Hello intersectional thinkers 👋 Greetings from Vancouver, where I first cultivated my love for aviation as a tween in Air Cadets. As I drove by the airfield where I first flew a glider plane, I realized I need to finish this love letter to airports:
I love airports! I always try to get to airports early: 1. Don't want to miss a flight (coming from Indonesia where it takes 2 hours to get to CGK without traffic from where I live and about 5 hours with traffic, one must always be prepared). 2. I like to get through checkin fast, then just enjoy the sights of other people rushing to their gates, making up stories as I go.
I heard from an Indonesian friend about the traffic... I thought she was exaggerating but clearly not. And yes to making up stories. The airport makes me feel like a movie director, visualizing stories on strangers haha
Lovely ode to the airport! I have always loved the airy, transitional space that airports provide. It is a strange familiar place to me. A breathing space between jumps.
I also want to know what drama unfolded in OSL… my hometown airport!
Haha it was really my fault - the kind gentleman explained to me that my carry on was over the weight limit by 0.2kg and laughed at me when I tried to persuade him to just let me through lol he told me rules are to be followed and forced me to throw something weighing 200g or more out 😭 had to say goodbye to some toothpaste and a notebook
Noooo not the notebook!! 😭 I guess you couldn’t stuff anything into your carryon or pockets at that point. I hope you had a good stay wherever it was that you were visiting at least?
On the one hand I used to travel a lot for work and also loved the non-place-ness of airports. It's like...a freedom of identity, a place to be no one, in transit
On the other hand I sense that you haven't experienced REALLY SHITTY RAGE INDUCING AIRPORTS LIKE CHICAGO O'HARE hahahahhaha
I love airports! I always try to get to airports early: 1. Don't want to miss a flight (coming from Indonesia where it takes 2 hours to get to CGK without traffic from where I live and about 5 hours with traffic, one must always be prepared). 2. I like to get through checkin fast, then just enjoy the sights of other people rushing to their gates, making up stories as I go.
I heard from an Indonesian friend about the traffic... I thought she was exaggerating but clearly not. And yes to making up stories. The airport makes me feel like a movie director, visualizing stories on strangers haha
Lovely ode to the airport! I have always loved the airy, transitional space that airports provide. It is a strange familiar place to me. A breathing space between jumps.
I also want to know what drama unfolded in OSL… my hometown airport!
Haha it was really my fault - the kind gentleman explained to me that my carry on was over the weight limit by 0.2kg and laughed at me when I tried to persuade him to just let me through lol he told me rules are to be followed and forced me to throw something weighing 200g or more out 😭 had to say goodbye to some toothpaste and a notebook
Noooo not the notebook!! 😭 I guess you couldn’t stuff anything into your carryon or pockets at that point. I hope you had a good stay wherever it was that you were visiting at least?
Haha yes I loved every bit of Norway! We still talk about Svalbard and Tromsø to this day, and already planning to go back once we can fly again haha
On the one hand I used to travel a lot for work and also loved the non-place-ness of airports. It's like...a freedom of identity, a place to be no one, in transit
On the other hand I sense that you haven't experienced REALLY SHITTY RAGE INDUCING AIRPORTS LIKE CHICAGO O'HARE hahahahhaha
Hahah what happened at o’hare?! I think I’ve blocked out all my memories of American airports, esp LAX…
VERY RUDE PEOPLE and ha!!! all you said is true except for US airports :P
😂 is that why so many people fly private in the US