The phrase "brief stopover" means a quick or short pause in a journey or trip, where someone temporarily stays at a place before continuing their journey. Full definition
The President will also make a brief stopover at Denkyira Obuasi, and later in the day attend a durbar organized by the chiefs and people of Wassa Akropong. (ghanapoliticsonline.com)
Bowman said that there has been some genetic work that suggests the sika deer originated on Yakushima Island in Japan though the deer that eventually made their way to the United States did so after a brief stopover in the United Kingdom. (sciencedaily.com)
(A brief stopover in Little Rock to visit his ex-wife painfully conveys the depths of Gerry's desperate and pathetic behavior. (austinchronicle.com)