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Where else on earth can you almost land on the hood of some dude's BMW when you fly home? Or hear Calypso music and have the lights of a fiberoptic sculpture flash at the baggage claim when the conveyor belt starts to move and your bags are about to come around?
Man, I always feel lucky to live close to this airport. Um, the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, that is.
And yes, if you've been here, you know what I mean about the BMW bit. The planes land right over I-95 and it's sort of fun to watch the cars just below as the runway comes into view. It's safe of course but it scares the hell out of the idiot tailgaters in their luxury SUVs! This time we also flew in over the Atlantic shoreline and it was great to see the beach again. All looked calm and clear. And then inside the terminal on the way to baggage claim I passed this really lifelike sculpture inside a glass store window. I just thought it was a guy in a red T shirt relaxing quietly on a chair with headphones, but it is an unbelievably lifelike Duane Hanson sculpture. A slice of Americana in the most unexpected locale of Terminal 3. Been there for years, and I just noticed it yesterday.
Then, yep, the Calypso music. I'm not kidding. Actual marimba-band kind of stuff at the baggage claim. Welcome to the tropics, baby! Where's my rum runner?
I really always have gotten in to the FLL airport, honestly. Even during the big terminal construction/expansion thing a couple years ago, it felt so much better to use this airport than either Miami or Palm Beach. And believe me, I've flown from them all! Former national travel writer and all, you may recall.
So I blew out of town on December 22 for Christmas with my family. Got back last night. Holiday time and I kind of expected any airport to be a total mess. Lots of traffic, lots of delays, etc. etc.
For whatever reason, my trip was smooth as silk. No problem leaving, no problem returning. I even waltzed up to the taxi stand at 7pm and hopped in the first cab! Yet the airport had plenty of people buzzing around.
There's just something...I don't know. Easy, I guess, about this airport.
Man, I always feel lucky to live close to this airport. Um, the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, that is.
And yes, if you've been here, you know what I mean about the BMW bit. The planes land right over I-95 and it's sort of fun to watch the cars just below as the runway comes into view. It's safe of course but it scares the hell out of the idiot tailgaters in their luxury SUVs! This time we also flew in over the Atlantic shoreline and it was great to see the beach again. All looked calm and clear. And then inside the terminal on the way to baggage claim I passed this really lifelike sculpture inside a glass store window. I just thought it was a guy in a red T shirt relaxing quietly on a chair with headphones, but it is an unbelievably lifelike Duane Hanson sculpture. A slice of Americana in the most unexpected locale of Terminal 3. Been there for years, and I just noticed it yesterday.
Then, yep, the Calypso music. I'm not kidding. Actual marimba-band kind of stuff at the baggage claim. Welcome to the tropics, baby! Where's my rum runner?
I really always have gotten in to the FLL airport, honestly. Even during the big terminal construction/expansion thing a couple years ago, it felt so much better to use this airport than either Miami or Palm Beach. And believe me, I've flown from them all! Former national travel writer and all, you may recall.
So I blew out of town on December 22 for Christmas with my family. Got back last night. Holiday time and I kind of expected any airport to be a total mess. Lots of traffic, lots of delays, etc. etc.
For whatever reason, my trip was smooth as silk. No problem leaving, no problem returning. I even waltzed up to the taxi stand at 7pm and hopped in the first cab! Yet the airport had plenty of people buzzing around.
There's just something...I don't know. Easy, I guess, about this airport.
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 3:30 PM
Don't forget the free WiFi!
Bob:
Good of you to point out how nice our airport is for everyday travel. I've mentioned to my family more than once that it's far more convenient (since we live downtown) to fly out of FLL rather than WPB or MIA for a number of reasons--but your comments illuminated my reasons nicely.
On a totally unrelated note, if you don't find it cramps your free writing style, I wouldn't mind not seeing four-letter words in your posts. This blog, after all, is linked to straight from the Convention and Visitors Bureau website, and is definitely an all-ages blog.
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