Trans-Atlantic (52), Trans-Pacific (12) and Trans-Eurasia (14) Trips

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.
John Steinbeck (02/22/1902 - 12/12/1968)

Last update: August 17, 2023
Year Date Carrier Equip. Route Who travels why?
and events
2023 Aug. 13 (Sun.) LH 0448 A330-300 Frankfurt (FRA) - St. Louis (STL) Use MoX for STL to CoMO. James flies from FRA to Boston same day on an LH A340. Kayla flies on the same day from FRA to JFK on LH.
2023 Aug. 2 LH435 A340-600 Chicago (ORD) - München (MUC) Vacation in the German Alpen, Koster Ettal. Hiking the Klamm, Museum trip und Abendspaziergang. Drive to Freudenstadt on Sunday. Linsen & Spaetzle at Peter's. Ruhestein hiking und Fleischkaese dinner. Intersport Einkauf! Friedhof und Zwetschgenkuchen. Hornisgrinde and Familien-Dinner Hotel Gruener Wald. Cafe Bacher, Kuckucksuhr Einkauf, Kleider im Kaufhaus, Dinner Hotel Adler. Samstag ins Steigenberger at FRA.
2023 Aug. 2 (Wed.) UA2075 737-Max8/9 St. Louis (STL) - Chicago (ORD) Family Trip to Germany. SIXT rental BMW M850i. James flies same day from Boston to MUN on A380. Kayla flies Saturday, 8/5 from JFK to Paris. Takes train on Monday, 8/7 from Paris to Karlsruhe and on to FDS.
2022 COVID-19
2021 COVID-19
2020 COVID-19
2019 July 15 (Mon.) UA4765 ERJ-145 Chicago (ORD) - St. Louis (STL) Take-off ORD: 7:35 pm. Arrival STL: 8:56 pm.
2019 July 15 (Mon.) UA906 777-200 Frankfurt (FRA) - Chicago (ORD) Take-off FRA: 12:45 pm. Arrival ORD: 3:05 pm.
2019 July 14 (Sun.) LH721 747-800 Beijing (PEK, T3) - Frankfurt (FRA) Take-off PEK: 10:30 am. Arrival FRA: 2:35 pm. Landed 40 minutes early. Spend the night at Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt Airport Hotel in Moerfelden-Walldorf.
2019 July 2 (Tue.) CA1223 737-8 Beijing (PEK, T3) - Xianyang (XIY, T2) Take-off PEK: 12:20 pm. Arrival Xi'an (XIY): 2:30 pm.
2019 July 1 (Mon.) LH720 747-800 Frankfurt (FRA) - Beijing (PEK, T3) Take-off FRA: 5:15 pm. Arrival PEK: 8:30 am (July 2, Tuesday).
2019 June 26 UA907 777-200 Chicago (ORD) - Frankfurt (FRA) Take-off ORD: 6:20 pm. Arrival FRA: 9:45 am (Thu.). Train ride to FDS.
2019 June 26 (Wed.) UA4724 ERJ-145 St. Louis (STL) - Chicago (ORD) Take-off STL: 10:30 am. Arrival ORD: 1:20 pm.
2018 July 2 UA4202 ERJ-145 Newark (EWR) - St. Louis (STL) Take-off EWR: 4:20 pm. Arrival STL: 6:13 pm.
2018 July 2 UA961 777-300 Frankfurt (FRA) - Newark (EWR) Take-off FRA: 11:20 am. Arrival EWR: 2:00 pm.
2018 July 1 (Sun.) LH720 A340 Beijing (PEK, T3) - Frankfurt (FRA) Take-off PEK: 10:30 am. Arrival FRA: 3:00 pm. Spend the night at IBIS Hotel Airport Frankfurt.
2018 June 10 (Sun.) MU2108 A321 Beijing (PEK, T2) - Xi'an (T3) Take-off PEK: 12:50 pm. Arrival Xi'an: 3:00 pm.
2018 June 9 (Sat.) LH721 A340 Frankfurt (FRA) - Beijing (PEK) Take-off FRA: 5:00 pm. Arrival PEK: 8:30 am (June 10, Sunday).
