CHARLOTTE: I’m flying on Labor Day weekend 2019, which means the airport in Charlotte is a snarl of stressed people who are about to miss their flights. I make it, barely; deja que comience la aventura! As soon as I’m aboard the plane, I encounter the first of two unexpected connections I’ll make on this trip. My seatmate on the outbound flight is an enthusiastic Portuguese-American who, we discover to our mutual delight, grew up in the same California neighborhood as my husb