I love airports and railway stations :)

Today morning I went to see off my hubby at the Beijing International Airport. It was 5:30 am, temperature was between -8*C to -10*C and yet I went with him. Why? The main reason is the hubby darling was going off on an office trip and I am going to be alone for the first time since we got married and I wanted to spend as much time with him as possible. I miss him already :(. I know I am acting like a lovesick teen after five years of marriage but I love him. Okay, so this was the main reason but there's one more too.

I don't know why but airports and railway stations do something to me (not bus stations because I hate traveling by bus - can't stand the fumes). Its like they fill me with a childlike anticipation. Probably because I generally associate railway stations and airports with vacations. No school, no exams, no work, no worries - Just fun. People and planes and trains going to exotic places around the world, the apparent happiness in the eyes of the vacationers, the lovey-dovey looks of the honeymooners, the red eyes of the tired executives, the harassed look of the parents, the sheer energy and organization which goes into getting millions of people and luggage to the right destination at the right time. All that fascinates me.
I generally do not get bored at airports and railways stations because I can observe such places for hours. They are a great lesson in human nature. Its interesting to see how people pass time when they have got nothing to do but wait. Also the notion of going and seeing a new place, meeting different people, knowing a different culture and eating different food fills me with glee. I suppose I was a gypsy in my past life. So every time I get a chance to go to an airport or a railway station, though I might not be traveling, just to see someone off (I hate goodbyes though) or to welcome someone, I go. I go to see the sense in all the chaos and dream of all the lovely places that people are going to :)

Inspite of my love for travel, I do realize that flying contributes a lot to global warming and though I wish there were more ecofriendly ways of traveling and transportation, till they are found all we can do is take a train instead of flying all the time, grow more trees, walk or use the public transportation instead of taking a cab or using a car and last but not the least recycle, recycle & recycle and hope that people will see the truth before its too late.