Serving Bread

A friend just published some universal truths about airports to which I’ll add a few of my observations (that are relevant to international airports) as we have traveled to (and just arrived in) the Middle East:

• No Smoking signs are just suggestions. People don’t seem to care where they smoke. (In fact, the no smoking sign is simply a magnet to smoke there). Point of interest: The warning sign on cigarettes simply says, “Smoking kills.”
• If things seem cheap, it’s because you haven’t converted the currency
• Yes, the security people are nicer if they are not American, and yes, you are still subject to the 3.4oz rule.
• Lines don’t seem to matter (even in Germany)
• The passport control people compete for how hard they can stamp your passport. Make sure to check that your passport survives the stamp.
• Everything is relative. When people tell you the restaurants are downstairs, they mean there are two compared to just the one upstairs.
• Long, moving walkways are fun (especially as way of entertaining children).
• There is not much to explore (after about an hour) when you have 7 hours layover in a foreign airport.