✈️ Love of the sky: why I love aeroplanes and airports

Travel is my way of life. These days you can hardly travel without thinking of an airport.

Series: Journeys in the Sky

For me, airports are not just places of departure and arrival, but points where the world crosses paths. In them I see the culture, discipline and rhythm of every country. I watch the architecture of the terminals, how the traffic is organised, the way people wait, move and greet each other. They are small worlds that reflect the face of a civilisation.

The view through the window – my favourite screen

While others on the plane look for a film or some sleep, I look out of the window. I love the moment when the plane slowly picks up speed and the ground disappears beneath us. Watching the clouds from above, knowing you are between two worlds — that is an experience that never gets old.

Flying has taught me patience, observation and trust. Above all, it has reminded me how small we are, and yet how able to reach incredible heights when we believe we can take off — literally and figuratively.

The next chapter – a sky without engines 🎈

And when I want to experience the sky in a completely different way, without noise and rush — there are balloons. I will write about that silence and the magic of a balloon flight in the next post.

Written by: Vanja Keindl

Founder and owner of KEINDL BAU

and the Wolkenhawk resort

📖 Part of the series Journeys in the Sky
Read the next part here ➜ A sky without engines – the magic of hot air ballooning