Carsten’s Blog Posts

      • A roadtrip through Japan

        A roadtrip through Japan

        In early August 2019 I went on a 12-day roadtrip through Japan. And it was one of the best holiday roadtrips I have taken so far. My love for Japan had led me to the country about eight or nine times before, but except for the Mount Fuji and Hakone area, I never made it…


      • Farewell flights of the Biman Bangladesh DC-10

        While the Coronavirus keeps us from travelling, at least I have some time to go through old photos and finally about some events of the past. Back in February 2014, Biman Bangladesh was the last airline to operate scheduled passenger flights on the old Douglas DC-10 aircraft. They were about the replaced with Boeing 777-300ER…


      • Eating in Japan: Yakiniku — You have to try this!

        First post to my travel blog. And it’s about food. And it comes with the most serious suggestion I will ever give you: GO and EAT Yakiniku in Japan! Of course you can eat it anywhere else in the world, but it’s just more original in Japan. But if you can’t go for the next…


      • Lost Places: Closed Public Bath at Cité Foch, Berlin

        In January 2014 I visited a the closed public bath at Cité Foch, Berlin. The Cité Foch was a newly build quarter in Northern Berlin, while the city was under allied control after World War 2. The French Army controlled North Berlin, the borough of Reinickendorf and in the Cité Foch all their military personnel…


      • Asia-Trip – AB,AZ,AF,NH,MU,KA,TG,RJ – Part 4 (J)

        Read this report on Airliners.net. . .. … Hello and welcome to my 6th trip-report, part 4! … .. . This map and all other maps in this TR created with www.gcmap.com, copyright Karl L. Swartz. Previous Parts: 6th TR: Asia-Trip – AB,AZ,AF,NH,MU,KA,TG,RJ – Part 1: Featuring the flights to SIN and back, departing from…


      • Asia-Trip – AB,AZ,AF,NH,MU,KA,TG,RJ – Part 3 (Y)

        Read this report on Airliners.net. . .. … Hello and welcome to my 6th trip-report, part 3! … .. . This map and all other maps in this TR created with www.gcmap.com, copyright Karl L. Swartz. Previous Parts: 6th TR: Asia-Trip – AB,AZ,AF,NH,MU,KA,TG,RJ – Part 1: Featuring the flights to SIN and back, departing from…


      • Asia-Trip – AB,AZ,AF,NH,MU,KA,TG,RJ – Part 2 (Y)

        Read this report on Airliners.net. . .. … Hello and welcome to my 6th trip-report, part 2! … .. . This map and all other maps in this TR created with www.gcmap.com, copyright Karl L. Swartz. Previous Parts: 6th TR: Asia-Trip – AB,AZ,AF,NH,MU,KA,TG,RJ – Part 1: Featuring the flights to SIN and back, departing from…


      • Asia-Trip – AB,AZ,AF,NH,MU,KA,TG,RJ – Part 1 (Y)

        Read this report on Airliners.net. . .. … Hello and welcome to my 6th trip-report, part 1! … .. . This map and all other maps in this TR created with www.gcmap.com, copyright Karl L. Swartz. BACKGROUND-INFO: This trip was not planned. Really! I had no intention to go on a holiday in 2012. I…


      • TXL-LIN-CPH-TXL – Hunting The MD-82 (Y)

        Click here to read the trip report on Airliners.net. — TXL-LIN — Hello and welcome to my 5th trip-report! ***BACKGROUND-INFO:*** Last October, when I read that both SAS and Alitalia had planned to retire their MD-80 family aircraft until the end of the year (2012) I decided to go on another weekend-trip as I have…


      • TXL-FRA-MAD-LCY/LGW-MAN-MUC-TXL-DUS-TXL (Y)

        Click here to read the report on Airliners.net. Hello and welcome to my 4th trip-report! ***BACKGROUND-INFO:*** I started planning this trip, because I wanted to celebrate the opening of the new BER airport. I planned to take-off from TXL one last time on June 1st 2012 and return to the new BER airport on the…


      • 3rd TR: STR-TXL And TXL-STR On AB In Y

        — OUTBOUND LEG — Hello and welcome to my third trip report! Click here to read the report on Airliners.net. ***BACKGROUND-INFO:*** As already mentioned in my first TR I fly home to Berlin regulary from MHG or STR. So this time it was STR. Btw the last time before I move back to Berlin in…


      • 2nd TR: STR-CDG-ORY-LCY / LHR-CDG-STR On AF In Y

        — OUTBOUND LEG — Hello and welcome to my second trip report! Click here to read it on Airliners.net. ***BACKGROUND-INFO:*** Before I wrote my first TR in July 2010 which was just a test-run for this TR I read on the General Aviation forums that AF would be deploying the A380 on the CDG-LHR-CDG route,…


      • 1st TR: MHG-TXL and TXL-MHG on C9 in Y

        1st TR: MHG-TXL and TXL-MHG on C9 in Y View at Airliners.net Trip Reports Forum. — OUTBOUND LEG — Hello and welcome to my first trip report! ***BACKGROUND-INFO:*** I was born in Berlin and see myself as resident of Berlin, despite the fact that I don’t live there currently. Due to my degree course which…