{"id":11808,"date":"2008-01-30T07:53:23","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T14:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/01\/30\/enjoying-air-travel-as-god-intended.html"},"modified":"2008-01-30T07:53:23","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T14:53:23","slug":"enjoying_air_travel_as_go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/01\/30\/enjoying_air_travel_as_go.html","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying air travel as God intended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People have sometimes joked that the only thing that would make the TSA happy is if we all had to strip down and fly naked on commercial aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Well, some folks in Germany are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/travel\/2008\/jan\/30\/nudist.flights?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=travel\" target=\"_blank\">playing with just that idea<\/a> &#8212; though not for security reasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A German travel agent has come up with the ultimate in no-frills flying &#8211; a charter flight for passengers who want to fly naked. Naturist holidays are particularly popular among east Germans, who like nothing better than to stretch out on a beach in the nude. &#8220;The flight can be enjoyed as God intended,&#8221; said OssiUrlaub, a company specialising in selling to holidaymakers from the former east. &#8220;For the first time, passengers in Germany can fly completely in the nude.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fly the <em>froeliche <\/em>skies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People have sometimes joked that the only thing that would make the TSA happy is if we all had to strip down and fly naked on commercial aircraft. 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In the original entry, Bob the TSA Blogger noted: Movements of large amounts of cash through the checkpoint may be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Home Improvement&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Home Improvement","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/home-improvement"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/tsa-plastic-bag.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27591,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/26\/choosing-not-to-fly-the-unfriendly-skies.html","url_meta":{"origin":11808,"position":2},"title":"Choosing not to fly the unfriendly skies","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 26-Apr-12 9:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"It's unfortunate that Denver is (relatively) isolated from so many other cities I end up traveling to, otherwise I'd definitely consider driving more often. 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