Thomas
Swick had used up his passport. Every page was filled with
colorful stamps and exotic-looking visas; there wasn’t
space for one more border crossing technicality. It was time
to send in for a new little navy blue book. But how did he
fill up all those pages in the first place? Well, it was his
job.
As
travel editor, Swick has been to Thailand, Vietnam, Russia,
Turkey, Romania,
Trinidad, Cuba, and the list goes on. But before he was a
travel editor, Swick was an expat.
When
Cal Hockley exits his car near the beginning of the movie Titanic,
he hands a porter a huge tip and instructs his valet to supervise
the transport of the family’s luggage onto the ship:
a dozen or so steamer trunks, a pile of suitcases, several
crates, and a safe.