I used to fly in and out of Long Beach once a year and always enjoyed the place. Now, I'm in and out of BUR occasionally, and the Bob Hope is quaint, but workable and much easier than LAX (and interesting, too). For people-watching ATL's international end seems among the most interesting, replacing MIA, traditionally more weirdos per inch, but not very pleasant.

I've hated JFK since it was Idlewild, and Melbourne, FL doesn't have the direct service it once had (when NASA was king, and MCO just a dream). With a redeye from LAX thru HOU every morning, you rarely failed to see an recognizable astronaut, and I once had a cup of coffee sitting next to Werner Von Braun.

In the early 60s, Frankfurt Main was both the military and civilan gateway to Central Europe, and always an interesting place to see folks, especially if you were waiting transport and staying at the old Luftwaffe BOQ, de-N*zified by removing the big eagle over the door. Nothing could match Templehof for mystery and suspense (real or iamgined) during those years, although Yesilkoy at Istambul was packed with strange looking strangers speaking every sort of furrin language, mostly incomprehensible - and back then, English was not spoken by as many Turks as today.