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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1070263" data-attributes="member: 17953">My wife and I spent a night & day in Gander. At the time, it was a refueling stop on our flight from Chicago to Gatwick in the south of England. Upon landing to refuel, they had an emergency light regarding the landing gear, and they needed to replace some parts on it, and they needed to be flown in. We found the people to be friendly then too, even though we weren't invited to stay at anyone's homes, they made sure we were well fed. This was in 1996 if I remember correctly, one of our flights to Madrid. Via Gatwick. We enjoyed eating moose, a Jiggs dinner, and a great version of pea soup. Being of French-Canadian descent myself, and only 2nd generation US born, pea soup has been a culinary specialty in my family since I was a kid. I asked a life-long Gander resident if they'd ever traveled to the states and he just laughed. He was in his 70s and never gone over 30 miles away from Gander and didn't care that he hadn't. His entire career was working at the airport, and he was quite content with it all. He seemed like one of the most peaceful people I ever met.</blockquote>

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