So, I’m living proof that one can take the red-eye from Vancouver (11:30pm, the last flight of the day), arrive at Toronto Pearson, have a quick face and teeth wash, take the Airport Rocket (192) to Kipling, ride the subway to the office, change, and be on time for work at 9 o’clock.
Although, I don’t recommend such an itinerary if one cannot sleep on an airplane or has more than carry-on baggage*.
I’m trying to stay awake so I can stick with a sleeping routine that doesn’t require a midday nap.
Here, have some photos of Spinnaker the Pacific white-sided dolphin performing at the Vancouver Aquarium on Saturday:
Melissa approached the Aquarium trainer after the dolphin show to ask a question, but she suddenly got a case of shyness. The girl before her asked how old Spinnaker is, and Melissa’s eyes went wide when the trainer said 19. When you’re seven years old, 19 must seem ancient!
* There was one drawback: the liquids-and-gels restriction that is implemented very inconsistently across airports and even within airports means that one can be unlucky enough to be prevented from “smuggling” such things as their own toiletries, even domestically. I was lucky on the way to Vancouver that the hand creams in my carry-on weren’t taken away. My seatmate wasn’t so lucky. I was unlucky on my way back to Toronto because the inspector in Vancouver found a small aerosol can of Jil Sander scent I’d purchased at the duty-free in Germany last spring. As partial as I am to this scent, I wasn’t about to be late for work so I could check and pick up a bag in order to save it.
“It’s a 150ml can, and it’s not even full,” I argued.
“It doesn’t matter, we look at the capacity, not the amount in it.”
ARGH! Consider yourselves warned, people!
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