Observations on Travel
Well, my plans for a cross country road trip from Austin to Mobile for Christmas ended up getting derailed a bit. So, less than a week before Christmas I was scrambling to find a plane ticket that wouldn’t cost an arm and a leg to get me home for the holidays. Given that the reason I initially planned to drive home was the price of plane tickets, I wasn’t too hopefully in my quest and fully expected to spend Christmas vegging on my couch with Mav. Imagine my surprise when I discovered a plane ticket that would get me to Mobile for under $500 (where was this two weeks earlier when I was looking!) So Sunday morning I headed to Austin-Bergstrom Airport hoping to not only have a seat on my plane but also to not suffer with the delays I have experienced on previous flights home. One thing I enjoy about traveling alone is being able to move at my own pace. This also allows me time to study those around me. And that is where my observations on travel come in. My first observ