The other day I was helping a Guatemalan friend get through the airport in Lisbon. I waited for her as she checked in, as it was only the second time…
Want to Make the Most of your Layover? Get Out of the Airport!
Nothing says “tedious” like flying, and a 24 hour trip from Riga, through Brussels and Washington D.C., to my doorstep in Chicago was one I could only prepare myself so…
3 Small Ways Brussels Airport Takes the Cake
We’ve all flown through that dreaded airport that we hate while en route to another destination. Oftentimes it’s inevitable, so we suffer through it and move on. It’s not often…
Fancy a Flight? How to Leave Town for Less
For all the bad press that airports and airlines receive, I’m still the girl who gets butterflies of excitement when I fly. I love the smell of disinfectant, fast food…
Journey vs. Destination
.. . . I’m an intrepid traveler. I’ve lived, visited, or worked in 20+ countries on four continents. I’ve stayed in four-star hotels and slept above pigpens. I’ve ignored State…
My Favorite Airport: A Visual Ode to DTW.
A lot of people hate airports. I hate some of them, or bits of some of them. The chaos of LAX, for instance, or the merciless and unavoidable twisting bus…
Body Scanners and Why They Worry Me, Part II
Continued from here. This is what I know: nearly a decade ago, several men hijacked passenger jets and flew planes into buildings in New York City and Washington D.C. Those…
Body Scanners and Why They Worry Me
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the new security measures involved in domestic and international air travel, about body scanners and enhanced pat-downs, and about the reasons for them,…
The Hardest Jobs
Here begins my list of the hardest jobs in the whole world. Subject of today’s post: Airport workers. I was thinking about this while stuck in Lisbon Airport on a…
A Tourist…by Accident(s) (Part 1 of 2)
It’s midnight on the morning of Friday, June 25. I’m in the airport in Lisbon, ready for my 12:15am flight to São Tomé e PrÃncipe. It took some time (and…