2018 June 1 (Fri.) LH403 747-8 Newark (EWR) - Frankfurt (FRA) Take-off EWR: 6:00 pm. Arrival FRA: 7:30 am (Saturday). Get a Mercedes from SIXT.
2018 June 1 UA4983 ERJ-145 St. Louis (STL) - Newark (EWR) Take-off STL: 10:35 am. Arrival EWR: 2:11 pm.
2017 July 5 (Wed.) LH9150 (UA906) - UA4201 777 - EM145 Frankfurt - Chicago - St. Louis Take-off FRA: 12:45 pm. Arrival ORD: 15:10 pm. Upgrade to UA Pioneer Business Class (very nice)! Planned UA4201: Take-off ORD: 4:25 pm. Arrival STL: 5:48 pm. Actual Flight UA4478: Take-off ORD: 5:52 pm. Arrival STL: 7:14 pm. MoX to CoMO from 8:30 - 10:30 pm. Super reception @Home!!
2017 June 25 (Sun.) LH721 A380 Beijing - Frankfurt Taxi to PEK. Take-off PEK (T3): 10:30 am. Arrival FRA: 2:45 pm. ICE and S-Bahn to FDS. Sommerfest July 1-2. Mom's 81st BD on July 3!! U21 wins European Championship (final against Spain). Germany wind Confed Cup (final against Chile).
2017 June 24 (Sat.) China Eastern MU2107 A321 Xi'an - Beijing Take Airport shuttle from Jiyuan International Hotel (25 RMB). Take-off Xi'an: 12:00 pm. Arrival PEK: 1:55 pm. Taxi to HI Deshengmen. Dinner with WHS.
2017 May 19 (Fri.) China Eastern MU2108 A321 Beijing - Xi'an Take-off PEK (T2): 12:50 pm. Arrival Xi'an (T3): 3:00 pm. Pickup by Dr. Zhang at 8 pm. Zheng He Hotel #401 Suite.
2017 May 17 (Wed.) UA5681 - LH431 - LH720 EMB 145 - 747-800 - A380 St. Louis - Chicago - Frankfurt - Beijing Drive to STL with Julia and Kayla. Take-off STL: 1.26 pm. Arrival ORD: 2.45 pm. Take-off ORD: 4:05 pm. Arrival FRA on Thursday, 5/18: 7:20 am. Take-off FRA (Z) on 5/18: 5:10 pm. Arrival PEK (T3) on Friday, 5/19: 8:30 am.
2017 Jan. 22 (Sun.) LH402 & UA4202 747-800 & EMB 145 Frankfurt - Newark - St. Louis Train at 9 am to FRA. Sandwich. Takeoff at 1:30 pm; arrival at Newark at 4:20 pm. Catch United Express at 7:35 pm and arrive in St. Louis at 9:29 pm. FIT to CoMO, arrive about 11:30 pm.
2017 Jan. 18 (Wed.) UA4355 & LH7602 EMB 145 & 777 St. Louis - Newark - Frankfurt FIT to STL. EWR to FRA on LH7602 (operated by United); arrives Thursday at 9:15 am in FRA. Train to FDS via Mannheim and Karlsruhe; arrives FDS at 1:30 pm Thursday. Perfect weather. Dad's Trauerfeier on Friday, 1/19. Schwanen (1/19, 2x); Schlupfwinkel (1/20).
2016 July 21 (Thu.) LH0432 & AA2201 747-8 & Super80 Frankfurt - Chicago - St. Louis Scheduled to leave FRA at 5:05 pm, left 2 hours late because of traffic over England. Great flight; super views of Southern Greenland, glaciers, icebergs. Everything delayed in Chicago; heavy thunderstorms. Flight to STL was scheduled for 9:30 pm or so and actually left at 3 am (!); flight through ligthning storm (twilight-zone like) and then along ligthning storm (nice from distance); arrival in STL at 4 am!! Taxi to Holiday Day Inn Airport West Earth City; sleep until 10 am. Catch MoX at 11:30 am at Lambert Field. Home by 2 pm.
