Once everyone had the correct boarding passes, made it through enhanced security, and found the gate, we were ready to fly. But travelers know the trip really began the night before--unable to sleep due to excitement...or because you stayed up late packing!
Several students have never flown before and many never beyond Texas. I had to warn them that this was a dangerous way to earn their wings. Not because of the long transAtlantic crossing, but because of the in-flight entertainment, multiple meals and snacks, attentive service, warm blankets, and free pillows. It's like eating ice cream for the first time and being fed Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla...once spoiled you can hardly be fed anything else and not feel slighted in some Machiavellian way. You will spend the rest of your life forgoing any less-worthy calories...so families beware. We have yet to set foot in Italy and some of them have already been infected with a joy of travel that may never again be fully quenched without an 8-hour flight to some exotic destination.
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