Destination: Germany

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Nathan

Official Name: The Federal Republic of Germany
Established: 1871 (German Empire), West and East Germany 1949, Reunification 1990
Population: 83,166,711 (2019 estimate)
Religion: 31.7% Protestants, 31.2% Roman Catholics
Language: German
Capital: Berlin
Order of Visit: Thirteenth 
First Visit: 11 May 2006
Last Visit: 09 April 2024
Duration: 12 Days
Visit Highlights: Heidelberg Castle, Attending a World Cup Football Match (Munich), Fruenkirche Church, Glockenspiel Clock, Beer Gardens, Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin Wall, Hitlers Bunker, Bebelplatz (infamous book burning site), Reichstag Dome, Berlin Bomb Bunker
Places Visited: Berlin, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Munich
German Journal Entries

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Destination: Finland

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Nathan


Official Name: Republic of Finland
Established: 6 December 1917 (Independence from Russia)
Population: 5,528,737 (2020 estimate)
Religion: 68.7% Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, 26.3% no religion
Language(s): Finnish, Swedish 
Capital: Helsinki
Order of Visit: Twenty-First   
First Visit: 08 July 2006
Last Visit: 7 April 2024
Duration: 5 Days
Visit Highlights: Parliament Building, ice breakers ships, Suomenlinna Island, Lutheran Cathedral, the sun high in the sky at 1 am in the morning!
Places Visited: Helsinki
Finland Journal Entries  

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World Trip 2024: Day 33 – Singapore to Melbourne

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Nathan

Tuesday 07 May 2024
Highlights: Reunion’s – Darby with Lana, me with Boots and Juno

The journey home can be a long one, especially from Europe and today was the end of that journey that start on Saturday 4 May back in Split. Today started with an overnight flight from Singapore (review here).

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Flight Review – JQ8 Singapore to Melbourne

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Nathan

Jetstar AU
Date: 5 May 2024
Flight Number: JQ8
Gate: 20
Seat: 31F & 32F (Economy Class Seat)
Plane: Boeing 787-8
Boarded: 20:10
Pushback: 21:04 (Scheduled 21:00)
Arrived: 05:50 (Scheduled 06:15)
Duration: 6 hour 46 minutes
Distance: 6,025 kms

This flight was from Changi (Singapore) International Airport to Tullamarine (Melbourne, Australia) International Airport.

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World Trip 2024: Day 32 – Singapore

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Nathan

Monday 05 May 2024
Highlights: Universal Studios Singapore

The last day of this trip with a fun activity had suddenly arrived. After a comfortable sleep in Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Hotel we took our main bags to be checked in to the Jewel Early Bag Check in facility. For Jetstar this allows you to drop your bags 12 hours before the flight.

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World Trip 2024: Day 31 – Helsinki to Singapore

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Nathan

Sunday 05 May 2024
Highlights: The Jewel Water Show

One of the major downsides of living in Australia is how far away for the majority of the world we are. Returning back takes a long time. The first leg getting back was Split to Helsinki (3 hours), than a major transit (8 hours) followed by Helsinki to Singapore (13 hours).

Today was the Helsinki to Singapore flight (review here). The positives was having an empty seat next to me (which Darby had as well) and the flight was faster than scheduled by one hour (‘only’ 12 hours 20 minutes).

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