[DixieGal]

I'm not afraid of flying. However, I'm beginning to fear airports because of the hassle and freaky things that go on in them. In fact, we are thinking of taking Amtrak for an autumn trip in order to avoid airports. And a chance to see some pretty autumn scenery.

Never had an in-air problem thus far, but we did just barely get out of the newest Air France terminal at Charles De Gaulle airport not long after it first opened, you know, the day it literally seperated from the rest of the airport and fell to the ground. Things like this seem to happen to us in airports, so frankly, for us at least, being in the plane is lots safer than being in the airport. Well, except the time we were sitting on the tarmac at Cincinnati for hours because the couldn't get the electricity to stay on. Finally, they flew in another plane from Indiana and we switched planes, but nobody's luggage switched. The next day, they finally found all the luggage, still in the cargo hold, in the service hangar where the original plane was being serviced.

It was sort of weird for a whole planeload of people to be standing there at the luggage carosel and nothing came out. Long line at the lost luggage office.