I got my bags back on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 340. Today the amateur traveler let's get small. We're going to go to four

microstates in Europe, San Marino, And Dora, Monaco, and Liechtenstein.

I know that I should be heading home,

but maybe not, maybe not today.

Welcome to the Amateur Traveler, I'm your host Chris Christensen.

Before we get into this week's interview I do have three news stories for you.

In the first one in case you thought you had problems with your luggage,

100 suitcases that went through Heathrow Airport.

Terminal 5 had problems because a pipe burst and apparently

they were covered in sewage.

Now that's a bad situation but obviously unusual.

The thing about the story that I found disturbing was apparently that some people suggested

the leak maybe because the terminal was built on a former

sludge works. In more update news about air travel, a 83 year old flight

attendant just retired after a 63-year career with the United Airlines.

The flight attendant, Ron O'Connor, was one of the first men who was hired to be at that time a flight steward.

He didn't even know what that position meant, but he knew that it would

get him a chance to get to the mainland, which was rare in those days because when he started

his career, Harry Truman was president, and Hawaii was not a state and wouldn't be one for a decade.

So congratulations, Ron, on your retirement and I hope you enjoy it.

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