I was blindfolded before the plane landed. We'd been in the air almost 9 hours, having left from a smaller municipal airport whose runway was barely enough to allow the plane to land and take off. I didn't know exactly where we were going, only our general destination.
I heard the crew opening the cabin door and anxiously waited as the boarding stair unfolded. I was asked to stand and then guide out of the aircraft and down the stairs and bundled into a waiting SUV. We then drove for close to an hour. I could smell the clean tang of an ocean breeze and tropical flowers as the a SUV began a winding drive on a rising road.
When we stopped I heard a second vehicle pull past us and park, heard its door open, some quietly spoken words, then heard people walking past our SUV. After a minute or two, my door was opened and I was helped out of the SUV and my blindfold was removed.
I saw...
A sausage roll...Fucking Cardiff... He immediately says "ta da!" and hands me a bouquet of of airport hibiscus flowers. I told him I wanted to go someplace exotic, someplace with seaside sunsets and restaurants so expensive they don't put prices on the menu. Instead it's Cardiff again.