John Heald's Blog

Here I am in Berlin and we have just finished a whirlwind tour of this city of so many different styles and cultures. This city will I think present a whole new series of emotions that I have yet to experience this trip so far. Those emotions have surfaced already as I stood next to [...]

Well, 200 people smell ……it’s amazing how it’s minus 1000 degrees outside the plane but inside it’s hotter than high noon in the Sahara.
The Captain apologized again as everyone fanned themselves with the inflight magazine. We just landed at Berlin and as we taxi to the gate I am illegally using my Raspbery to do [...]

I am sitting here laughing……out loud……someone is having a laugh……someone must know I am writing a Blog thingy…….the people in the two seats next to me are looking at me as though I should be wearing a straight jacket…….everyone else is moaning and complaining in various languages …….why…….well just 30 seconds ago we were welcomed [...]

If the old days of the Soviet Union are over someone forgot to tell the people at St. Petersburg Airport……….I once wrote that I promised never ever to fly into Miami as a cruise ship crew member again after the way I and others were treated……..however I would fly in their everyday for the rest [...]