Saturday, February 25, 2023

Kereta Avis Airport FRA


Pesawat dari Istanbul mendarat di Frankfurt ketika mengampiri jam sembilan malam. Penerbangan dari Istanbul mengambil masa sekitar tiga jam. Sebaik keluar dari balai ketibaan petugas polis keselamatan berdiri melihat para penumpang yang tiba. Sebaik melihat anak muda bukan eropah mereka akan merapati dan bertanya serba serbi. Mereka tidak banyak kerenah dengan penumpang eropah dan penumpang yang bukan gaya Muslim.

Selepas selesai pemeriksaan imigresen dan mengambil bagasi maka berurusan pula untuk mendapat kereta sewa. Menjelang tengah malam barulah urusan tersebut selesai.

Kenderaan sewa Avis

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Monday, February 20, 2023

Airport Istanbul Ketujuh Paling Sibuk


Pesawat Turkish Airlines mendarat di Airport Istanbul setelah sekitar sepuluh jam penerbangan dari Klia. Airport Istanbul yang baru mula dibuka pada Okt 2018 dan beroperasi penuh menjelang April 2019. Sejak itu Airport Istanbul telah berjaya meraih beberapa anugerah. Antaranya adalah ia diktiraf sebagai ketujuh paling sibuk di dunia. Satu peningkatan dari ranking sebelumnya iaitu ke-28 pada 2020 dan kemudian ke-14 pada 2021.

Dalam ranking kategori "The World's Most Connected Airports" Istanbul Airport menduduki tempat kedua. Frankfurt menduduki tempat pertama dengan connecting kepada 330 destinasi berbanding Istanbul Airport dengan 309 destinasi.

"Istanbul Airport ranked amongst top ten busiest airport 2022". trt world (link).

Lobi perlepasan transfer Istanbul Airport

 

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Turkish Airlines Menerima Tiga Anugerah


Penerbangan Turkish Airlines dari KL ke Istanbul mengambil masa sekitar sepuluh jam. Dua menu hidangan disediakan sepanjang penerbangan tersebut. Sewaktu mendaftar masuk urusan kaunter agak kelam kabut dan tidak teratur Penerbangan pula tergendala lewat dua jam dari jadual sebenar. Penumpang yang ramainya ada penerbangan sambungan (atau connecting) berasa bimbang dan khuatir kerana perlu segera berkejar nanti sewaktu tiba di Istanbul.

Di sudut lain Turkish Airlines adalah syarikat penerbangan yang mempunyai prestasi baik di sektor Eropa. Ia diiktiraf sebagai syarikat penerbangan terbaik Eropah. Turkish Airlines juga mendapat dua lagi pengiktirafan iaitu 'the World's Best Business Class Catering dan te Best Airline in Southern Europe. 

Menurut survey yang dijalankan oleh Skytraxpula Turkis Airlines berada padaranking ketujuh terbaik di dunia. Tiga tempat teratas dimenangi oleh Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines dan Emirates. Turut berada teratas adalah ANA, Qantas dan Japan Airlines.

Baca "Turkish Airlines named top carrier in Europe". rtr world (link).

"Top ten Airlines in the world in 2022". cnbc dot com 2022 (link).

Pesawat Turkish Airlines

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Saturday, February 11, 2023

Kadar Sewa Apartmen Di Jerman


Negara German mempunyai banyak universiti yang bagus dalam bidang surveying. Antaranya adala Stuttgar Uni. Namun menurut laporan kadar sewa ruma di bandar tersebut dikata agak tinggi. Stuttgart terletak di selatan Jerman dan zon Selatan adalah kawasan yang kadar kos hidup tinggi berbanding wilayah lain. Menurut ranking kos hidup paling tinggi adalah wilayah Selatan diikuti Barat, Utara dan paling rendah Timur.

Secara amnya bandar besar seperti Munich, Hamburg, Cologne dan Frankfurt kadar kos sewa rumah adalah tinggi. Secara bandingan kadar sewa rendah boleh didapati di Leipzig dan Karlsruhe. Secara purata kadar sewa apartmen di Munic adalah 1094 Euro sebulan. Manakala Hamburg 840, Cologne727 dan Frankfurt 870. Manakala di Stuttgart sewanya adalah 846 Euro sebulan.

