Beautiful Airports Around the World

All too often, time spent in airports feels anxious and rushed, or endless, monotonous, and booo-riiiing. But what if airports were places of beauty? A new article on CNN has rounded up airports around the world where innovative, thoughtful design welcomes passengers in and provides them with a beautiful place to pass the time.

 What a great way to improve travel with kids, too: I'd love to be able to tell my family about the architecture and design we can look out for when we get to the airport, instead of dreading an hour wait in a bleak, gray-carpeted terminal.

Here are two of my favorites of the airports featured in CNN's piece - click to see them all.

Beijing Capital International

Madrid-Barajas Airport