Our flight was for noon but we were told to get to the airport 2 hours prior - so we did. It took a whole 10 minutes to get through check in, bag drop and security, so it was a long wait. Bag drop was different. You put the pre-printed tag that was spat out of the check in terminal on your bags, and then put them on the conveyer belt. It read the tag, weighed it, and sent it off. Zero wait time, most impressive.
The flight was okish. Air Canada again but not as organised as International. They seemed to have a lot of issues getting people onto the plane and the staff were a bit grumpy, likely because of that. We sat in the middle of the middle row, and the man next to me didn’t seem to understand the unspoken rule of the middle seat getting an arm rest. He spread himself out and kept elbowing me for the whole (4.5 hour) flight. I sat all curled in and had to keep my arms crossed to avoid him a little. Thank goodness it wasn’t international. I watched ‘Otto’ wth Tom Hanks. It was listed as a comedy, but it wasn’t really! It finished just as we touched down, with me in tears.
A crazy taxi ride to the hotel, a little reminiscent of one we had in Madrid, saw us land at our hotel - the Ice Condominiums. It was a bit difficult to work out where to go to get in to the place, but that’s half the fun, right? A couple of security guards helped us out, and we headed up to the 46th floor. The place is in a great location, the CN tower is a block away and you can see it from the apartment. The area is all sports and sports bars, with three stadiums (football, baseball and combined basketball/hockey arena). It was incredibly smoggy and smelly outside - lots of smokers, both the nicotine and pot kind. One smelt good, the other not so much.
I wouldn’t really recommend the apartments though. It’s an AirBnB and a tiny studio without any room to unpack anything. We’re struggling to find room for the toothbrushes! And I’ve never sat on a bed that creaks so loudly that I’m sure the people above and below can hear. As it was already 8:30pm (those time zones!), we went to one of the sports bars for dinner. Pizza, pasta and burgers - we must be close to the US here LOL. Lasagne had, we walked back to the apartment, set a 5:45am alarm and didn’t drift off to sleep. So tired, but Niagara is on the way.
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