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Airports from the 9th Circle of Hell

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Airports--they all stink, as far as we see it. Mostly because air travel is so unpleasant these days. But there are some airports that go from unpleasant to teeth-ganshingly irritating, and the Thorn Tree is full of opinions as to which are in that latter category. Frequent mentions went to Heathrow, JFK, Buenos Aires, and Dallas/Fort Worth, but we liked these three choices best:

Charles de Gaulle: CDG hands down, although the staff there are fine. It's just a dirty airport that badly shows its age. It needs to be burnt to the ground and rebuilt from scratch. I think it's way beyond being able to be remodeled.

Dublin: For a country that is masquerading as a first world nation, the biggest airport is like ellis island - it's crowded, confsuing, inefficient and outdated. As a matter of fact, the only thing that seems to have changed there in 30 years is the size of the crowds, which have grown exponentially. Flying internationally there is bad enough when its transatlantic, but within the EU they stick you into this little area about a 1/2 mile from the regular terminal that is crowded like a bus station; hell, it LOOKS like a bus station, and you still have to walk out the the tarmac and line up and get on the plane. this isn't a problem in, say, phoenix, but last i checked it often rained in ireland.

Philadelphia: to anybody out there,if you are flying in from Europe, and you have to connect in Philadelphia, you are missing your flight. I used to work for Lufthansa there, and I would say about 20 people from each flight would miss their connection because they either could not figure out where to go for their connection, or did not have enough time to get from one terminal to the next. And most of the people who work there are clueless and could not care a lick about you. You are lucky if you have never had to go through that experience in your life.

What, no Frankfurt? It's pretty dreary, too. And where's the Starbucks?

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