A trip to Copenhagen
Part 1: Miles and More
"Be sure
to take home something precious from your trip:
your smile."
That's what
a new sign in Zurich Airport says. Or maybe the sign isn't
new, and I passed it without noticing the last time I passed
through Zurich airport, one year ago, on my way from India
to Germany, on my way back home.
Back then,
I brought home said smile, a bag of pictures, a pile of
clothes in desperate need of washing, a battered LP that
knew there would be more to come one day, and more than
enough miles for a free European flight, which now turned
into real tickets.
Four tickets,
to be more precise: one from Stuttgart to Zurich, one from
Zurich to Copenhagen, one from Copenhagen to Zurich, and
one from Zurich to Stuttgart. Quite
some gifts for someone who loves airports, airplanes, horizons
- and clouds.
Especially
clouds that drift lazily in long strings, opening and closing
the view to the endless patchwork of fields, forests, lakes,
rivers, streets, cities and towns that stretch from Stuttgart
to Switzerland.
Part 2: Cups
of Cappuccino