Flying half around the globe

Hi Guys

Wellcome to Lima! After a long day of travelling, which started with snow in Thurgau at 0515 CET I am finally in my very, very, very, very expensive hotel at Lima airport. It is now 1950 local time. Thats 7 hours behind CET. So you can imagine the length of the trip. The flight to Madrid was only 2h... therefore the smaller leg-space than in an easyjet or ryanair plane was not so bad. the legspace (both Iberia) improved dramastically on the flight to peru. however, Iberia does not have the kind of inflight entertainment like swiss! there are only about 3-5 mini screens way in front of you with no choice of movies... well, i kept to my mp3 player, watching down to the atlantic ocean and the rain forest occationally (when the sun allowed it). Until now, I thought we have mountains in switzerland. Just flying over the Andes makes them seem nothing more than a small foothill in lets say the Netherlands. Well, thats enough for now. With no local money (except US-Dollars), the forex didn't want my swiss francs (can you believe it), i am now off to the hotel bar to enjoy my free Pisco. Just by the way, you are not allowed to import any alcohol product labelled "Pisco"... well so much for other continents, other routines.

cya,
philippe