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Nolíte timére…

Nativity 2015

…ecce enim, evangelízo vobis gáudium magnum, quod erit omni pópulo: quia natus est vobis hódie Salvátor, qui est Christus Dóminus, in civitáte David.

Diego wishes you, your family, and all your loved ones a very happy Christmas.

Flight Report: ICN-MNL on Korean Air Flight KE 619 (01 Feb 2025)

A brief look at my recent experience aboard Korean Air (KE) flight KE 619 between Seoul and Manila.

Dic nobis, María, quid vidísti in via?

Annibale Carracci - Holy Women at Christ's Tomb

Sepúlcrum Christi vivéntis et glóriam vidi resurgéntis.
Angélicos testes, sudárium et vestes.
Surréxit Christus, spes mea: præcédet vos in Galilaeam.

Diego wishes you, your family, and all your loved ones a very happy Easter.

Flight Report: ICN-PUS on Korean Air Flight KE 1429 (27 Jan 2025)

A review of my experience aboard Korean Air (KE) flight KE 1429 between Seoul and Busan.

Flight Report: MNL-ICN on Korean Air Flight KE 626 (27 Jan 2025)

A review of my recent experience aboard Korean Air (KE) flight KE 626 between Manila and Seoul.

Korean Air’s Transit Exclusive Domestic Flights

As the global hub of Korean Air (KE), Seoul’s Incheon International Airport (ICN) connects South Korea to scores of destinations around the world. It also hosts special flights offering smooth links with two other Korean airports that don’t enjoy as many direct overseas connections.

In this post, we’ll learn how KE’s so-called transit exclusive domestic flights can help international travellers transit easily to or from Busan and Daegu.

Et Verbum caro factum est . . .

Nativity Petrus Christus

. . . et habitávit in nobis: et vídimus glóriam eius, glóriam quasi Unigéniti a Patre, plenum grátiæ et veritátis.

DEO GRATIAS!

Diego wishes you, your family, and all your loved ones a very happy Christmas.

How to order snacks in the Green Car on a Tōkaidō Shinkansen train

Let’s set the scene. You’re in the Green Car (first-class compartment) of a high-speed train on Japan’s Tōkaidō Shinkansen line between Tōkyō and Ōsaka. You start feeling peckish but you’ve neglected to stock up back at the station.

“Ah, there’s the cart person who rolls up and down the train selling provisions!” Then it hits: cart service is no longer offered on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen. (It’s still done on some other lines but not here.) What to do?

Whip out your mobile device and order online, of course. Here’s how.