New Countries (3): North Macedonia, Armenia, Romania
New Airports (8): YYZ, YQB, CLJ, EVN, SKP, ITM, SZG, HAJ
New Airlines (1): AC (meh)
New Planes (0): N/A

Shortest Flight: FRA-DUS
Longest Flight: MUC-HND by distance but PVG-ZRH by duration

Total Airports: 25
Total Flights: 44
Total Miles: 51 225

Highlights : a busy year again. I visited Romania for the first time (very disappointed) and Armenia and North Macedonia - trip report : Weekend in Skopje (much more interesting and fun), I had two long trips to Japan (Two weeks in Japan - Osaka, Hiroshima, Okayama and Kobe) and China (focusing on Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing) as well as finally, a visit to Quebec City (planned and cancelled twice in previous years). I continue exploring Germany with visits to Hannover, Celle and Nordlingen to see lunar rocks. And an impulsive visit to Salzburg as well as a revisit of Athens to get my Aegean Gold status. Flying wise one highlight was my first flight with LX F, the usual excellent NH C, a flight on the upper deck of a 747 is always noreworthy.

Some photos among the 5000+ I took this year.

Athens during the blue hour on a fresh February evening


Two weeks in China, visiting old favourites in Shanghai and discovering for the first time the West Lake in Hangzhou as well as the roofs of Nanjing.





Two weeks in Japan including the back alleys of Kobe



Mother Armenia in Yerevan



The town hall of Hannover



Looking at actual rocks from the Moon in Nordlingen



A week in Montreal and Quebec :



Weird and weirder architecture in Skopje:



A cold morning in Salzburg



The porticos of Bologna