Kalmar-Panama

I left Kalmar, Sweden on the 23rd of March by train with my destination Copenhagen Airport. From there it was a short flight to Amsterdam. I booked a small hotel right on a canal and had a great Dutch dinner at a nearby restaurant. 

The next morning I skipped the rather expensive hotel breakfast and had coffee and a sweet roll at a nearby bakery; delicious! 

Since the sun was shining I decides to walk to the Central Station one km away. However occasional rain showers passed overhead as I followed the canal walkway to the station. At the station I got a ticket to Schiphol, walked up the steps to platform and boarded the first car I came to. It turned out to be 1st class, but we were 4-5 persons who made the same mistake so we just stayed put and no one seemed to mind.

At Schiphol I boarded  the MB-11 KLM flight 757 for Panama. As we taxied for take off I read an article in the Wall Street Journal about a recent crash of a MB-11 in Japan: The conclusion was that the MB-11 was a ludicrously dangerous plane that no one in their right mind would ride in. We took off for Panama!

Getting started

Today I'll be starting my blog in preparation for my trip to Peru at the end of March. Why Peru? Well, my daughter, Anna-Clara, is 3rd year medical student in Uppsala Sweden. Having a strong wander lust she applied for and got a stipend to spend 3 months in Lima, Peru where she will be doing her surgical rotation. And what better reason is there to drop in and pay a visit to one's daughter? But don't think it has been easy. Besides needing to stock up on mosquito oil, buy jungle clothes and study my Spanish, I've had countless troubles getting my travel arrangements in order. Both the flight and train bookings have been changed twice. And now my non-refundable train ticket doesn't match my flight! So tomorrow I'm going to book a new train ticket. €65 down the drain! Where have all the travel agents gone?