Travel Story: Sit back, relax and enjoy a Starbucks Coffee!

In all my almost-30 years of air travel, I have been extremely lucky to have most of my flights either taking off or landing on time. A trip to Jakarta on a budget airliner last year started my history of delayed flights...

When Eyjafjallajökull decided to erupt mid-April 2010, I was worried of having to cancel my Europe trip! At best, I was told, to expect a considerable amount of delays... And when departure day came, I was overjoyed as Eyjafjallajökull had decided to let me fly! So there I was, in Europe.

Then trouble struck. We were all already seated in the plane heading for Mykonos when the captain announced that we had to defer take off... some oil-drip situation on the wing, he said...

But the one hour delay (trapped in the plane!) was soon forgiven, when they started carting out refreshments...


My Colombia roast, from coast to coast!

There's nothing like having a freshly-brewed Starbucks to calm those nerves...

Several airlines have started serving Starbucks on board for a while now... Had always wanted to try them. Finally did!






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About me...

Guess it was about time I said a thing or two about myself...

Coffee fascinates me endlessly... Be it the plant, the bean, the drink or the culture, I am all ears when it comes to coffee...

Naturally, I collect anything coffee. Collecting coffee? Well, not so much the drink or the bean, but coffee merchandise and everything nice...


Browsing through the collectibles in this Mykonos coffee parlour...


I will share my coffee collection from time to time... but I have just started out not too long ago, so the collection has not earned itself a full-fledged gallery as yet!

One word of caution though... I will be mentioning Starbucks a lot. No, they don't pay me any endorsement fee nor do I get free drinks from them... I just happen to be another joe who loves the Starbucks culture. But then again, I drink Starbucks lesser than I mention them!

I will not be featuring much pictures of myself here. Those who know me through FaceBook, know how I look like, so let's keep it that way...







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