Well, maybe not paranoid, but at least a tad nervous. But it makes for a great reference to my favourite band! (Pink Floyd).
I'm Bill, and I'm going to restyle this blog into a running commentary of a three-week trip to Asia I'm taking with my wife, Sherry. It's a combination vacation and delayed honeymoon, as we were married on July 11 of last year. It will be the first time in about 28 years that I will be leaving North America. I currently live in Toronto, a city that I love and loathe to leave. Especially on what has to be the nicest day in terms of weather we've had this year. Ah well, c'est la vie.
We will fly from Pearson Airport in Toronto to San Francisco, spend a few days there and then fly out to Tokyo and connect to Taipei, where my wife's parents live. After a few days there, we go on a 5-day tour of Beijing. Then for some reason it's back to Taipei and then fly from there to Hong Kong. Then BACK to Taipei and fly back home from there.
Yes, it's one wonderfully complicated itinerary guaranteed to keep a nervous flyer crawling the airframe interior. It's also great that I actually work in an airport (Pearson), and will be spending a good 1/3 of my vacation inside one or another.
The first leg of our trip starts in dingy Terminal 2 of Pearson. I'm glad they'll be demolishing this building in a year or two, because it is an embarrassment to all Canadians as a first view of our country by foreigners. Since this is the start of March break, and all the media outlets had nightmare tales of mayhem and long lines at the Airport, I insisted that we arrive at the terminal by 2pm, for our 6pm flight. We checked in, progressed through customs, and 20 minutes later are sitting in the boarding lounge with 4 hours to kill. Ooops. Sure beats being late, though.
I'm Bill, and I'm going to restyle this blog into a running commentary of a three-week trip to Asia I'm taking with my wife, Sherry. It's a combination vacation and delayed honeymoon, as we were married on July 11 of last year. It will be the first time in about 28 years that I will be leaving North America. I currently live in Toronto, a city that I love and loathe to leave. Especially on what has to be the nicest day in terms of weather we've had this year. Ah well, c'est la vie.
We will fly from Pearson Airport in Toronto to San Francisco, spend a few days there and then fly out to Tokyo and connect to Taipei, where my wife's parents live. After a few days there, we go on a 5-day tour of Beijing. Then for some reason it's back to Taipei and then fly from there to Hong Kong. Then BACK to Taipei and fly back home from there.
Yes, it's one wonderfully complicated itinerary guaranteed to keep a nervous flyer crawling the airframe interior. It's also great that I actually work in an airport (Pearson), and will be spending a good 1/3 of my vacation inside one or another.
The first leg of our trip starts in dingy Terminal 2 of Pearson. I'm glad they'll be demolishing this building in a year or two, because it is an embarrassment to all Canadians as a first view of our country by foreigners. Since this is the start of March break, and all the media outlets had nightmare tales of mayhem and long lines at the Airport, I insisted that we arrive at the terminal by 2pm, for our 6pm flight. We checked in, progressed through customs, and 20 minutes later are sitting in the boarding lounge with 4 hours to kill. Ooops. Sure beats being late, though.
Sherry enjoying some fine literature
The daring duo
Now, on to San Francisco!
1 Comments:
cool site Billy Boy, hope you guys have fun with your travels. Maybe on to the sunny shores of Florida some day. love Jules
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