An airplane moves me get it? Ok, perhaps that joke is overdone but I do enjoy being around planes these days although, I do not enjoy being inside them. No, this is not a "special English" section for English-as-a-second-language learners on prepositions, but a genuine idiosyncrasy of mine.You see, I used to love flying but no longer. It's just rather tedious these days and often frightening (when you fly a lot in Africa as I do). I greatly admire how miles of rivets and aluminum can somehow ascend into the clouds but when you think intently on it, it's unsettling. I do, however, love watching plans take off and land. Nothing can match the pure noise and muscle of a huge jet wibbly wobbling on its final descent. Often though, I prefer to be on the outside.
What's wrong with the inside you may ask? Nothing if you have an awesome seat in business class or the "economy plus" seat I enjoyed this morning on KLM. But flight attendants are disgruntled, service is becoming sparse and good Lordy, what's happening with British Air?
Early morning at Schipol Airport, Amsterdam and just look at that snow!
