02
Dec
posted by Richard de Nooy at 14:00 comment View Comments
02 december 2011 Secret - Photo 1

I managed to avoid jetlag for 46 years, until last week. My wife, the professional traveller, invited me along on one of her trips and I threw caution to the wind, accepting her invitation and treating myself to a mind-buckling experience and set foot on a new continent. Because my wife has the energy levels… read more »

20
Jul
posted by Caroline at 14:00 comment View Comments
Not right now 2

At times I feel truly sorry for the partners of airline crew. I presume I’m not the only one – even though I’ve lived with my partner for years, he must still be surprised by my occasional “Not right now!” on the day of my return. And it could be anything that isn’t possible “right… read more »

02
Mar
posted by Caroline at 14:12 comment View Comments
What to eat?

There’s one thing that I’ve never gotten used to in all the years I’ve worked as a stewardess ? Jetlag. Thousands of articles and books have been written on this subject and I’ve read quite a few of them. But all this paper wisdom only taught me one thing: how to live with it. It… read more »

31
Jan
posted by Caroline at 14:46 comment View Comments
high heals

Frankly, it never occurred to me that they would actually hire me when I applied for the job of cabin attendant at KLM. Sure, I did want that job badly. What better could one dream of than getting paid for travelling around the world? I presumed – no, I was convinced – that I wouldn’t… read more »