Flights

Well it's Monday and I haven't had the best start to my day, I refuse to let it get me down and what is the best way to make me feel better? Plan one day trips abroad.. and that got me thinking while some people hate to travel, I find it completely relaxing whether it's a quick 50 minute flight from Johannesburg to Durban or a 12 hour flight from Johannesburg to Frankfurt. There is a comfort in knowing the routine.

I thought after my long flights and layovers during my trips to Europe I would have stopped enjoying flights and airports while I am definitely tired after an overseas trips, give me a week or so and I'll be up for it all over again.

I battle to see how people are afraid of flying but during my last flight, there were two people in front of me who both suffered with Pteromerhanophobia (a fear of flying) and I just don't get it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not dismissing their fears, I just can't seem to understand it and I'm very glad I don't suffer with it. I honestly can't fathom the fear ever after the numerous flights which have gone missing or flown into mountain tops. I just love flying...

Is this because I am an optimist as opposed to a realist or is a realist code for a pessimist with good days?

I digress, travelling and airports or drives are all pretty much the same. It's as if my restless heart finds peace in the sound of engine or even the voice that tells you how to put your seat belt on. It makes me wonder if I had started travelling or had opened myself up to travelling at a younger age would I have chosen to be an attorney or would I have gone into a different field? I guess I'll never know...

I think, the thing I like most about travelling is the acceptable silence you don't have to talk to anyone or make conversation - but you could if you wanted to and there's no judgment in your silence either.

Another thing, everyone on a flight is going somewhere which I like because no one likes to go nowhere slowly...

Do you like to fly? Are you planning any exciting trips?