There are so many horror stories I could share involving transatlantic travel. I entertained my babysitter the other day by regaling my worst memories of flights between Europe and North America, some of which involve being sandwiched between an overweight, unhappy married couple, or missing my connection due to the deranged older woman who caused the plane to turn around mid-ocean. I was used to the long-haul flight, the hours of boredom and unrest, the painful itching in your legs to get up and move when there are still three hours to go, but that was all paradise compared to international travel with children.
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Auf Wiedersehen, Tempelhof!
Tempelhof Airport's eagle's head, designed by architect Ernst Sagebiel, used to be part of a statue on top of the terminal building. Photo © H. Flippo
It has been a long time coming, but Berlin’s historic Tempelhof Flughafen is about to go out of business. At the end of the day before Halloween, on Oct. 30, 2008, Tempelhof will close down for good.
The Tempelhof airport is one of the world’s oldest airports. Berliners often call it THE world’s oldest, but there were several commercial airports in operation before Tempelhof, including Königsberg in Prussia (1922, today’s Kaliningrad, Russia). Only the airport in Sydney, Australia (1920) keeps Tempelhof from being the world’s oldest (almost) continuously operating passenger airport (until October 30).
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