i have a great love for airports. they’re always such exciting places! i know that air travel these days is, more often than not, a bit tedious at best - what with lotion in plastic bags and taking your shoes off and rushing to make your connection and canceled flights with no refund and everything else. but despite all those unpleasant things, i still have quite an attraction to airports and flying. i enjoy people-watching and observing the stoic solo business travelers, the happy reunions, and the tearful goodbyes. i love looking out at the planes and wondering where they’re going. and watching those great mechanical birds land and take off never ceases to amaze me. most of all, i think what excites me is knowing that given the right circumstances, i could walk down to the ticket counter and buy a ticket to anywhere in the world. such an idea gives me quite a rush! when my friends need a ride to or from the airport, i always readily volunteer, knowing i’ll get to spend a bit of time at one of my favorite places. 

(and i am justifying posting this little love letter, because who knows? that jet could be bound for heathrow!)

(Source: orionfalls)