I have left Frankfurt and went back to Portugal ± 2 months ago. Before leaving the European Space Agency I was supposed to present one of my last projects, a semantic search engine that we built using a bunch of open source software. However due to the launch of the Cryosat satellite all presentations rooms were booked for media events and we decided to postpone it and that I would come back to present it. 

A date was finally set for Friday 16th April. On Thursday 15th a small volcano in Iceland becomes active and launches a bunch of Ash into the atmosphere that spreads all over Europe. While at the Lisbon airport I saw this strange event of flight after flight being cancelled to Northern Europe destinations (London, Copenhagen, Brussels, Oslo, etc, etc), however Frankfurt stayed open and I boarded my flight with my friend and partner Paulo Marques.

After a three hour flight we arrive in Franfkurt and since we had nod slept much in the previous night I start ranting on how inefficient flights and airports were. I end up the discussion stating that I would just want to open a door to any destination I would want to be, i.e. open a door and be in New York, open a door and be in London, you get the picture…

Barely did I knew that three days later I would still be in Frankfurt with no chance of going back to Portugal by plane and that my only option is to take a 30 hour bus from Frankfurt to Lisbon.

Anyway, as my girlfriend says. What we cannot solve is by definition solved, I decided to take it easy and enjoy the a very sunny day (CLEAR SKY..NO CLOUDS) in Frankfurt..

Frankfurt Main sunny sky..

Tomorrow will be another day..on the road…the way it used to be before highly inefficient planes came along..