Can't write a long one now but I am sat at Manchester airport, slightly hungover.
The airport is great, I think it's Matt Damon in Dogma that talks about how superficial all the greetings are at the airport when leaving loved ones or returning back to them. Where nothing before matters and it's all about the goodbye.
As I left my family to go through the gate I experienced an unfamiliar emotion. Deep loneliness, I was alone and off to start a new chapter in a place where I knew no one and had no idea what to expect. It only lasted a minute but it wasn't nice.
It's passed now and the excitement is back.
I was always told when travel writing to leave out the airport bit as its boring. I think you will now all agree.
They are calling my gate now, so must dash.
Write when I'm there and settled.
Bye England
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