Airport Alterations

Today I flew from Malaga for the first time since they opened the new airport in March; I couldn't believe how different it was, and how big. Actually, I'm beginning to wonder if a team of airport renovators are following me around wherever I go. When I first lived in Vienna, a few decades ago, the airport there was rather small, but it was greatly expanded by the time I left. Then I moved to Glasgow for a few years and, before I knew it, they had started a big expansion of the airport there too.

My next stop was Cape Town, where the little airport - back in the early 1990s - hardly deserved the title of "international." But by the time I left South Africa, Cape Town airport was rather an impressive place that had won some awards for being the "best airport on the African continent." And now Malaga, too! If the airport in your city needs a facelift, just let me know and I'd be glad to help out by moving to your part of the world for a year or two. (Only joking; Malaga's my home airport for the time being.)

Anyway, my destination today was Geneva airport in Switzerland, and now I'm in the little village of Burtigny, where a group of around 60 people will be gathering this week for a "think tank" concerning the future ministry of the University of the Nations. I'm staying in a quaint, really old Swiss house (on the left above) and it's been fun to re-connect with some friends that I know from different parts of the world. At the moment, we're still busy with the preparations, and the conference itself begins tomorrow evening. Thanks for your prayers.