Up Up And Away

Time to travel again. That's right, I bought a plane ticket to Egypt a few days ago and will soon be off on another adventure, this time with my brother. I'm not sure about you, but I find that there is something so wonderfully euphoric about the thought of getting on an airplane to fly half way around the world to another land. You never know what will happen along the way let alone once you get there. Just think of all the fascinating people there are to meet between here and there. The stories, the conversation, the crazy outfits, the people in love, the people running for who knows what reason. I find that airports are a veritable people watching paradise. Much the same way my mom could sit on the front porch watching birds and their habits for hours, I could sit in an airport and observe people for hours. How they move, the way they look around, their little fidgety habits, how their demeanor completely changes on the phone. It is all very fascinating to me.
Then there is the simple act of flying. Oh I love it so much. I always say, "the more layovers the better". That feeling of picking up speed on the runway until you are going so crazy fast that your body is being pressed back into your seat and then the feeling of weightlessness in the pit of your stomach at the moment the plane leaves the ground. There's nothing like it. Except for maybe diving off a cliff. That's also a spectacular feeling.
Just thinking about the Middle East already has me drooling as I remember the taste of fresh pita, roasted lamb, hummus, the biggest, juciest Israeli peaches imaginable and so on. Everything about the ME is delicious, not just the food, but the sounds, the smells, the language, markets, insane driving, history that blows your mind. What a culture, what a place!