Phew! It was an amazing trip.
Beautiful sights, EPIC food (we had several Michelin-starred meals), fun fun fun, and wine wine wine.
On my flight home I had Supermodel Christy Turlington and Edward Burns and their kids on my flight sitting three rows behind me.
(I did not take this photo.)
For those who haven't spent years gazing at Vogue, Christy was one of the top 5 supermodels of the 90s (along with Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Stephanie Seymour and Linda Evangelista).
As a photographer, I've WORSHIPPED these ladies and studied their work for years...it was a total A-list sighting in my book.
And it was shocking to Christy as she is now, dressed in unglamorous mom-clothes, her hair in a disheveled bun with her kids scrambling all over her lap. Flying in COACH.
When she got on the plane I did a double-take because I was sitting in the exit row (10B) which is where the boarding door is. She literally stepped on my foot and apologized. And I was like "that looks like an older, incognito version of Christy Turlington..." but it couldn't be...because she brushed by me and walked into economy...but then Ed Burns got on the plane right behind them!
(He also proceeded to get in a verbal argument with another passenger regarding overhead space which drew a even more attention to them.)
Celebrities flying coach. It just feels so wrong, because you imagine they have this incredible glamorous life with no-hassles. Supermodels especially. And I mean, they DO have that life...but they also live in the real world as real humans as well.
Never in my life did I think I'd get to witness a yawny, constantly-adjusting-trying-to-get-comfortable -while-sleeping-upright Christy Turlington!!!
I will leave you with a blast from the past, George Michael's "Freedom 90" starring Christy, Cindy, Linda, and Naomi.
More on Europe very soon!
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