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My focus normally is on longer, cruise style ferry experiences or at least overnight crossings, and it hast been a long time since I took a day trip.

Abisko National Park in Swedish Lappland is a very accessible place, even though it is well beyond the Arctic Circle.

After having endured a very wet and very muddy Wacken Open Air festival, my family and I spend a couple of nights in Kiel to decompress.

When traveling through Japan with my family we took rides on almost every possible mode of transport, Shinkansen high speed and local trains, domestic flights, taxis.

Introduction Nightjet, a brand of sleeper trains established by Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB), the Austrian national railway, in 2016 enjoy an excellent reputation for comfort and safety as well as their typically Austrian focus on service and hospit…

The Korean built cruise ferry Panstar Miracle has entered service with a maiden voyage from Busan to Osaka on April 13th 2025, a date which coincided with the opening of the Osaka World Expo.

When I connected in Dubai‘s international DXB airport on may way to Japan, I ended up with an 8-hour connection.

Emirates EK 316 Dubai International (DXB) to Osaka Kansai International (KIX) Premium Economy Class Airbus A380-800 Ticket This trip was part of a holiday in Japan, and as I wanted to hit the ground running for my ferry cruise from Kagoshima to Naha, I gl…

Ten years ago I took my first ferry cruise and started writing trip reports in this blog, originally intended for friends and family who gave me the trip as a birthday present to follow my journey.

Departure Port I didn’t take my own advice to never walk to a ferry port, as I wanted to pay my respects to St Francis at the Basilica of San Francesco de Paoloa first.