit a lounge here


Croatia and Ethiopian also


But we decided for this one


And this is CC-BBC, the warm welcomed B787-800, no individual name to notice here, just leg three on type and new to the log it is

In the air since 07.12.2012, 10 examples are in the fleet right now and there is nothing special to show with the machine here


Boarding starts pretty well ontime like it should be!.
Leaving the "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main" by "LAN" from the 4000 meters "One-Eight" for the two hours at 7.50 pm, what also means ontime. Clear sky and 12 degrees


Special point of view to say the least


Ok, time to go now!


Pretty well coloured it is


Any idea about my favourite seat row on a plane?


Well, maybe the last row?


Mood lighting, sure with a 100% load


Cockpit crew is Chilean. "El comandante" with a nice and detailed welcome short prior to departure and once more short and nice during the approach later on.
Routing is BSL-GVA-LYS-TLS at 40000 feet maximum.
Pretty full it looks like


Something special for us this time?


The two seater 36A in the last row is usually crew rest area with two fully equiped biz seats, also the legroom is originally biz style.
Trust me with the concerned views from other pax around when we checked all the seat details!.
And also some funny talking with the young and nice male FA serving our seats


Not a bad idea to stay here tonight


Or maybe just a little longer?


And also recline is fully possible


On the way


It seems there is something missing here


And much to fast we are on finals for ...


... the "Aeroporto Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas".
Touchdown at the 3500 meters "Three-Two-Right", 10.00 pm, 20 minutes ahead to schedule, 14 degrees, clear sky. Welcome to Espagna!.
Collected the boys lugagge, something more this way to follow, out for the public. Not that long to wait for the shuttle and the room at the
"täCH Madrid Airport"
is prepared for us, good to see

Time to catch some sleep now


A short but anyway a good night later breakfast is prepared this way


And that´s me


Clear blue sky, welcome, but also time to say goodbye now


On the shuttle back for the airport and the next flight, really?


No way, back for the next train to Madrid-Chamartin


And also these strange looking towers


Renfe it is at 20.00 Euro´s each


And now we try to go for the train route


Along a couple of pretty dry looking mountains


Rural it looks like not that far from Madrid


Dry?. No way!


For Avila


With some snowy mountains in the distance


Close to Salamanca


How dry it will be during summertime?


And finally reached our target to add something new, at least an new and not that easy to catch airport.
Now this is Salamanca


Just a warm welcomed, yes warm, surprise, remember it´s early March and this fit´s perfectly to our needs


Now that´s exactly what I´am waiting for, out in the sun for a cup of tea, at least what they call hot tea here in Espagna!


Historic buildings all around


Tourists?. No, locals only all the way and lot´s of students


There is just the one and only public transport connection for the aeropuerto from the main station. Money saving, you know and that should be no problem to be there on time, isn´t it?.
The taxistas know it well!


More of these historic buildings and the time running faster


Now that was a real positive surprise here in Salamanca


And the blue sky above, lovely


Around the cathedral


The sun is so super bright here


Sure, this is the way for the bus station. Really?


The place for a break


Ahem, what about a view for the mobile just to see what´s the time right now?.
So late, really?


Powerwalking, please and finally, yes, we made it some 10 minutes prior to departure, at least the bus departure!



More to come, hopefully soon!.
The Tripreporter