u/orbitolinid

Trying to make the best of my time in Saudi and I thought I had a brilliant itinerary. Until I realised I'd love to visit Wahbah Crater. I don't want to do it in a single day while driving from Medina to Jeddah and would book a bnb 100km from the crater, or wild camp if I feel like bringing my camping gear along. Coming from Khaybar, it's either Medina or the crater. Note: I'm a geologist and love a nice crater. I'm also not a muslim, thus I won't get into the holy zone in Medina anyway. Thoughts?

Looking at flying Jeddah to Riyadh on 30. December in the late afternoon to evening with checked luggage. Have an international flight to catch from Riyadh at 02:00 a.m. on 31.12 and would prefer not to spend half a day at the airport. I see that Flynas and Flyadeal have flights pretty much every hour of the day. But does anyone know how reliable they generally are? For peace of mind, at what time would you book a flight? 18:00? 19:00? 20:00?

I'm looking at suitable accommodation for next year, travelling in September. Two apartments come up again and again. One in Poros, the other on the edge of Lixouri, away from the coast. Yeah, I know that Lixouri is the second-largest town/village and Poros, at least the part along the beach looks a bit dull. I'm not a beach person, not interested in bars and drinking, and will have a rental car from the whole trip. A small supermarket, bakery and a bit of a selection of restaurants is possible in both. Want a flat area along the coast for jogging (got it). For Lixouri I'd be looking out over a large garden, and I love the sound of crickets! On the other hand, the place itself is a lot bigger. Which one of both has the better feeling for staying 2.5 weeks, where you feel like you're not just in a tourist resort, but where it's not too busy and noisy?

Ich habe eine angeborene Muskelerkrankung. Die Uniklinik in der ich im Moment zur Abklaerung bin ist ein totaler Kindergarten: Die Humangenetik hat ein einen Berg Gene mehrfach getestet und dann freundlich verkuendet, dass man keine Antwort auf die Fragestellung gefunden hat. Eine Mutation die zu meinen Problemen passen wuerde wurde gefunden, jedoch nur ein mutiertes Allel; Gene die damit bekannt im Zusammenhang stehen oder tiefe Intronvarianten werden aus irgendeinem Grund nicht analysiert um echt diese Erkrankung auszuschliessen. Ich warte seit Ewigkeiten auf eine weitere Muskelbiopsie, jedoch haben die plastischen Chirurgen die dafuer zustaendig waehren keine Lust. Ich habe langsam genug und denke, dass es Zeit ist fuer eine Zweitmeinung. Nur wo?

Eine Verdachtsdiagnosebereich gibt es. Jedoch betrifft dieses einen groesseren Berg Gene. Diese Art Erkrankungen sind super selten und schlecht erforscht; ob ueberhaupt genetisch eine Antwort gefunden werden kann ist unsicher. Das einfachste waehre ein bestimmter Test im Muskelgewebe - aber nur eine Uniklinik in den Niederlanden und ich glaube in Frankreich fuehrt tatsaechlich diese Tests aus. Die Frage ist also: Wie jetzt weiter? Meine Arbeitsfaehigkeit wird langsam weniger und ich brauche zumindest Antworten. In 2 Monaten sehe ich den niedergelaessenen Neurologen wieder, und bis dahin sollte ich halbwegs wissen was ich will. Aber natuerlich bin ich kein Arzt; kann auch nicht rausfinden ob es eine Forschungsgruppe gibt die mit den Niederlanden zusammenarbeitet.

If all works well then my flight should arrive at Malaga airport at 18:30. Just carry-on. Would you book a train ticket to Cordoba for 20:30 from Malaga station or is this too tight? Seems to be the last train of the day with still availability for that day. Alternative would be to travel next morning. Preferably 1 full days Cordoba, 2 full days minus morning train Sevilla, back to Malaga, because that option just popped up.

Das war jetzt mein erster Sommerurlaub nach der Mastek waehrend dem es etwas zu warm war. Permanent 28-32C 24/7. Nach der Mastek ist mir aufgefallen, dass ich nicht mehr friere abgesehen von gelegentlich kalten Fingern und Fuessen. Wolter hat zwar eine Erklaerung zum nicht mehr frieren gegeben, aber was ich tun kann weiss ich nicht. Nach nur 200m zum Supermarkt gehen hatte mein Shirt an Brust/Bauch dicke Schweissflecken. Nachdem ich 500 oder 700 Hoehenmeter aufwaerts gewandert war konnte ich ohne Scherz Shirt und Hose bis zu den Knien auswringen. Der Unterkoerper schwitzt nicht so aber das ist alles vom Shirt nach unten gelaufen. Hormonal alles unveraendert - nehme kein T. Verdammt, das ist doch nicht normal? Kann man was tun?

Edit: Kann man Deo auf den Brustkorb spruehen oder bringt das nichts?

ec261 duty of care. flight Lufthansa Catania - Munich at noon cancelled due to Etna. rebooked Palermo - Munich same time with a bus transport from 6:30 from CTA. would food be reimbursed or not considering the journey started 5:30hrs earlier? Hoch much would be reasonable considering I’m stuck with airport food No voucher, not leaflet from Lufthansa, but I’m still on the bus 😅

Trying to find a destination for next year's summer vacation, some 2.5 weeks from early September. Torn between Kefalonia and northern/middle Euboea: both on my wish list for ages; I've not been to Greece for a while.

Plan: Hiking, relaxing, random driving around with a rental car, love karst feature and hope to see some nice geology, maybe a night on Ithaka. I know there aren't many archaeological sites and most buildings are from the 50s and 60s or later. Not a beach person. Ideal base location a quieter coastal village setting with a few places to eat out and a flat stretch for jogging - I can't run up inclines due to a muscle condition and will need a day to recover after a hike.

