Honey, BO and Wine.

There's a few things you should be aware of when you travel.
If you are in the States and under 21 you will be addressed as "hun" or some other word associated with food or something sweet. Without fail, every time someone looked at my passport this happened. Even when they ripped apart my bag at security and sat me down, even then there was still a soft tone to her voice that said, "please don't leave until we get your boarding pass back to you ok hun? This person's job is to intimidate me so that I don't dare bring in half filled water bottles and other dangerous items. And she's calling me hun. They kind of just assume you might burst into tears at any moment.
Also, if you would like random people to come up to you, just start watching Arrested Development on your computer. I had 4 people just walk up and start talking to me, like they saw me everyday. Paige even asked me to guard her charging iPod after we had a nice little chat. next thing i knew i was part of this large group discussion ranging from, different shows we like, snowboarding spots and the problems we've had with our mac computers. All thanks to a cancelled show.
Anyways, right now I'm sitting in Munich Airport, I still have my flight to Geneva/Genf and then my train ride to Lausanne.
But like every other person in the World, flying was less than exciting, and of course I have a story.
My seat is 41D. As I'm walking down this 747, I, all of a sudden smell this pungent odour of BO. I'm at Aisle 39, and I can already smell it, clearly. The scent just so happens to be coming from 41E, my neighbor. An old, overweight, German woman who aboslutely reaks of BO. She may as well have played 3 hours of basketball, then rolled around in sweaty hockey equipment before getting on the plane. Then the captain comes on and tells us it's a 7 hours flight.
The worst of it was, there was a seat next to her vacant for the longest time, long enough for me to think, the Lord is having mercy on me, she'll be able to move over and it won't be THAT bad, and right then, the 2nd last guy on the plane sits down in the vacant seat.
fantastic. I'm clearly being punished for my sins.
But it wasn't THAT bad, it seemed that whenever she moved the scent would escape and overwhelm my nostrils so bad that i'd hold my breath for awhile. So if she'd watch a show on TV or something and I'd get a half hour break, cause usually she wouldn't move, but afterwards she'd shift and it was just ....wrong.
she also stole my blanket, i didnt need it, but still....who steals a blanket?
I was on an Lufthansa Aircraft, which was super nice other than BO lady. The flight attendants are all tall, beautiful and only smile genuinely when you make fun of the food or when they bring out the wine. I've never seen people more excited to serve wine. Usually they bring trays and cups when they go and serve, it's fairly formal. But when wine time comes, all proticol is thrown out the window. There's no legal age over Atlantic Ocean that I'm aware of, and I didn't see any IDs being asked for. They give out the "big cups" for the wine and they'll refill as much as you ask for, and they're stoked to do it. Red in the right hand, white in the left, 2 flight attendants down each aisle, and off they go, just like that. When you order a drink other than wine, they'll make sure to mention "we have wine too, you know". This is the only time they're really excited about their job, and seem like normal people. They smile, joke with you, no one's in a rush, it's like everyone decided to just relax for a moment and hang out. Other than that they kind of remind me of mannequins. Very professional, straight face and to the point.
All in all the trip has been interesting so far.
Cheers
-jon.