Apparently the Ukrainian President is a comedian and says NO to Russian architecture. Ukraine is a land of castles, fortresses, domes churches, ancient cities and a magnificent culture. All we know though is that they build the heaviest aircraft EVER! The unique Antonov An-225 Mriya was built in Kiev. Weighing in at 285,000 kg empty with a wingspan of 88.4 meter...

Apparently Poland is home to the world’s biggest castle, The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork and has one of the most diverse environments in Europe. Ancient forests? Mountain chains? Dazzling lakes? How about beaches, deserts, sand dunes or wetlands? Poland has it all. All we know is that Vodka was invented in Poland...

We are off to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Apparently Estonia has thousand of Islands, 1512 to be exact and Lithuania is the only country in the world that has its own scent...hum. All we know is that the jeans you like to wear are actually Latvian. It was the Latvian tailor Jakobs Jufess, who invented the jeans with the financial support of the widely known Levi Strauss. Sadly, his name never became as famous as his partner’s.

Today we complete the Nordic part. Apparently Finland is known as the country of a thousand lakes, Finland actually has 188,000 lakes and on Thursdays Finns eat pea soup and pancakes. Nobody knows why! All we know is that Finns eat weird squeaky cheese. Leipäjuusto, it really squeaks when you eat it...

The home of flat packs. Apparently “Siri” is a popular Swedish name, and it’s got nothing to do with iPhones and one of Sweden’s kings, Erik of Pomerania, became a pirate of the Baltic Sea after he was forced to abdicate. All we know is that assembling IKEA furniture takes 5 times longer than described in their assembly manuals...

We continue our journey from Helgoland. Apparently the name Lego is an abbreviation of two Danish words leg godt, meaning “play well” and Denmark has 11,771 km of coastline, which is longer than the Great Wall of China and equals almost 1.5 meters of coast per Danish citizen. All we know is that the Danes brew the best beer in the world, probably...

The Frisian island challenge... Apparently a third of Germany is covered in forests and to escape jail is legal as it is considered a basic human instinct to do whatever you can to be free. All we know is that there are over 1500 types of beer, more than 1000 varieties of sausages and more than 300 different types of bread in Germany...

We are leaving Little Britain behind are of to the Netherlands. Apparently the Dutch have been making cheese since 400 A.D. and people in the Netherlands wear rain suits in lieu of umbrellas because of the blustery winds. All we know is that in Groningen you can find the biggest bar in Europe. The “Drie Gezusters” (Three Sisters)...

Apparently Uganda is home to a startling array of natural wonders including Africa’s tallest mountain range, the source of the Nile, the world’s longest river and Africa’s largest lake and The Rwenzori Mountains are presumed to be the legendary “Mountains of the Moon”, proclaimed to be the source of the Nile. All we know is that Ugandans eat Rolex's, those are Indian chapatis cooked with eggs and vegetables and rolled up...

This short flight plan will take you to the five major volcanos in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, not to mention several smaller craters and lava slopes. If you are like me, you must have watched a lot of David Attenborough documentaries about the Galapagos Islands. This flight will take you to all those craters and crater lakes where they were filmed. https://youtu.be/u8fzM2zfkeU Sit back and enjoy.