These last couple of weeks seemed to fly past with a lot happening on the home front prior to our departure :-( We seem to have been pretty organised for this trip and only cut it fine with last minute deliveries of Canadian cash this morning and our free Global Sim card delivered by snail mail an hour before we left home to get to the hotel. We are taking a few items (an entire suitcase) over to Samantha and Oliver as well as some Aussie gifts for friends but all in all managed to pack a suitcase each for the trip. Was difficult to judge what we would need due to it being a Canadian summer but with a chilly trip to Alaska thrown in.
To avoid possible Friday traffic during the school holidays we decided it would be a nice idea to book into the Novotel Brisbane Airport the night before we fly out as we had a free night's accommodation to use. Emily dropped us off and we had one last meal together before we headed back the hotel and Em headed home.
So tonight will be time for last minute checks, not that there's too much we can do if we've left something at home :-). Although I get the feeling the locks won't be coming off until we get to Canada. Novatel run a shuttle to the airport every 30 mins from 5 am to 9 am so we've booked a ride to the airport in the morning @ $5 a head, much better than a taxi ride or long term parking, hoping it will mean a more relaxed check in. All going well we will lift off from Brisbane @ 10:40 am direct to Vancouver (13.5 hr flight) with 1 hr 45 mins to get through customs and catch the connecting flight to Toronto which will more than likely be the next opportunity for a blog update.
Just knocked back a couple of complimentary drinks at the Novatel and now chilling watching TV until sleepy time.
Until tomorrow...
Cheers
Gary and Penny
No comments:
Post a Comment