2016 July 20 (W, 10:30 am) LH721 & LH9252 (UA___) & LH9276 (____) A380-800 & 777 & --- Beijing - Frankfurt - Washington IAD - St. Louis (same day and about 22 hours later; W, 11:23 pm) Got ripped off by cab drivers to terminals 2 (first) and terminal 3. Delayed for 7 hours in Beijing; two of these insight the plane. Heavy rains, two tires exchanged, electric problems on Nr. 1 engine. Flight was smooth and great. Connection to US missed. Lufthansa reserved and paid for night at InterCityHotel Franfurt Airport including diner at 23 pm and great breakfast. Productive Thursday morning in hotel; shuttle at 1 pm to airport.
2016 July 19 (Tuesday) G88 CRH Xi'an - Beijing (ca. 1:30 pm - ca. 6 pm Fast train to Beijing West. Pickup by Chi Zhan, taxi to Holiday Inn Dongzhimen; dinner at Beijing Market (Yunnan food, very excellent banana leaf fish).
2016 June 17 (F, 5:10 pm) LH720 A380-800 Frankfurt - Beijing (S, 8:30 am) Ueber Schwarzwaelder Hochstrasse (Regen, Nebel) nach Baden-Baden, durch Stau in Karlsruhe, dann Unfall Stau, nach FRA in vier Stunden; 20 liter @ 30 Euros, arrived shortly after 3 pm. Regenstart; smooth.
2016 June 13 (M, 1:35 pm) LH8293 (UA6057) & LH9151 (UA907) Embraer 175 & 777-200 St. Louis - Chicago - Frankfurt (T, 9:45 am) Get MoX at 9 am on Monday. -- Enterprise Corsa in FRA: Ueber Baden-Baden, Rote Laache, Forbach, Murgtal nach FDS for lunch at 2pm. Donnerstag: Nike Air, Kreissparkasse, Adler Essen. EM, Germany Polen 0:0.
2015 Dec. 21 (M, 1 pm) LH9150 (= UA906) & LH8862 (= UA3351) 777-200 & Embraer 145 Frankfurt - Chicago - St. Louis (M, 9:58 pm) Kiss Landing at O'Hare! Smooth flight to STL. Got MoX at 11:30 pm, home by 1:30 am.
2015 Dec. 16 (W, 11:10 pm) LH797 A380-800 Hong Kong - Frankfurt (T, 5:30 am) ICE to Karlsruhe, S-Bahn through Murgtal (slightly foggy)
2015 Dec. 10 (Th, 1:45 pm) UA1638 & LH435 & LH730 ERJ145 & A340-600 & A340-600 St. Louis - Chicago - Muenchen - Hong Kong (Sa, 5:05 pm) Flies over Southern Black Sea & Northern Caspy, HK Conference
2015 July 19 (Su, 4 pm) UA850 & UA3519 747 & Embraer Beijing - Chicago - St. Louis (Su, 4 pm) Trains from Xiangtan to Wuhan, on to Xi'an, and later on to Beijing
2015 July 4 (Sa, 11:15 am Xiamen Air MF8157 737-800 Xiamen - Changsha Pickup by XJ; drive to Xiangtan
2015 June 12 (Sa, 6:50 pm Xiamen Air MF8106 787 Beijing - Xiamen Delayed one day; arrived one day late from O'Hare.
2015 June 12 (Fr, 9:50 am) UA3367 & UA851 RJ135 & 747 St. Louis - Chicago - Beijing Delayed one day; weather in Chicago delayed flight to O'Hare
2014 July 29 (Tu, 5 pm) Lufthansa 9252 (UA) & 9276 (UA) 777 & RJ145 Frankfurt - Washington Dulles - St. Louis Arrives at 10:58 pm in STL. Missed last leg due to luggage delay at Dulles. Spend night at Days Inn, Manassas, and took 8:05 am flight to STL, arrived 9:37 am. 11am MoX to CoMO.
2014 July 29 (Tu, 10:30 am) Lufthansa 721 A380-800 Beijing - Frankfurt Planned arrival at 2:45 pm in FRA; actual arrival ca. 4 pm. Left PEK over an hour late because of heavy rain in Shanghai & Nanjing. Delayed landing due to thunderstorm in FRA.
