There are some things that I love about traveling and some things that I hate; Airplanes and subsequently airports fall into both of those categories.
Things I hate and/or seriously dislike:
- Lines. Check-in lines, security lines, boarding lines, visa lines, customs lines, baggage lines… it’s a seemingly never ending list. There’s a reason we try to get to airports for international flights 4 hours early.
- Muffled loudspeakers. “Attention all passengers on flight number sadgaflinuglu. Your departure gate has been moved to gate number thrusinglasmer. Please proceed there immediately for boarding.” It always sounds like some strange mixture of Greek and Swahili spoken in a heavy accent according to what country we are in. Chaos ensues as everyone tries to find out what flight and which gate and where is it and OMG I’M GOING TO MISS MY FLIGHT! Airports should really post riot police at terminals just for these occasions.
- Babies. We all know that crying babies shouldn’t make us grumpy. I mean it’s a baby for crying out loud! It can’t help crying when upset. And yet... sound cancelling headphones are a blessing.
- Reclining Seats. Don’t you just hate when that person in front of you leans their chair back as far as possible… when you’re in the middle of eating your in-flight meal on the little fold up table? Another chair annoyance: When that one irritating little kid keeps kicking the back of your chair and his parent does nothing to stop him.
- Diabetic meals. If you have ever had the pleasure of traveling overseas via plane you will know that when booking your seat you have a few choices for in-flight meals. Adult, child, diabetic, allergies, etc. This is the first time I’ve had the diabetic meal and frankly it sucks. 1. The only thing they do to make it “diabetic” is take out some of the carbs-but I like carbs! I’d rather take more insulin to cover the extra carbs. 2. We all know airplane food isn’t exactly gourmet, but I swear the diabetic meals are worse. As some one who has experience eating all four of the above mentioned types, the diabetic meals suck. And I am never ordering them again.
- Jet lag. It took approximately 520 sheep for me to fall asleep last night. At 2 in the morning local time. Not. Cool.
Things I love and/or seriously like:
- Mobile charging stations. I have never seen these before but may I just say this: Samsung, I love you. Going overseas with a 20% charge on your phone is less than desirable and you saved me from that. Thank you. Also if anyone is wondering: JFK airport.
- Babies. One word: adorable. A happy, laughing baby is one of the cutest, most uplifting things on this planet. :)
- Reclining seats. Note that I also hate these, so I am always careful to only recline my seat so far, and only if I see that the person behind me is not using their table.
- TVs. I love love love long flights because they usually give you the cute little TV sets in the back of the seat in front of you, with hundreds of selections of movies, TV shows, and music, both old and new. Which seriously helps alleviate the boredom caused by a 10 hour flight.
- Window Views. Obviously, I always want the window seat. I love watching the world grow small as we take off, and expand as we land. I love night flights because when you fly over big cities, they look like spider’s webs covered in millions of drops of multicolored dew. I love day flights because before you get too high, the world looks like a patchwork quilt of fields and forests, and once you are higher there are the clouds themselves. When we would fly when I was younger I would spend ages staring at the clouds finding shapes and animals in them.
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