TRAVEL SERIES
A Short Meeting With A Friend At The Airport Ended In A Surprising Flight
When you are going to travel, you will book a ticket, maybe also a hotel, then you pack your luggage and go. But it doesn’t always work like this.
Some years ago, unprepared, I boarded an airplane to fly to a strange city without knowing it before.
It was an ordinary Saturday in summer. At noon, the sun hung lazily in the sky. Nothing was unusual.
I went to the airport to meet a friend.
Sharon and her three children -the eldest one was 3 years old and the twins were under two — arrived in Canada on that day. They would change their flight in my city. Therefore, she had a little time before boarding another plane.
We were old friends and haven’t seen each other for many years. So we decided to meet at the airport briefly.
In the flow of arriving passengers, I caught Sharon and her children at the first glance. She was just pushing a two-seater stroller laboriously, while an airport staff helped her by pushing a cart with a boy in it.
Sharon looked very tired, but with joy. From her country to Canada, she already made two transfers. The entire travel time was more…
