It Begins

After four years of owning and operating A Taste of Sunrise Coffee Shop, I have decided (with permission) to step a way for a couple weeks and take a break. I enjoy traveling which the shop has not let me do since opening. I will be traveling to Europe for two weeks and thought I would try to share my adventures with my family, friends and new found acquaintances from owning the coffee shop. I hope you enjoy.

The new construction adds a bit of a walk from the drop off to check-in at the terminal.

Hurry up and wait

See you again soon Wilmington!

Arriving Atlanta Georgia

So as I conclude the first day of my trip I sit in the international terminal of Atlanta Georgia. I have a three hour layover before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Amsterdam Netherlands.

I love to people watch and I don’t think you could find a better place than an international terminal at a major airport. One of the things I love to do as I walk to my connecting gate, is look at all the gates I pass along the way. I arrived in terminal B which serves all domestic flights in and out of Atlanta, as well as three other terminals. I look at the arrival and departure destinations and think of all the places I havnt’t been. I think of all the people traveling between so many destinations and realize how many people and places this country has.

Atlanta has a train that ferris passengers from one terminal to the other. This airport is huge! I noticed a lot of running going on by passengers trying to get their connecting flights.

I came up the escalators into terminal E and realized something was very different. I could sense the diversity of the passengers all around me. All the different nationalities and languages around me was intriguing. I continued to walk to my gate again looking at the arrival and departure destinations. This was even more fantastic than the places I was seeing just a few moments earlier. These were far off places around the world. They were like potals to places and all I had to do was jump on board. So fascinating!

I found a place to get a slice a pizza and watch all the people, from around the world walk by. I wonderd where they are from and why and where they were going.

I waited at the gate for boarding to begin and soon found myself in my seat, window seat of course, where I would be for the next eight hours.

Next stop, Amsterdam Netherlands 🇳🇱