In a season of airport closures and widespread cancellations and delays I have found a sense of humor the only way to combat the stresses of it all. In my last two International trips, about 18 different flights, only 2 were on time!
Sometimes the cancellations were ok because it meant more time to sitesee which was the case in Italy during the Christmas holidays. Often though it meant a ton of stress just trying to make sure my house of cards don't totally crumble. I trip this year I was rerouted on three different flights, missed two connections, and ran full spring just to make two planes. When did traveling get so difficult?
As I took the above picture at the Franfurt airport a few weeks ago I had to laugh. Here's it is snowing, most of the flights are delayed many cancelled, yet here I am the luckiest girl in the world. Early in my career a friend told me "on every business trip make sure you leave the hotel at see something at least once". I thought the advice was silly at the time and I haven't always done that until now. In Sweden I saw beautiful Gotenburg, in Copenhagen I enjoyed the downtown (eventhough it was 10 below), in Belgium I spent several nights enjoying the beer and chocolate downtown, and my favorite so far has been Italy. There I was able to really enjoy Milan, Verona, and Rome at Christmas something I think everyone should do at least once.
Here's what I learned after over a 100,000 miles of travel in 2010: the most important item to pack when traveling is a sense of humor because if you don't it will drive you mad!
