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June 25th, 2007

  1. Halifax Harbour

    June 25, 2007 by Gail

    Halifax harbour

    Halifax was a lovely, short transition back to Canada — where I could use my own phone, I didn’t have to covert currencies in my head, and I could speak in English without hesitation. But it was my first time in Halifax so everything was new to explore. I spent all my time at the harbour, taking pictures, touring the CSS Acadia, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and having a relaxing afternoon before returning to Toronto. I also had a fantastic batch of fish and hand-cut chips, the kind that’s so flavourful I laid off the tartar sauce this time (I have this thing for tartar sauce, which is strange because I’m not really into ketchup and don’t use soy sauce or wasabi on my sushi).

    More Halifax photos here.

    Halifax harbour
    CSS Acadia

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  2. 6 planes, 3 time zones, and 1 aborted landing later…

    June 25, 2007 by Gail

    6 planes, 3 time zones, and 1 aborted landing later...

    Kermit stops to kiss the ground. We’re home!

    The aborted landing was in Toronto and wasn’t explained until after we were back in the pattern. I don’t think we were much more than 500 ft above the runway (if that) when suddenly we went full throttle and made a power ascent. Everyone became very, very quiet. You could hear the worry. I wondered if it was our plane (a very new Embraer 190) or an order from Air Traffic Control. It was later explained that there wasn’t enough space between us and the next plane to land safely, so a quick decision was made to abort.

    Whew.

    Now that I’m home, I was half-hoping some Icelandic elf had stowed away in my luggage to whip my place into shape, but alas, it still looks exactly the same as I left it: an indoor yard sale!