A Good Reason to Travel

What is holding me back from traveling more is definitely not a lack of money. With inexpensive flights, special offers, low-priced hosting/traveling accommodations, etc. abound, there is plenty of room for almost everyone’s budget. I just lack the time as I keep busy coordinating/paying for regular trips.

  • Giving daughter a college tour in the U.K. during spring break
  • Helping son move out of his U.K. college dorm by flying over and helping moving his stuff back to Germany in June
  • Attending son’s graduation in the U.K. in July
  • Putting daughter on a flight to Los Angeles to accompany her friend touring the west coast for colleges in July
  • Husband flying to Pennsylvania/USA for three days to attend a family wedding in September

And yes, in regards to long-term travel, I lack the courage and will to cut myself out of family life for more than a month.

If you’re foot-loose and fancy-free, then go ahead and check out for a while. This is the best kind of education ever.

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10 Random German Travel Facts

Two weeks from today I will be attending a Sri Lankan wedding in London at the Gherkin. Then the following months, I will be spending a few days in Nottingham with our son, our summer holidays will take us to the U.S.A for a family event, and in September I’m back to London for 24 hours for our daughter. Yes, we do travel a lot.

Here are the random facts I have gathered.

Air Traffic:

* In 2012, Germany’s air traffic carried 23.5 million passengers on domestic flights.

* Air traffic among Germany’s 27 biggest airports has gone up 19% since 2003.

* Air traffic for international flights has increased by 65% in ten years.

* The busiest airports are Munich, Berlin-Tegel, and Frankfurt.

 

Frankfurt Airport:

* Frankfurt Airport was awarded the Air Cargo Excellence Award 2013 for Europe.

 

Travel Spending:

* In 2011, Germans spent 60.7 billion euro on vacationing in foreign countries.

* In 2012, women spent 1.648 euro on traveling, while men spent 1.947 euro on average.

 

Accommodation in Germany:

* In 2012,  Germany registered  407 million lodgings. This is the first time ever for lodgings to have passed the 400 million mark.

 

Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt Airport

Travel destinations:

* In 2012, the biggest increase in German tourism went to the Azores with 28.9%.

* In 2011, Germans took 40 million trips with most of them heading to Spain, Italy, and Turkey.

…Passenger to Frankfurt. (Masterpiece Edition) by Agatha Christie, available on Amazon.de

 

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