On Aug 26, 8:46*am, 1506 wrote:

Very few airports are pleasent places to be. *But, I regularly utilize
two that must qualify as the word's worst, LHR and LAX.

I don't find them massively unpleasant places - they can be good for
people watching and buying a book before your flight. But nothing
quite beats the atmosphere of a railway station in the evening,
particularly when what's left of the night trains is due.

I changed at Lausanne at about 10:30pm last Tuesday, and on the route
of the real Orient-Express I still got to see a Solari proudly
proclaiming something like "2235 - EuroNight - Lyon Dijon BARCELONA" -
had me sad to be taking the delayed stopper to Puidoux and on to
Vevey, and wanting a proper international adventure...

Neil