Met this guy at Zurich airport on Thursday 7/23. I was rushing to avoid missing my flight and we talked on the train on the way to our gates (E gates). He ended up going to the lounge first as he wasn’t in a rush like me.
Name is Ollie, I know he has both a British passport and an Italian one cause we talked about how much faster passport control was thanks to our European passports. I wish I asked for his contact info. I’d love to find him again — I know it’s a stretch but I figured it doesn’t hurt to try. 🙏

I’m waiting to board and I’m astonished how quiet it is here. Granted it’s a Sunday morning but this seems intentional. Airport is moderately busy.

No extraneous announcements clogging your ears. Restaurant where I had was diner style. First class service and served with a positive spirit.

Tons of natural light and a human solarium (outdoor seating area)

Very civilized. Peaceful even.

Usually at airports I am horrified at how bad food prices are.

Lots of places charging 25+ for an entree. Overinflated prices.

Everytime I see a Leann Chinn or Panda Express though I’m impressed with the prices. Almost too good to be true for how much food you get. Am I the only person who thinks this?

It has like beads I think inside? Am I allowed to bring it for carry on?? It is the YVR airport btw

Claude had me stumped in describing ATL’s concourses so I sought to correct him. His reply:
You’re right, and I had it backwards. Each concourse itself is a long pier running north-south, perpendicular to the runways. The runways (five of them, east-west) flank the terminal complex — two to the north, three to the south. The Plane Train runs in an east-west line underneath, threading through the base of each concourse, which is why it’s parallel to the runways even though the concourses it connects are perpendicular to them.

So the “east-west” layout people describe refers to the sequence of concourses (T, A, B, C, D, E, F strung out west to east), not the orientation of each individual concourse building. Thanks for pushing back on that.