In Transit
So yesterday I returned to Michigan from a week vacation in Florida to visit my grandparents, and tomorrow I'll begin posting articles about the fun times I had down there. But what my articles leave out is a full 25% of my 8 day trip - flying! My life usually consists of seeing a small group of people on a daily or weekly basis. Flying from Indiana (South Bend) to Atlanta, spending a few hours in that mammoth on layover, and then flying down to Melbourne (think east central Florida, right by Kennedy Space Center !) exposed me to a much larger cross section of society (and ditto on the way back!). As someone who is fascinated by people and their behavior, these were some really cool opportunities for me. While South Bend and Melbourne had a few people around, they are pretty small airports with not a whole lot going on. Atlanta, on the other hand, is the busiest airport in the world. 'Nuff said. I have a love/hate relationship with the Atlanta airport. I've grown up i...