Return flight from Vilnius, Lithuania - beautiful takeoff

The weather in Lithuania had been exceptionally cold, more than -20 centigrades. The flight departed around 6.00 PM, the sun was setting down and the Finnair plane was a brand new Brazilian plane and I have to say that this plane is very smooth and nice. What made the takeoff nice was a combination of cold weather, sun setting down and I could see the town of Vilnious clearly from the sky. I felt very unreal!

People in Lithuania are unreal

Two days in Lithuania and they have made an impression of life on me. Today, we had lunch at the beautiful hotel in the old town of Vilnious. I have to get back here soon! Highly recommended place for a visit!

Vilnius, Lithuania is a very beautiful city

I had the opportunity to visit the beautiful town of Vilnius today and I even got a roundtour by local businessmen that took me to a restaurant overlooking the old town and university and then finally a art exhibition in the national museum. This place is definetely a place worth the visit. I am staying in the highly ranked Holiday Inn Vilnius and I have to say that everything in this hotel works!

Helsinki weather in the end of February

Hesinki weather this week has been beautiful, but very cold..... Reaching -25 centigrades and that is very cold according to any standards. What is also interesting is the change in amount of light that Finland experiences when compared to last month the same time. It is like day and night.... and days are getting longer each day going forward.

Lithuania, here I come

This is the first time I get to visit Lithuania. I am flying from Helsinki to Vilnius and according the flight schedule, this is a 1 hour 45 flight. The flight is operated by an ATR propeller plane.

DFW terminal is the most beautiful in the world

If you have not, it is time to visit the brand new D-terminal in Dallas Fort Worth International airport. I am here again, overlooking the planes from fifth floor of Admirals Club. Awesome weather, awesome place an soon I will board flight 38 to Zurich..... Boeing 767 with nice business class.

American Airlines - second time this week a cancelled flight

Here I am again.... My flight to Dallas was cancelled and I had to be re-booked. This is where Executive Platinum comes in play... Not only did they re-book me, they also called me to let me know the change...

Back on the airport - now on my way to Atlanta

It was a quick trip home and I am on my way to Atlanta, GA. I have to say that the weather in Dallas is becoming more and more spring like and we had 70 Fahrenheit yesterday which translates to around 21 Celsius.

Chicago O'Hare not a good place during winter

Here we are again.... It is very cold in Chicago and it is snowing.. So three flights to Dallas were cancelled... One of them is mine.... Tomorrow I will have to be in Atlanta, so I hope my flight gets to Dallas tonight so I can catch my very early flight to Atlanta tomorrow morning.

Brutal wake-up to reality at 4.40 AM - Chicago here I come

I am here again at DFW airport, this time I will fly to Chicago O'hare and stay in downtown Westin hotel. According to the news, it is pretty cold in Chicago.... we will see...

Finally home in Dallas, Texas after 770 miles

The rest of the trip went quickly and the weather was georgious. We spent 770 miles on the road and I have to say that FORD Expedition is comfortable for the driver. Tomorrow, I have to get up 5.00 AM to get to my Chicago plan that departs around 07.00 AM

230 miles in one go- Eastland McDonalds stop- 130 miles left

We are having a stop at a local McDonalds place in Eastland, Texas. This is the choice as we did not see any good steakhouse on the Interstate 20... so our hunger took power and anything would do at this point in time..... And once we have our luch, the nextdoor Starbucks will take care of the rest....

Waking up in the beautiful Odessa, Texas

The second morning in Odessa, Texas is a beautiful one... the sun is shining and I thing it must have been almost 0 Centigrades (32 Fahrenheit) during the night. Today, we will have to drive back to Dallas.... we are looking for 6 hours trip.

I am in the center of oil wealth - Odessa, Texas

If you have not been, you have not seen what oil business is all about. Odessa is pretty close to New Mexico South-East corner. We arrived here very late last night, after midnight, and when we woke up in the beautiful sunny morning.... The place looked pretty nice. One thing that sticks in my mind is the smell of oil refineries, it is unreal an I am sure not healthy for anybody..... I guess it is the money that smells...... Out hotel the Fairfield by Marriott is very nice with excellent service.

Dallas- Abilene- there is nothing there

We are on our way to Midland/Odessa and Abilene is our midway stop. They have a nice Chili's restaurant here and I can get my Citrus Fire Chicken &Schrimp. We drove around Abilene... There seems to be a couple of universities... This is the first time for us in Abilene. The road here from Dallas is interstate 20

Winter is back in Dallas - we have snow

Talking about changes in atmosphere.... The decision-makers claim that nothing has change in the atmosphere... How do you explain the continuous snow falls in Dallas, Texas.

Dallas - Houston - Dallas with the car - was it worth it?

I decided to drive down to Houston from Dallas on Tuesday as I calculated that the time it would take me to drive to the airport, take the plane, fly to Houston, check the luggage, rent a car and get to the meeting I would have spent more time when compared to driving. The milage from my house to Houston was almost 300 miles and it took me almost 5 hours in each direction. When I returned last night, it was raining, lots of traffic and I have to admit that I was tired when I returned to Dallas. The question is.... will I drive there next time.... I do not think so... Ten hours in the car... it took me down..

The most rare dog bread in the 60s - Little Lion Dogs Löwchen

I have had the opportunity to live with an amazing dog breed the last 17 years. Our oldest boy died a month ago; he was almost 17 years old. Our three other boys, Skip, Spot and Leo are here with us and they are all from a Finnish breeder in West of Finland (Pohjanmaa). Check out our lions... they will not like intruders.... Leo specifically likes to eat intruders alive... The boys are all one year apart from each other, so there is lots of activity in our house

Weather in Dallas is dangerous

We went for the NHL ice hockey game today and I have to say that the icy roads made the trip to the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas pretty interesting. Schools have been closed today, we have got some snow and the temperature has been below the freezing point around 25 Fahrenheit. This is not typical for our dear Dallas, Texas.

New York is getting winter

It is time to go home again. The weather in New York was very warm but now there is a cold front coming up.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to have dinner in the restaurant owned by Robert de Niro.... Sweet....

I stayed in my regular hotel Paramount that is close the Time Square on the 46th street. The hotel has an art deco look and feel and I very much enjoy the way it is. I hope the new ownership does not distroy the atmosphere going forward.

I am on a direct American Airlines on my way to Dallas.