There's lots in the world of air travel for The Cranky Flier to to get cranky about. In fact, there's lots to put all passengers out of sorts, but blogger Brett just explored an airport that made him smile -- at least I think he must of have been smiling when he wrote "Five Great Things About Portland Airport." You'll have to go to his blog to get details and see images, but here are the five things he found praiseworthy:
- Green-tastic: Dual-flush toilets for saving water in "a place that gets far more rain in a year than should be legal ."
- Pull Up a Seat - "Big benches just past security where you can sit and recompose yourself. "
- Be Entertained - Live music, including a pianist, offered regularly. "I had to do a double take to make sure I wasn’t in a Nordstrom store," wrote Cranky.
- Get Online Free - Free airport-wide Internet access, plus chargers for cell phones and iPods. Free WiFi is "more and more popular around the country, but I still don’t see it nearly enough."
- Public Transit to the MAX -"There’s nothing I love more about an airport than good public transit access, and this has to be one of the best."
Amen!
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It's great to read something positive about traveling for a change, Claire. Hard to find these days and my recent travel experiences have not been the best. However, I did take a trip recently to the west coast that involved several flights in and out of airports that may have less service in the future and all the flights went as scheduled with a minimum of cattle prodding. Rosemary
ReplyDeleteWe recently spent time in Portland on our way to and from Squamish, B.C., visitng Reed College, where Tristan will start school in a year. My friend lives in Beaverton, a few miles outside the city, and raved about the transit system. She takes a bus from close to her home in Beaverton to work in Portland daily.
ReplyDeleteI lived in Oregon for almost nine years before moving to Colorado, and I love PDX! I'm not at all surprised to hear how comparatively progressive it is, but it also has some great restaurants and a roomy, comfortable atmosphere. Kind of the opposite of DIA and (heaven knows) JFK or LaGuardia, which is where I spend most of my airport time these days...
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