Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Arrival
I left home, got a taxi to the train station, got on a train to London, got on another train to Heathrow Airport and sat in a departure lounge for 3 hours. Then I went and sat in a gate room for another 40 minutes or so. Then I got on board my first aeroplane ever. After the thrill of the takeoff I settled down for 9 hours of sitting and possibly sleeping. I got some sleep but not much, most of the awake time was spent doing very little or eating over salted beef (my fault, not Air Canada's).
The landing was simple, the baggage reclaim lengthy and the welcome was manic and slightly painful. It was the massive glompfest I was expecting, Nelly and Sarah met me at the arrivals gate and then we went to find everyone else. 30 minutes later Nelly, Sarah, Jessica, George, Cripple, Mark, Jennifer, Elizabeth, Audrey, James and Allan were on a shuttle bus to the Doubletree International Plaza. The order of the day was to get settled and rested, until we decided to go to Subway and the garage convenience store where I took in my first taste of Mountain Dew. A drink I've heard much about for its caffiene-rich properties, its now caffiene free with alternately named (yet identically tasting) Dew Fuel providing the kick. Still a mouthful of joygasm whichever version I had.
Fed and sated (sort of) I retired to bed with Jess, Allan and James would be staying with us for a night until their reservation at the Park Plaza hotel kicked in the next day. I also got a slight addiction to the cookies that the Doubletree hands out to guests, warm and soft with chocolate and hazelnuts. It wasn't quite the same when they'd cooled and crisped up, I couldn't drop half the freaking cookie on the lobby carpet though (yes I did it).
Swag Obtained
Canadian flag
Tomorrow
A Beautiful Romance - NJ Meets Tim
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