A road and ferry trip again! - April 2025 Click here for the full photo album Travel tips! ETA! - What is that? The UK has pulled out of the European Union a number of years ago and this starts to be noticed in daily life by now. The first major change for tourists and travellers was that the European identity cards were no longer sufficient to enter the UK, a passport was mandatory. However, by 2024 it was announced that on top of the passport, from March 2025 everyone want

Number 12: Camber Castle Camber Castle is one of the original Device forts ordered in 1539. It resembles strongly the castles of Deal, Walmer and Sandown, however ... Deal and Walmer still survive intact today while Camber castle survives as a ruined castle in the middle of a field surrounded by nature, hikers and cows! It is under management of English Heritage but is not generally open to the public and there are no facilities. The location is close to the village of Rye an

Another 2 short stops in late December 2025 in Antwerp! First of all I had a drone slot in Antwerp when Balmoral was docked, it doesn't mean that's all I went to look for! The free ferries bringing people from Linkeroever to Steenplein and back are interesting as well. I went to the former Sint-Jan-de-Doper church, the only part of the village of Oosterweel still existing today! The rest was leveled decades ago to make space for the port expansions. The site is currently bloc

What is the link between National Geographic in February 1956, 2 cruises I did in 2018 and 2019, and a drone shoot that I did in 2024 in Ijmuiden? SITMAR Sitmar was an Italian shipping line that started way back in 1937 and somehow survived Facism, World War 2 and the post-war merging of various shipping lines in Italy into the Italian Line. Initially the company started with cargo and gradually started replacing the cargo vessels with passenger ships from 1947. The line was

Valencia and Mallorca - October 2025 Click here for the full photo album Day 1 Another very early morning, my alarm sounded at 04.00am and by 04.30 I was on the road towards Brussels Airport. I went to the check-in desk, I am not a fan of the automatic check-in stuff! My bag was checked at 10.1 kg … fantastic! And I was off to the Fast Lane at security and then the Business Lounge at Brussels Airport called “The Loft” where I enjoyed my breakfast and had some time to work on

2-3 December 2025: I was working at Ostend Airport for 2 days and the first day I left at 3 am to get there in time so at the end of the day at 5.30pm I was so tired that I didn't go out anymore after work, I went straight to my AirBNB to eat and sleep. The next day I only had to work a few hours and by noon I was able to go out before returning home so I decided to pass by Zeebrugge. First of all I went to see if there was anything interesting at the viewpoint near the Naval

Another trip with Onno and Vadym from Onnozone ! We are all interested in ships and maritime industry, however ... the World Port Days are pretty crowded, so this year we decided to look at it from a different perspective, from onboard a ship! Every year during the World Port Days, P&O Ferries send their ships into the city up to the Erasmus bridge during the day as these ships sail towards England at night and are usually docked at the Europoort terminal during the day. The

Yes I know! Here we go again ... another cruise ship visiting Antwerp, and I did perform a drone shoot of the Ilma, the new ship of The...

Today a different port, one that I have only visited a few times before and the first time I fly the drone here! Scheveningen is a...

Yes we are in Antwerp again! Another ship was docked and I had permission to fly the drone so here is the selection of shots from both...

As many of my followers know, I have to work at Ostend Airport from time to time, this day was no different and I had the time to pass by...

Yes I know ... Antwerp ... again! This time the Europa 2 was docked and I had permission to fly the drone so here is the selection of...

Visit number 2 of the season in Antwerp, this time the World Voyager was visiting. Another interesting thing is the classic 1980's bus...

The new season of cruise visits has begun and I choose my visits based on my work schedule and adapt when I absolutely want to see a...

And here we go again! Yes I know, because I sometimes have to drive all the way to Ostend Airport for work, I usually look for ships in...

Late April 2025, another day I had to work at OST airport, and ... another day of cruise ships in nearby Zeebrugge. The first one to...

In April 2025 I was at Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST) for work and decided to make it a full day at the Belgian coast to visit...

A random weekend in February, a mission on a Saturday. I had just received my new company car a week before. The mission took me to...

World War 1 had ended and Belgium realised the need for better protection in case another war would break out. On the other hand,...

September 2024 - all photos can be found in the complete album here! Travel tips! Péage! France has a system of road tax checkpoints in...