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Paul Dixon 
Brazil
Local time: 10:17
Portuguese to English
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In memoriam | Given up flying too for a different reason | Aug 13, 2021 |
I have also given up flying, unless there is no option, for a different reason. This is because I refuse to pay luggage fees and to pay for water. You can't take water with you because of the fluids rule. In the good old days, it was free (except for excess baggage) and in the very good very old days airlines like Varig even served caviar on board, FREE.
I would have to fly to Europe though. Intercontinental cruises are only once a year so I would still have to fly back. (What happens is t... See more I have also given up flying, unless there is no option, for a different reason. This is because I refuse to pay luggage fees and to pay for water. You can't take water with you because of the fluids rule. In the good old days, it was free (except for excess baggage) and in the very good very old days airlines like Varig even served caviar on board, FREE.
I would have to fly to Europe though. Intercontinental cruises are only once a year so I would still have to fly back. (What happens is that at the end of the cruise season the companies like MSC offer a once-yearly cruise from Santos to Genoa, so the same ships can be then used for Adriatic and Mediterranean cruises).
My usual route by air is GRU/FRA/BHX. ▲ Collapse
| | | | June Wang
China
Local time: 21:17
Member (2021)
English to Chinese
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| No travel at all since the pandemic outbreak | Aug 14, 2021 |
Not even travel out of the city I am living in, let alone to any country. Hopefully, it won't take long to resume to normal.
| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:17
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| Still waiting | Aug 14, 2021 |
Rachel Waddington wrote:
I gave up flying some years ago when I became aware of how harmful it is for the environment. Since then, I have stayed close to home. If I can't get there by train I just don't go.
Still, I have had some wonderful experiences getting to know my own country and its near neighbours. You don't have to travel to the other side of the world to broaden your horizons.
Still waiting and hoping for a direct train (no changing at Paris) from London to Florence.
| | | | expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 13:17
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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| Not many not too far away... | Aug 15, 2021 |
Spain, Morocco and Egypt... and Portugal (Ilha da Madeira).
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Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 08:17
Romanian to English
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| different approach | Aug 15, 2021 |
Last year, 2020, during the full blown pandemic, I flew 48 times within the US.
This week I just returned from a six weeks vacation spent in Spain, France, UK, Germany and Austria. A little overwhelming with all the paperwork required by each country (test for the UK, France, Germany, Austria and return to the US, proof of vaccination in Spain). I liked the fact that some museums or places of tourist interest required proof of vaccination (Guggenheim in Bilbao, Mozart Geburtshaus in... See more Last year, 2020, during the full blown pandemic, I flew 48 times within the US.
This week I just returned from a six weeks vacation spent in Spain, France, UK, Germany and Austria. A little overwhelming with all the paperwork required by each country (test for the UK, France, Germany, Austria and return to the US, proof of vaccination in Spain). I liked the fact that some museums or places of tourist interest required proof of vaccination (Guggenheim in Bilbao, Mozart Geburtshaus in Salzburg).
Just get vaccinated, wear mask and use your common sense.
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| | | | Baran Keki
Türkiye
Local time: 16:17
Member
English to Turkish
| a 6 week holiday | Aug 21, 2021 |
Liviu-Lee Roth wrote:
Last year, 2020, during the full blown pandemic, I flew 48 times within the US.
This week I just returned from a six weeks vacation spent in Spain, France, UK, Germany and Austria. A little overwhelming with all the paperwork required by each country (test for the UK, France, Germany, Austria and return to the US, proof of vaccination in Spain). I liked the fact that some museums or places of tourist interest required proof of vaccination (Guggenheim in Bilbao, Mozart Geburtshaus in Salzburg).
Just get vaccinated, wear mask and use your common sense.
Lee
I guess your clients didn't contact you during that time for jobs or you didn't have to worry about losing them?
| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:17
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Q "To how many countries have you travelled?"
A. 127.
Next pointless question?
| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:17
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Liviu-Lee Roth wrote:
Last year, 2020, during the full blown pandemic, I flew 48 times within the US.
This week I just returned from a six weeks vacation spent in Spain, France, UK, Germany and Austria. A little overwhelming with all the paperwork required by each country (test for the UK, France, Germany, Austria and return to the US, proof of vaccination in Spain). I liked the fact that some museums or places of tourist interest required proof of vaccination (Guggenheim in Bilbao, Mozart Geburtshaus in Salzburg).
Just get vaccinated, wear mask and use your common sense.
Lee
That's quite a carbon footprint. I hope your flights were essential.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:17
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| I hate airports | Aug 21, 2021 |
I like flying but I hate airports. To me they are the most horrible places in the world. So I have given up flying.
| | | | Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 08:17
Romanian to English
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| to my surprise | Aug 21, 2021 |
Tom in London wrote:
I like flying but I hate airports. To me they are the most horrible places in the world. So I have given up flying.
Heathrow (LHR) at 7:30 AM was empty.
| | | | Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 08:17
Romanian to English
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| You are right! | Aug 21, 2021 |
Baran Keki wrote:
Liviu-Lee Roth wrote:
Last year, 2020, during the full blown pandemic, I flew 48 times within the US.
This week I just returned from a six weeks vacation spent in Spain, France, UK, Germany and Austria. A little overwhelming with all the paperwork required by each country (test for the UK, France, Germany, Austria and return to the US, proof of vaccination in Spain). I liked the fact that some museums or places of tourist interest required proof of vaccination (Guggenheim in Bilbao, Mozart Geburtshaus in Salzburg).
Just get vaccinated, wear mask and use your common sense.
Lee
I guess your clients didn't contact you during that time for jobs or you didn't have to worry about losing them?
During this extended vacation I took only four urgent projects. Not afraid of losing them. I my case, since I am retired, they lose me, not the other way around.
| | | | Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 08:17
Romanian to English
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| with or without me, the planes would have flown anyway | Aug 21, 2021 |
Tom in London wrote:
Liviu-Lee Roth wrote:
Last year, 2020, during the full blown pandemic, I flew 48 times within the US.
This week I just returned from a six weeks vacation spent in Spain, France, UK, Germany and Austria. A little overwhelming with all the paperwork required by each country (test for the UK, France, Germany, Austria and return to the US, proof of vaccination in Spain). I liked the fact that some museums or places of tourist interest required proof of vaccination (Guggenheim in Bilbao, Mozart Geburtshaus in Salzburg).
Just get vaccinated, wear mask and use your common sense.
Lee
That's quite a carbon footprint. I hope your flights were essential.
Not feeling any guilt.
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Kristina Love
United States
Local time: 08:17
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I took a couple of day trips to Canada when I lived near the border. (I'm in the U.S.)
England, Ecuador, Spain, Portugal, France, England again! I wish other countries were not so dad-blatted far away from me! If I lived in the Old World I would have bee-bopped around to about 25 of them by now.
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