Kadar sewa bandar lain yang punya universiti dalam surveying adalah Berlin (890 Euro), Bochum (407), Bonn (654), Dresden (533), dan Hannover (591).

Baca "cost of living in germany" - link.

Ruang depan apartmen Frankfurt

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Thursday, February 09, 2023

Lagi Fakta Tentang Jerman


Beberapa lagi fakta tentang Jerman.

  1. The Christmas tree (Tannenbaum) tradition came from Germany, and it is believed that Martin Luther, a 16th-century German protestant, started this tradition.
  2. Germany has over 400 zoos, the most in the world.
  3. Most taxis in Germany are Mercedes because they give great deals to the taxi companies.
  4. Holocaust denial is either implicitly or explicitly a crime in 17 countries, including Germany and Austria.
  5. Guinness World Records  says the world’s narrowest street is in Reutlingen, Germany. It is called Spreuerhofstrasse and is 31cm (one foot) wide at its narrowest point.
  6. The Chancellor’s office in Berlin is known locally as the “washing machine” because of its unusual architecture.
  7. Germany is a leader in climate and energy policies – it decided in 2011 to decommission all nuclear power stations (then produce around 18 percent of electricity consumed) by 2022 and replace them with renewable energies and new storage for green energy electricity.
  8. In Germany, there’s no punishment for a prisoner who tries to escape jail because it is a basic human instinct to be free, as long as no crime is committed while escaping.

Sebuah stesen keretapi di pinggir Frankfurt

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Sunday, February 05, 2023

Penggunaan Bahasa Jerman


Berikut pula adalah beberapa fakta mengenai penggunaan bahasa Jerman.

  1. German is the fifth most widely taught language worldwide, after Spanish.
  2. German remains the language with the most native speakers in Europe, with around 100 million native speakers, after Russian, with 120 million native speakers.
  3. German is the official language in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein.
  4. Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft is the longest word to be published. It is 79 letters long.
  5. There are 35 dialects of the German language.

Peti pos milik Deutsch Post

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Thursday, February 02, 2023

Beberapa Fakta Tentang Negara Jerman


Berikut adalah beberapa fakta tentang Jerman menurut sebuah sumber (link):
  1. According to the latest statistics by the United Nations, there are currently 84,488,027 people living in Germany.
  2. One-third of Germany is still covered in forests and woodlands.
  3. Germany is a member of the European Union.
  4. 65% of the highways in Germany (Autobahn as Germans call them) have no imposed speed limit; however, they have a recommended speed limit of 130 km/h.
  5. Most public German universities offer high-quality education with low tuition  or no cost, apart from administrative fees.
  6. There were once over 20,000 castles in Germany. However, 60% of them are in ruin, and about 15,000 castles remain.
  7. Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe. It covers an area of 137,847 square miles (357,022 km²), of which 34,836 square miles (90,224 km²) are covered by land, and 7,798 square miles contains water
  8. Berlin is 9 times bigger than Paris and has more bridges than Venice, with 1,700 bridges in Berlin and 409 bridges in Venice. 
  9. Germany is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with 77% of the population living in populated areas.
  10. Germany shares borders with nine other countries. Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
  11. According to the latest statistics, Germany has the largest economy in the EU, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of 4.2 trillion USD, and lies in fourth place in the world behind the US, China, and Japan.
  12. Germany is one of the world’s largest car producers. Selling 3.4 million cars in 2011. VW’s Golf has been one of the best-selling cars since 1981, and in 2012, it sold more than 240,702 Golfs around Europe. In 2013, the top-selling car brands in Germany were Volkswagen, Mercedes, Audi, and BMW.
  13. The first printed book was printed in Germany, a Latin language Bible by Johann Gutenberg.
  14. Germany is one of the world’s leading book nations. Publishing around 94,000 titles every year.

Sebuah jenama susu kotak Jerman

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