Greetings from not so hot SFO. In fact-it is darn right cool here tonight. Another week-another trip. This is just the way I like it-like Ryan Bingam, I am one of those guys who enjoys the life and times in “Airworld”. In fact-I down loaded that particular book for my kindle and am reading it now.
But having watched the movie Up in the Air again this weekend-it struck me that a guy who lives in Omaha, probably would not be jetting between cities in the Midwest in rather comfortable airplanes with first class seats in them. No, he would have his ass packed into a Canadair Jet like the rest of us poor bastards-leaving his bag on the jetway and hoping it shows up again. Funny, the movie really did not show that side of the travel equation. Living in Shopping Mall-I have come to despise the Bombadier corporation.
About halfway through the book now-thanks to the fact that United routed me to Dulles so I could catch the continuation of a flight from Paris to the West Coast. THAT is something I would prefer not to do again. Except for the fact it put me over the top for maintaining Elite Status with Star Alliance for another year. Like Bingam-that is important; and since I have not been in Asia since June, it has been a lot tougher to attain.
All the things you probably hate about travelling -the recycled air, the artificial lighting, the digital juice dispensers, the cheap sushi- are warm reminders that I’m home .
And beer and sightseeing-don’t forget that.