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We did it! We are back home, after circling the globe during the last 56 days. We flew Lufthansa from Toronto to Duesseldorf (3830 miles),
Lufthansa from Duesseldorf to Frankfurt (118 miles),
Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Singapore (6371 miles),
Singapore Airlines from Singapore to Shanghai (2350 miles) and
Air Canada from Shanghai to Toronto (7520 miles).
We flew 20200 miles in Business Class, using 120000 miles for a Star Alliance award ticket.
It cost us $124 per person to fly once around the globe.
We spent some more time in the air, but paid Economy Class for these flights:
Albany-Newark-Toronto, Munich-Venice, Venice-Frankfurt, Singapore-Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta-Denpasar, Denpasar-Kuala Lumpur-Penang, Penang-Kuala Lumpur-Manado, Manado-Singapore and Toronto-Washington-Albany.
On August 27, we are in Shanghai Pudong Airport, and I recognize “our” Lufthansa 747 “Muenchen” at the gate next to the Business lounge. We flew on this plane last month from Frankfurt to Singapore. This is when I realize, that I already know airplanes by their name. After 18 flights in 7 weeks, it is time to take a break from travel and go home.
We stepped on 10 islands this summer, learned a lot about South East Asian cultures with their respectful and amazingly friendly people, and saw some great underwater scenery and wildlife!

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