Holiday Travel: Your Layover Stories
by GillianS
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It's that time of year again. Pack up way too much crap in a suitcase that's too big (and that now you get to pay and extra $15 just to get on the plane). Schlep across a few time zones to spend the holiday with family. But some of us aren't so lucky as to have the sort of jet set family that's always on a direct route, which brings us to: LAYOVERS! Sometimes fun and interesting, usually just annoying, what are your layover stories?
This year, I got stuck having a layover in Detroit. I was more than a bit miffed since the overall trajectory of my travel was from L.A. to Florida and though I haven’t mapped it out, I’m pretty sure Michigan isn’t on the way. But, even though it was a red eye and I landed around 5am, I ended up not being disappointed because the Detroit airport is AWESOME. Recently opened, beautiful, clean, modern, shiny. I seriously wanted to spend my whole vacation here!
This year, I got stuck having a layover in Detroit. I was more than a bit miffed since the overall trajectory of my travel was from L.A. to Florida and though I haven’t mapped it out, I’m pretty sure Michigan isn’t on the way. But, even though it was a red eye and I landed around 5am, I ended up not being disappointed because the Detroit airport is AWESOME. Recently opened, beautiful, clean, modern, shiny. I seriously wanted to spend my whole vacation here!
Robbed During Layover
I missed the last flight from LAX to home so I decided to sleep in the airport and wait for the early flight the next day. There was a fellow passenger that got stuck trying to get to Chicago. This was when I smoked, don’t tell my daughter. I was dowsing off when he asked if he could use my lighter. I was like sure right there in front. He used my lighter and took by credit card!!!
So much for bonding with a fellow stranded passenger. He seemed real nice too.
added by Shawna 11/25/2008
I had the fortune of experiencing Mardi Gras in New Orleans before Katrina. Though I wasn’t really prepared for any of the revelry (except for a water bottle full of Parrot Bay), I especially wasn’t prepared for all the beads I would collect. (Yes, mom, you get beads whether or not you show you boobs, seriously). So when my friends and I were about to miss our connecting flight from Houston back to L.A., the worst part wasn’t that we might not make it, it was that we might lose all our beads in the process. We were sprinting through the airport trying to pile the shiny worthless things into our pillowcases because our plastic bags were bursting at the seams. It was truly a sight to behold. And…we made the flight!
I had the fortune of experiencing Mardi Gras in New Orleans before Katrina. Though I wasn’t really prepared for any of the revelry (except for a water bottle full of Parrot Bay), I especially wasn’t prepared for all the beads I would collect. (Yes, mom, you get beads whether or not you show you boobs, seriously). So when my friends and I were about to miss our connecting flight from Houston back to L.A., the worst part wasn’t that we might not make it, it was that we might lose all our beads in the process. We were sprinting through the airport trying to pile the shiny worthless things into our pillowcases because our plastic bags were bursting at the seams. It was truly a sight to behold. And…we made the flight!
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Since I only drive 2 hours home to Connecticut, and then 2 more hours to Cape Cod (!), I don’t have to endure flying. Just bumper to bumper traffic that drives me to thoughts of suicide.
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