“Short-sighted, incomprehensible and, let’s say, quite masochistic decision! I love this country, but sometimes I hardly understand it”
Quirky
From one Martin to another, and another… and another
I had a dream, and it involved Martins. Lots of Martins.
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Airports
Checking out destination Nowhere and checking in to destination Hong Kong
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
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Lifestyle
Mr Happy and Mr Grumpy battle for control in the Lockdown Bureau
“Martin, this will be the first time so many of us have exhibited at a ‘cancelled’ Expo. Now that’s what I call virtual!”
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Airports
How no flights, corona, inaction became lights, camera, action at Vilnius Airport
What movies would you show at your airport during the COVID-19 crisis?Here’s The Moodie Blog’s suggestions.
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Airports
How OFC became the world’s busiest airport
BKY and PAT have been experiencing big surges in weekend volumes, while traffic through WNC (which now offers direct connections to/from DNR and PAT) has hit unexpected all-time highs.
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Miscellaneous
Breakfast with the birds at Chez Moodie
One family man, an ex-duty free executive, rendered jobless by the shutdown of the hospitality industry, is going to work for Amazon rather than take a government handout, figuring the money is needed more by others. You are the man Steve.
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Food
Wine encounters (2): A heavyweight encounter in Israel
All David would have needed to do to emerge triumphant would have been to ask Goliath to down a glass or two of Virtous and he would have fallen over unprompted.
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Miscellaneous
As I Walked Out One Midwinter Morning
The daffodil, not the Black Swan, should now become our metaphor.
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Events
February 2, 2020 – a palindrome to remember, a day to forget
It’s sad and grim on every level. A time to buckle down as businesses, stay safe as individuals. It’s important to keep noting that the travel retail sector historically recovers quickly from crisis. It will again this time.
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Airports
Anything to declare?
The volumes involved were well in excess of any allowance other than that perhaps of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport arrivals duty free.
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Airports
Hitting a new kind of high note at Beijing Airport
This seems a sure-fire bet, with a return per square metre way better than most luxury boutiques.
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Miscellaneous
The world of Wi-Fi waits for no man
The Lake District is a place to restore one’s equilibrium; sooth the gnawing anxiety of workplace pressures; and remind yourself that gentle pleasures are the best of all. Unless one of the world’s most important duty free concessions comes up for grabs, that is.