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April 22, 2005
Who the hell named this airport?
(The BBC's Steve Rosenberg is stranded in Mineralnye Vody, his least favourite Russian airport.)
A security guard checks everyone who walks in. When I arrived he peered suspiciously at my British passport.
"You know," he said, "America's trying to destroy Russia," ramming home his point with an imaginative combination of gestures using his fingers and elbows.
"Sorry," I replied meekly, "I'm British".
"British!" he responded raising his eyebrows. "Then you must go and drink some tea!"
(Steve's ordeal is only just beginning.)
Posted by michele at April 22, 2005 2:24 PM
Comments
Two Russian airport observations:
1. You might think that having to walk across tarmac to get from airplane to airport would make one feel like a Beatle, or President. It doesn't.
2. If necessary, it is possible to walk unchallenged from arrivals lounge, to luggage carousels, to customs, to get your passport properly stamped.
Posted by: Michael S. at April 26, 2005 12:22 AM
Until very recently I thought that "tarmac" had a silent P, like "ptarmigan".
Posted by: Michele at April 26, 2005 3:07 PM