Thursday, December 2, 2010

Journey to Amsterdam

Saturday Nov. 27
My last day in Toronto was quite eventful. We started by having breakfast at Cora's, this amazing breakfast restaurant that was only 1 block from our residence.  I've only gotten the chance to eat her once before. I wish that wasn't the case because the food is so good and very affordable. As we were eating, it started to snow really hard. which made us excited but then nervous that our flight would get delayed. Of course a few hours later the snow had stopped and the sun was shining. Toronto weather is weird.
We all gathered in the lobby of our buliding to check out. It looked like a war zone; there was luggage everywhere except for 1 tiny aisle we created or people to pass through. Eventually our Coach Canada bus pulled up and we made our way to the airport. Thankfully we got there super early because we have a little trouble checking out bags. There was massive conufsion over whether we had 1 or 2 bags or free. We ended up getting 2 bags because their website mis-informed us. What a fiasco it was trying to tell 44 people they had to pay for 1 of their bags. Glad it al worked out.
After hanging around for a bit, we finally boarded the plane. Wow, I've never been on such a big plane. It's a double decker! On top of that, it's incredbily nice and has great amenities. There are so many movies to choose from, video games, tv shows, and language software. How crazy, plus we have meals and alcohol..haha. It's been 3, almost 4 hours on the plane and I proud of how calm I still am. I was restless for a bit but now I'm writing this and listening to their Christmas music station so I'm all good. This is such a crazy experience for me because I've never done anything remotely close to what I'm doing now. It's quite fun :) Once we land we are riding 2 hours to a hotel, spending time there and continuing our journey. This is definitely a long journey, but I am documenting it and taking lots of pictures.

Right now there's a little turbulence which worries me but it kind of feels like I'm on a train ride so it isn't too bad. I hope this is the extent of it and it will get better.

Until next time!

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