2014 May 21 (Wed) Lufthansa 720 A380-800 Frankfurt - Beijing Arrives Thursday 8:30 am.
2014 May 16 UA3404 & UA964 EMB
& 767
St. Louis, Houston (IAH), Frankfurt Left STL at 6:05 am, arrived in Houston 8:13am. Left Houston 6:05 pm, arrived FRA 11:35 am. Took until 6 pm to get to FDS. One missing ICE. Traffic accident in Karlsruhe delayed trip to FDS. Bayern : Dortmund = 2:0. Pokal.
2014 May 15 Lufthansa 8793 (UA) & 9152 (UA) CRJ-700
& 747
St. Louis, Chicago, Frankfurt Bad weather in StL kept me overnight in St. Louis at Airport Plaza Inn.
2013August 13 United
Airlines
888 & 345
747-400
A319
Beijing - San Francisco - St. Louis
2013 July 16 Lufthansa 720 A380-800 Frankfurt-Beijing Second flight in A380! 57K. Arrives July 17.
2013 July 6 Aer Lingus 656 A320 Dublin - Frankfurt Nice.
2013 July 2 Aer Lingus 651 A320 Frankfurt - Dublin Mostly covered, rain in DUB.
2013 July 1 Lufthansa 721 A380-800 Beijing - Frankfurt First flight in A380! 70K. The wings are HUGE!! Last leg to fly around the world! Inner Mongolia, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg.
2013 June 13 United
Airlines
3622
& 897
Canadair Reg. Jet 700
777-200
St. Louis - Washington Dulles - Beijing North Pole Route. Totally Awesome! From Dulles, fly ca. 5.5 hours North, in NP Region flying EAST for ca. 2 hours (along the North shore of Greenland, top of Europe & Russia), then fly ca. 5.5 hours South-Southeast to Beijing.
2012 June 16 United Airlines 850 & 3390 777-200ER
& RJ145
Beijing, Chicago, St. Louis Takeoff delayed >1h in Beijing (thunderstorms); missed connecting flight in Chicago; standby flight 3373 at 8:55pm delayed takeoff, altered route, arrived in STL after midnight (landing in lightning storm, exciting).
2012 May 20 United Airlines 3669 & 897 CARJ700
777-200ER
St. Louis, Washington/Dulles, Beijing Polar Route; Beijing: ICCAS and GUCAS; Wuhan: Talks. PEK - Wuhan Trip on Eastern China; 5/28/12, 8:20a, MU2460 (737); 6/2/12, 9am, MU2451 (737).
2012 Jan. 6 United Airlines 131 & 3680 757
CR7
Paris, Washington/Dulles. St. Louis Enormous headwind over Atlantic; <450 mph most of the time
2011 Dec. 15 United Airlines 5148 & 152 E70
757
StL, Newark, Stuttgart Bumpy, quite stormy in Germany. Visit FDS & trip to Paris, France.
2011 June 15 United Airlines 3629 & 851 CRJ 700
747-400
StL, Chicago, Beijing Smooth. Great vistas of Arctic Ocean North of Alaska, Siberia.
Research & Teaching at GUCAS
2011 July 3 United Airlines 888 & 492 747-400
Airbus 319
Beijing, San Francisco, StL Nice
2010 June 11 American Airlines MD80
777
StL, Chicago, Beijing Smooth, detours around TSs prior to PEK landing.
2 Talks & Teaching at GUCAS
2010 June 27 American Airlines 777
MD80
Beijing, Chicago, StL Storm in Chicago, detours required but good landing, delays out of O'Hare, luggage one day late
2009 - - - - -
2008 - - - - -
2007 - - - - -
2006 April 6 American Airlines MD80
777
STL, Dallas, Frankfurt Gudrun 35. Peter 50! Ostern.
Talks in Erlangen & Manchester.
Dalton Disc. 9.
2006 April 22 American AirlinesA320
777
757 S80
Manchester, London, Chicago, STL
2005 - - - - -
2004 - - - - -
2003 Nov. 6 American Airlines S80
767-300
STL, Chicago, Frankfurt Paps is 70!
Talk in Darmstadt.
