Montreal
Trip Start
Jan 28, 2008
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Trip End
May 27, 2008
Montreal,
France
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Our last day was not without incident. Van to airport at 7:00 a.m. with the van shared with 2 other couples, one of whom live in Montreal and were on the same flight as we were. The driver got into a heated debate with another cab driver with English swear words thrown in for good measure. As we had checked in by computer the previous day we were able to by-pass the big line and just check in our luggage. Only problem was that we were'nt thinking when we had our bottle of Lemoncello in our carry-on (too big, over 100 ml) so I had to remove some breakables, put them in Cheryl's carry-on and go back out through security to check in my backpack with the Lemoncello. Good thing we had lots of time. Everyone was pleasant though the same guard allowed one Flight Crew member to carry a bottle of booze through Security! Awful airline food, Air Canada. We had been spoiled in Paris. What, no Manta Ray? 2 flight rescheduled with an extra 3 1/2 hr. in Montreal for a 30 minute flight. We almost could have walked home. Also, even though you buy Duty Free and they put it in a Tamper-Evident bag (in Paris) you can't carry it on for the second flight (in Montreal). Again, checked luggage. Everything made it however.
No real problems with customs. We had to declare what we had sent while away even though at that point it hadn't arrived. (It since has. One arrived last Tuesday, the other on Wednesday. All we are waiting for now are our TerraCotta Soldiers from Xi'An.
Kim met us at the Airport in Ottawa. Home 17 weeks, 1 day and almost 12 hours later. Photos to follow. I've got 11 gig to go through.
