I'd hate to become a marketing tool for KLM, because I'm certainly not, but I do like me some airplanes.

Of course I wish they would produce less emissions. Of course I wish I could take a train to the United States or Thailand. But as of right now, I can't, so like you, I take the winged animals we call airplanes. What's more, I like looking at airplanes, including the old ones.

I was wandering Amsterdam's Schiphol airport over the weekend and I noticed a new shop. Actually I didn't notice the shop initially, I just noticed this huge set of landing gear in front of a shop, followed by the nose section of a KLM plane. What is this place?, I thought to myself.

Wouldn't you know it, the KLM store has opened for your airplane souvenir needs. I went in and perused the model airplanes and the flight suits. I even peeked into the cockpit of the piece of plane where children were getting their picture taken. Remember when we used to go to the cockpit during the flight to do that? Ah well.

The KLM store is good fun. Gifts for all ages, including way too many related to the new Airbus A380 super jumbo. Imagine falling asleep on a super-jumbo-jet pillow?!