2003 Nov. 12 American Airlines 767-300 S80 FRA, Chicago, STL My second most windy landing in Chicago ever! Delay to StL; missed limo, overnight at BW in StL.
2003 June 14 American Airlines & SAS MD80 A320 STL, Newark, Copenhagen IUT 2003 in Vaxjo, Sweden, Talks in Freiburg, Tuebingen and Wuerzburg
2003 July 2 American Airlines 777 MD80 FRA, Dallas, STL Lost luggage for 10 days on way to Sweden.
2002 July 17 American Airlines MD80 777 STL, Dallas, FRA with Julia, Kayla & Jamie
Jamie Taufe, Klosters, WATOC'02
2002 Aug. 10 American Airlines 767 MD80 Zuerich, Dallas, STL overnight in Dallas due to weather
2001 - - - - -
2000 - - - - -
1999 April 15 - ? 777 STL, Chicago, FRA Christian Konf., Frankfurt Lecture (4/16), meet Peter & Andrea on the flight Chicago to FRA
1999 April ? - 777 ? FRA, Chicago, STL -
1998 - United Airlines 727 777 STL, Chicago, FRA with Julia & Kayla
Kayla Taufe (8/9), Konstanz Lecture (8/6)
1998 - United Airlines 777 727 FRA, Chicago, STL -
1997 July 3-4 TWA122 JAL009 JAL565 MD80 747-400 DC9 STL, Chicago/O'Hare, Tokyo/Narita, Sapporo JSPS Trip
1997 Aug. 2 JAL010 TWA363 747-400 DC9 Tokyo/Narita, Chicago/O'Hare, STL -
1996 Dec. 7 - - STL, NY Kennedy, FRA C4 Bewerb. Braunschweig (12/8)
1996 - - - FRA, NY Kennedy, STL -
1995 Dec. ??
Dec. ??
-
Nepal Airlines
-
A310
STL, London
London, FRA
8-Lecture Tour England, Germany, Switzerland
1995 - - - FRA, NY Kennedy, STL -
1994 May 4 - - 767 STL, ??, Geneva, Muenchen C4 Bewerb. Muenchen (5/6)
1994 - - 767 - FRA, ??, STL -
1994 Feb. 15 - - STL, NY Kennedy ??, FRA C3 Bewerb. Bonn, 3-Lecture Tour Germany
1994 Feb. ?? - - FRA, NY Kennedy ??, STL -
1993 May ?? - - STL, NY Kennedy ??, FRA with Julia
4-Lecture Tour Germany 5/17 - 6/9
1993 June ?? - - FRA, NY Kennedy ??, STL -
1993 April ?? - - STL, NY Kennedy ??, FRA C3 Bewerb. Freiberg
1993 Feb ?? - - FRA, NY Kennedy ??, STL -
1993 Feb. ?? - - STL, NY Kennedy ??, FRA C3 Bewerb. Wuerzburg 2/5
1993 Feb ?? - - FRA, NY Kennedy ??, STL -
1992 ?? TWA ?? - STL, NY Kennedy ??, FRA Toulouse Conference
1992 ?? TWA ?? - Paris, NY Kennedy ??, STL -
1991 - - - - Green Card Application
1990 - - - - Green Card Application
1989 - - - - -
1988 - - - - -
1987 - - - NY Kennedy, FRA with Julia, Christmas vacation in Freudenstadt
1987 - - - FRA, NY Kennedy -
1986 - - - SFO, FRA with Julia, 4-week summer vacation in Germany, Switzerland and Italy with Golf
1986 - - - FRA, SFO -
1985 - British Caledonian, Northwest-Orient - Amsterdam, London
London, Minneapolis, SFO
continue PhD (return ticket not used)
1985 - Northwest-Orient, British Caldonian - SFO, Minneapolis, London
London, Amsterdam
go home to Freudenstadt, camping at Bodensee
1984 - British Caledonian, Northwest-Orient - Amsterdam, London
London, Minneapolis, SFO
Start PhD at Cal
1983 - Lufthansa - SFO, FRA with Jasmin, end of exchange studies
1982 - Lufthansa - FRA, Kennedy, WDC
WDC, SFO
with Jasmin, Summer in Georgetown
Exchange studies at UC Berkeley