Bonus question: how easy is it to get varied vegetarian food on Kefalonia locally without driving somewhere? Fish and dairy is fine, occasional meat also, but apart from feta I don't need animal-based food every day.

Bear with me. I always set myself long-time travel challenges, and after just having visited two active volcanoes in Italy I want to visit all active vocanism sites in Greece belonging to the South Aegean Volcanic Arc: Santorini, Nisyros, Gyali, Milos and Methana, with maybe dormant bonus points for Poros, Aegina, Sousaki, and Kos.

I do wonder if hiking and geology, plus visiting archaeological sites is the main interests, how bad are Santorini and Milos really? Would probably be staying a week on each island at a time in the end with a rental car and a holiday home centrally located (not sure about Gyali, maybe as a daytrip or 2-3 nights), thus really a long-term project.

I got a really annoying uti and after admitting I need help dragged myself to a pharmacy to ask what to do. The pharmacist called a lady that was just leaving back. I understood that she's a doctor and would give me a prescription there and then. She took a photo of my id, she wrote something on a blank piece of paper, and I got an antibiotic for a few Euro.

Is this normal procedure for annoying tourists? I guess I won't get a surprise invoice as my address is not on the front of my ID. I mean, I have an EHIC and travel insurance anyway and would have dragged myself to a gp or whatever I needed, but I'm not complaining.

All yesterday. Booked on one ticket via Lufthansa

1. Flight intra German to FRA - delayed due to weather at FRA
2. LH0320 FRA - PMO - bid upgrade to business class accepted. Flight cancelled due to weather at FRA. No business class seat to PMO for same and next day as everyone stormed lounges and business centre, huge queues. Accepted downgrade.
3. AZ407 FRA - FCO - delayed due to crew I think. ITA provided bigger plane. 30 additional ppl to PMO on this fight. Delay bit more than 1h
4. AZ1789 FCO - PMO didn't make it, but apparently the flight waited. Rebooked to
5. AZ1783 FCO - PMO delayed, reason unknown but might just have waited. huge chaos as people weren't certain whether they were on 89 or 83.

Original arrival 16:55, actual arrival 23:57. I know Lufthansa doesn't have the power to switch on good weather. Mainly thinking about the business class downgrade. No email from Lufthansa so far. Do I get part of the ticket price back or just of the upgrade bit? For the whole ticket or just the upgraded and snatched away from me again segment?

Eu. I bid on an upgrade to business class with lufthansa. flight got cancelled due to weather and in order to fly today and not in 2 days I accepted a downgrade. I did use the lounge twice and used the lounge rebooking service. Still can I get the money of the upgrade back? Didn’t get anything in writing about the downgrade as things were savage at FRA today.

I know there's lots on Viator and Getyourguide, but that's not what I'm after. Looking for personal experiences directly with a boat: Looking for a halfday snorkelling tour from Lipari in early September. Not interested in visiting All The Islands. A small boat with just a few people, no music or other entertainment, some nice geology along the way and a place to sit in the shade on the boat. If it includes stops where not all boats stop then this would be great. Any suggestions for this solo traveller? On that note: I have my own snorkelling kit and will not use a floating device. If skippers insist on that then that's not a tour for me.

I'm working on a laptop with a 14" screen, thus big screen solutions won't help me. MS professional plus 2024.

The table stretches over the whole screen width and I'll add another row of data every day. There's a plot summarising various things from that table that covers a big comment column. I'm annoyed that I have to move the plot a bit further down every single day and I wonder whether it could float and stay on wherever I scroll to. I guess it won't, but worth asking.

I found the bus website here: https://www.ursobus.it/Orario-eng.htm

How do I figure out where to find bus stops on Lipari? Google only shows a couple of stops in Lipari and one near Acqacalda. at what times do buses leave from somewhere other than Lipari town?

I'd like to hike around Lipari but likely won't make it in a single day, hence need a bus at some point. Is there an app that works? Some more detailed information available once on Lipari? There seem to be an iOS app, but it just seems to be an empty shell: map doesn't show stations and I can't buy, nor see tickets.

I'm thinking about where to spend my summer vacation next year. I've got a travel guide for Kefalonia coming in soon, but can't find anything half decent for Euboea, and Amazon seems to be flooded by AI crap. Been to many regions/islands in Greece previously but last Greece vacation was in 2021 I think.

Plan: spend 2-2.5 weeks there, relax, having a rental car, hike, sightseeing, geocaching. I know archaeological sites are somewhat limited with both, Eurobea has the more interesting geology. I'm looking for a village location with a supermarket and a few places to eat out that is not totally overrun by tourism, umbrella on the beach and all, but has a sufficiently big totally flat area for jogging (muscle condition, walking uphill is tough, jogging is impossible). For Euboea I thought Limni would be great but the accommodation available internationally seems to be too expensive for a solo traveller, and I don't have contacts in Greece to ask if they know someone who knows someone. Found several options on Kefalonia, at better prices. The former is more than big enough for that time, for Kefalonia I could also visit Ithaki for a night or two and probably won't have enough time for relaxing and seeing everything I want to see.

Thoughts?

Mine is probably Atul Kochhar - Curry Everyday

Everything I tried is very delicious and not overly involved. And whenever I type some random ingredients into EYB I'm sure 1-2 of his recipes will pop up. It's vegetarian, but overall it's easy enough to add various proteins. It's just not a book that I pull out to read through despite photos for pretty much every recipe. Or even remember that I own it.