{"id":10157,"date":"2021-12-23T18:48:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fuertejulia.com\/airport-stories-part-i\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T18:40:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:40:54","slug":"airport-stories-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fuertejulia.com\/en\/airport-stories-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"AIRPORT STORIES {Part I}"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the life I lead as a lonely kitesurfer traveler of 23 years, I usually pass a lot of stories, at least, curious. I think many of them are worth sharing with the world so, here is the compilation of some of them. I hope you like them.<\/span>
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What I just saw there is no photo that can describe it. It was something majestic, magical and unique. I would tell you what I have seen but, for this, I have to tell you first how<\/strong> I got to this moment.<\/p>\n

April 20, 2017.<\/strong> Again at the airport.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a> Again I have managed to do “the trick” of putting all my kilos<\/p>\n

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Photo: Xede Santa <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

of being overweight on the plane without paying for it. More than 45kg’s in total. I slip automatically, and almost without realizing it, through the escalators and security control that will take me to my boarding gate. I sit with my computer while I make a few calls to the family to say goodbye. And again, I’m sitting on a plane again.<\/p>\n

Airports, planes and suitcases<\/strong> <\/a>have become routine for me but, today something made my day a little less “rutinoso” and that all this paraphernalia of traveling made a little more sense.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As usual, I get to my seat on the plane and sink into it waiting for<\/strong> us to take off as soon as possible. It depends on how I am in the mood, I greet<\/strong> the person who sits next to me or not. Today I was not very much for the work. Even so, I realized out of the corner of my eye that, next to me, sat an older lady, in her 60s who seemed quite happy, restless and laughing. The plane takes off.<\/strong>
\nAfter a while, the lady touches my shoulder<\/strong> wanting to get my attention. I raise my head and look at her, and she points to the window<\/strong> of the plane. Woah, how beautiful the snow-filled mountains!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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And, no, this was not what I saw in the end. When the lady called me and I saw all that snow… I realized that… I hadn’t looked out<\/strong> the window of the plane in a while! Getting on that junk had become such a routine<\/strong> that, not even I wasted two seconds of my time looking at what was around me, I don’t even tell you to look out the window.<\/p>\n

The lady reminded me of some words they said to me last week, which, in short, said: “Julia,why<\/strong> don’t you do many of the things you did before?<\/strong> Those that were as cool as…<\/p>\n

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I took a few minutes to think about how
\n my kite adventure<\/strong>
\n<\/a>began, how I initially told my battles and adventures on Facebook, and how people freaked out about them (or I thought they freaked out). It took me another few minutes to realize that I stopped doing it a long time ago and that… Actually, it should do it again.<\/strong> So here I am, I’m back to tell you my stories and adventures!<\/p>\n

Coincidence that, watching one of the movies of the plane, a phrase came out that said:
\n“You remind people of what they forgot.”<\/p>\n

Well, I’ve set out to write just one A4 sheet in word for this blog and, I’m already going overboard! On the flight from Oslo to New York I decided to look around a little more, again. That’s when, halfway through the flight, looking out the window I saw one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen in my life (and I realized again and reminded myself of how lucky I am to lead the life I have). Through the window I “only” saw something like
\n the moon on earth,<\/strong>
\n<\/a>a snowy and desolate landscape where there were only mountains, snow and huge chunks of ice floating in the water and drifting. So a bit like me.<\/p>\n

If you liked this blog, put a comment and do not forget that “sharing is caring” \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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A hug,<\/p>\n

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