Another day, another plane, another airport, and another country ticked off the list. The holiday vibe has well and truly encompassed me! Flicking through a girly magazine in Milan airport, an article about things we only do at the airport totally captured my attention! Who else 'develops an irrational hatred of all small children, large groups, and stag do's? Or 'buys miniature versions of every toiletry you've ever used just because they're cute'? 'Check your watch and all the departure boards every two minutes, but still be the last to board the plane because you got waylaid looking at fancy iPad cases (even though you don't have an iPad)?' How about, 'pick up so many beach reads, both books and magazines that you have to buy a new bag to carry them in?' And not forgetting, 'spend £120 in duty free, which the amazing tax saving of £7.59 allows you to conveniently forget you have spent £120?' |
However i would like to add some more of my own to this list;
-Only at the airport would you turn up at 2pm, even though you need to be there at 6pm, but insist there may be a roadblock down your street, or some other unconvincing story you tell you inner organised-ness?
-As well as smiling at everyone attractive, then proceeding to stalk them around the airport, whilst hoping out of 100 people on your plane they will be sat next to you and madly fall in love with you, until the reality comes storming down when your sat next to an old couple who need to get out for the toilet every 5 minutes and you then know that the likelihood of that ever happening was around 0.0000000001%?
- And who else goes into shops slightly out of your price range (E.g Gorgio armarni) knowing full well that you will never buy anything, but still try clothes on and then hmm's and ahh's inquisitively as if debating buying them (thinking about the small loan you will need to take out to just buy one shoe)?
- As well as dressing up nicely, wearing all your fancy clothes and jewelry, forgetting until getting to the metal detectors and bag scanners at security that it is now going to take about 2 hours to take it all off before going through the 'beeper', (which then will still beep) and then hold up the grumbling queue whilst re-dressing yourself?
Oh, the etiquette we use inside the terminal building! Maybe after my gap year of travelling I will be a season pro at buying cute toiletry's and stalking hot guys/ potential neighbor passengers.
I'll keep you updated. One things for sure, I have enough airports, flights and long transit delays to practice!!!
E x