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Milano: Castello Sforzesco

Milan, June 2012

Honestly, Milan is far from my favorite layovers. So I decided that I should stay in the room and study for my exam next June 18.

Hotel view

Having a dark hotel room and this kind of window view doesn't help when you try to find the beautiful side of a city and get motivated to it. But weather was warm and sunny and for me it's quite impossible to stay an entire day inside a room without getting depressed, so I decided to walk towards the center of Milan and have lunch there. It was a 30-minute walk along the Corso Sempione, then crossing Parco Sempione and then.... wait... the castle! I always wanted to give a visit to the castle. Castles were one of my favorite subjects of my childhood.

So I got inside and took some photos with my smartphone.

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Castello Sforzesco




After visiting the castle I was getting really hungry but fortunately the Piazza del Duomo was just 5 minutes away.


Next day, another early morning as usual... We departed from Linate Airport.

Our A319 @ LIN...

... and a photo of Iberia's A321 with special titles.

"Orgullosos de nuestra selección"

This last photo was taken from our Airbus CS-TTA which ironically carried the portuguese national football team to Poznan in Poland the previous day. Unfortunately our aircraft had no special titles...

"Star Alliance" in Luxembourg...

Findel Airport, June 2012

CS-TNP @ LUX

... and another photo taken one month before, also at Findel Airport.

Luxair

Midnight twilight in Helsinki

Helsinki, May 2012

After a few layovers here, I still find this city fascinating.
The following photos were taken around midnight, in May. The sun started rising before 4am and summer solstice is yet to come! I also saw many people in the streets during the night.

White night: it's amazing!

Kamppi

00:34

Ravintola means restaurant in Finnish

Helsinki's Cathedral

Early morning at Vantaa before leaving Helsinki...

I want to come back soon!

Hangar 6

Lisbon Airport, May 2012

Since Terminal 2 was handed over to easyJet, now it is very common for us to park at these stands...


EC-KXD

Sunny Geneva

Geneva Airport, May 2012

LN-RMO

CS-TTS

Today at Fiumicino Airport

Fiumicino Airport, May 2012

Sunny day in Rome.

A321 D-AIRD  @ FCO

Pão de Açúcar in the mid-1980s

Rio de Janeiro, the 1980s

Near one deactivated cable car (called bondinho by the locals) which was used between 1912-1972.

Old Bondinho

And how I saw Rio and Pão de Açúcar that time.

For sure, this trip started with an airplane!

I miss Rio de Janeiro and the wonderful TriStar rides with TAP Air Portugal... Last time I've been there was in 1993...

Brussels: Grand Place

Brussels, September 2011

For me, Grand Place is the most beautiful square I have ever been...

...by day


...or by night!



I just can't get enough of it and I'm always amazed when I get there everytime I go to Brussels.