Playing Hooky in the Himalayas

Easy flight from Pit-Detroit-Amsterdam-Bangalore. Impressed by Terminal A at the Detroit Airport. I took a train from the middle of the terminal to the end to enjoy some Pinkberry. While I'm sure this multi-million dollar sleek, silent train was built to rush passengers through to tight connections and not to take hungry and bored newbie backpackers on a snack break, walking and taking the train up and down terminal A proved a good distraction for my 3.5 hour layover. (Clearly need to get out more - which, I'm working on). Next stop, after a two seater all to myself, was Schipol Airport, Amsterdam. It has always made me feel wordly and superior to know the name of Amsterdam's airport. We used to fly KLM when I was a small child and Schipol was the first foreign sounding airport name I ever learnt. A real point of pride. Nevermind that I couldn't remember what country Amsterdam and hence, I was in, for a good half an hour after landing there, but I was in Schipol , and...