Last month, Oprah and Obama were in Copenhagen to push Chicago’s failed Olympic bid. Obama arrived and returned home on the same day; Oprah stayed in the exceptionally pricey Karen Blixen suite at D’Angleterre. Fortunately, Oprah has money to burn in what Mercer’s Cost of Living Index cites as the world’s 7th most expensive city. [...]
Clearing security four times, as I wrote in an earlier post, when, in fact, I only entered one airport from the outside was quite enough to test any traveler. But today on Delta, there were also two mechanical issues. The first, from Amsterdam’s Schipol, caused only a delay. The second, from Atlanta, caused a delay [...]
After clearing security three times (once in Copenhagen, twice in Amsterdam) – removing shoes, belts, liquids, laptops and any pretense of dignity – I am now on board Delta flight 39 to Atlanta. Air travel is one of those experiences that makes other painful endeavors, such as wisdom tooth extraction, more pleasurable by comparison. In [...]
Yesterday’s bomb threat at Copenhagen International Airport reportedly was caused by an electric toothbrush that was inadvertently activated inside of luggage left unattended at the train station directly beneath the airport. To the person responsible or to anyone traveling with an electric toothbrush, may I recommend toothbrush travel cases for your next trip?
It’s not yet clear to me as to where the bomb threat is aimed. I am now inside Terminal One at Copenhagen International Airport. It is crowded but not chaotic. Police have set up a few blockades outside the airport, but traffic is being allowed in and out. Police are also prohibiting people to pass [...]
A reported bomb threat at Copenhagen’s International Airport has stopped trains traveling to the airport. I am on one of those trains, and we’ve stopped one stop shy of the airport (at Tarnby). All trains to the airport have been cancelled until further notice. A flight attendant headed to the airport on my train said [...]
