A MILE OF RUNWAY

Osaka, Japan
28 Feb. 2015

"A mile of highway will take you just one mile...
But a mile of RUNWAY will take you ANYWHERE!"

I thoroughly believe this. It is - and for some time now, has been quite an adventure!!
I remember fondly the views of the ice-covered mountains of Greenland, a nighttime flyover of Port-of-Spain,Trinidad, or Toronto, Canada; the Hudson River approach to laGuardia, the mountainous approach to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and the overwater landings in Osaka and San Francisco.

Then, there's a quiet Moroccan dinner alone at "les Saveurs du Maroc" restaurant in Paris, or a raucous night of it when the whole crew goes together there.There's Ethiopian food in D.C., Nigerian food in Lagos, or maybe some home-made Mexican food at a bus terminal in Mexico City. 

Music fills the air at an outdoor Africando concert in Paris, a harp concert in Brughes, Belgium, or an Arabic Qanun playing at dinnertime in Brussels. 

Steel wheels met steel rails and rocketed north from Paris to Lille on a HIGH-speed train, or an express day trip to Kobe or Kyoto. A fast ferryboat ride from San Francisco to Larkspur pummels the waves as the sun goes down over Alcatraz. An aerial tram glides hundreds of feet above Singapore harbor, or soars high up to Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio. 

There's bus rides through the bustling traffic of London, Rio de Janeiro, and Paris, a cable-car ride in San Francisco,  and a minivan ride to a beach resort layover in Cancún or Honolulu.

There's a hot Café-au-Lait at midnight after a walk across Paris, and a big mug of hot chocolate while admiring Edinburgh Castle in the rain. Perhaps a glass of Bordeaux at "le Volant" with a dinner of beef bourguignon. There's a hot cup of atole with tamales at a sidewalk stand in Mexico City.

All this and much, much more I have seen and done, and have loved it all.

So, what is my FAVORITE destination? Oh, that's easy: Although I love the adventures and travel, my favorite part of anyjourney is the part when I arrive HOME!!