Tag Archives: airport

Curious rucksack contents (Rousse)

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I grabbed my rucksack and followed my Canadian colleague BD out the door. If this was the last time that we were together, I wanted to be with him as long as I could. We walked across the big public … Continue reading →

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A forgetful bald friend and queuing for a flight to Denmark (Rousse)

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Dreamaticus

With her bald head, RJ looked like a cancer patient. I said that I hoped that her family and friends knew that she had shorn off her hair to raise money for charity. Otherwise, they would be very worried about … Continue reading →

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Escapees from the Gaelic choir discover a ‘horny’ Victorian (Rousse)

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Dreamaticus

VJ and I made our escape from the Gaelic concert at Edinburgh airport and ran along the cycle path in the direction of Duddingston Loch. To make the race fairer, I agreed not to use my arms. This soon gave … Continue reading →

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Hugging The Cure (Rousse)

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Dreamaticus

The bad news was that I forgot to print out KT’s promised boarding pass. The police arrested her for 30 minutes for wandering the airport without the required paperwork. I served as her legal representative when I accompanied her for … Continue reading →

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Surprise! Belle not invited to her own party

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I really did not want to go on holiday, so I took a long afternoon nap instead. I woke up and knew I had missed the flight. I was thrilled – all I needed to do now was contact the … Continue reading →

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Man rides whale in surf (Rousse)

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I grabbed my ‘hand luggage’ of soap bag, a pair of black ankle boots and a pair of socks, and headed to the meeting point at Reception. There I greeted the others. Then, with just a couple of minutes to … Continue reading →

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Saturday night discos at Edinburgh airport (Rousse)

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Dreamaticus

The posh man to the left of me asked if we would be going to the Saturday night disco at Edinburgh airport. He assured me that the music would be to our tastes – but then I realised that I … Continue reading →

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Security advice for North Texas airport (Rousse)

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I reached the F family’s house first on foot. My frail, elderly father followed by taxi. There we extracted PMF from the chaos of the house rebuild. He’d already missed one flight home to Edinburgh (cost £100), but had just … Continue reading →

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British Airways drop flight safety briefings at pandemic end (Rousse)

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Dreamaticus

The room started to rumble, three women in British Airways uniforms stepped to the front, and it felt as though we were in flight. However, since we had not heard the safety briefing, I doubted that this were possible. When … Continue reading →

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Beanie Feldstein in jacket mix-up at Helsinki airport (Rousse)

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I met Beanie Feldstein at Helsinki airport en route for the States. After a little confusion over our jackets – I accidentally picked up her grey one thinking that it was mine (even though mine was purple) – we soon … Continue reading →

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