Monthly Archives: June 2012

With Emirates’ business class to Singapore

Posted on June 28, 2012 by paulovertheworld

Okay, I’m gonna try to summarize our trip to Singapore including a few pics. After finding a crazy business class deal via my new favourite website Businessclass.se (in Swedish) we booked ourselves tickets to Singapore from Athens via Dubai and … Continue reading →

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Swedish Midsummer celebration

Posted on June 26, 2012 by paulovertheworld

Last weekend Sweden celebrated midsummer, and of course it resulted in excessive eating and drinking- a reason why I like ‘midsommar’ so much. Started the day with a brunch featuring pickled herring, eggs, new potatoes boiled with fresh dill, Västerbotten … Continue reading →

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Bintan

Posted on June 11, 2012 by paulovertheworld

This is what we encountered when we hopped off the bus earlier today after departing Singapore. The hotel, Mayang Sari Beach Resort is definitely worn, but the beach is amazing, especially considering it is only an hour’s ferry ride from … Continue reading →

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Singapore

Posted on June 8, 2012 by paulovertheworld

Awesome place, Singapore. Have had so much great food and fun this far. Had one of my life’s best pizzas at Mario Batali’s Pizzeria Mozza, dumplings at always fantastic Din Tai Fung and chilli crab at Jumbo Seafood. Picture above … Continue reading →

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Touchdown Singapore

Posted on June 4, 2012 by paulovertheworld

Finally arrived in Singapore, my 43rd visited country. One of the perks with flying Emirates business class was free limo pickup in Singapore. When we exited customs our driver was waiting, took us to our black, shiny Mercedes and drove … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka

Posted on June 3, 2012 by paulovertheworld

In the amazingly nice (new?) Emirates lounge at Colombo Airport during our last stop before reaching our final destination Singapore. The pic is from a short excursion we undertook this morning while we still had a few drips of energy … Continue reading →

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Olympic lounge

Posted on June 2, 2012 by paulovertheworld

In the Olympic lounge at Athens Airport. A bit boring food and no bubbly, but hey it’s free, right? And I probably should add that they do have a decently stocked bar otherwise. Excited to try Emirates business class in … Continue reading →

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Athens stopover

Posted on June 2, 2012 by paulovertheworld

After departuring Stockholm yesterday morning we got ourselves to Athens via Zurich using the excellent SWISS Airlines. We opted to stay for a night since Greece’s lately been a bit famed for its ever occuring strikes and the similar. We … Continue reading →

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