The Really Big Trip
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The Panic Ensues
We are in full panic mode now! In just two days we start the journey! We were supposed to leave on Sunday, and have Chloe drive us down to the airport. Then Jesse Abbott (one of the founding sisters of the Bonavista Congregation) died. The funeral is on Sunday. So instead, we have made arrangements…
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Almost ready to go
For those who haven’t heard already (in some cases heard ad infinum), we are off to Africa! A kind benefactor has made it possible for us to spend 3 weeks (ok Penny, 20 days) in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) with Marvin & Penny Phair! Who’d ever have thought such a thing was possible. Now…
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The Road from Home
We are on our way! We left early just in case, but the roads were mostly good. We made it to within 1/2 hour from St John’s before it got really messy. A moose waved bye to us as we headed out. We did our final NFLD purchasing (still more to do in Sherbrooke) and…
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First Disaster
So we were up bright and early and ready to go. We went down for a quick 4 am breakfast and got the news. All flights cancelled!!! Ice on the runway had prevented the planes from landing, so no planes to go out on. So here we sit. In the hotel room. On the phone.…
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New flights, new hope!
Air Canada scrambled to work and got us new flights! Yea! Not as nice and easy as before, but still …. it goes today. Now we fly from here to Halifax this afternoon and then to Montreal on another flight at 6:15. We should get into Montreal about 7:00pm. Not too bad. Now as long…
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more pix of the day
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The day ends well
So Air Canada did us proud! Within a couple of hours they had a plan. The Gilbey family were off by 9, but we had to wait until afternoon. We also had to add one flight. Now we had to fly to Halifax, then Montreal. No big deal. Sadly we missed breakfast with the Hopkins.…
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And we catch up slowly …
Yesterday was a killer. We were up almost 22 hours. Today we got up late … sorta. It was 7:00 am, but that is our 8:30. We spent the day running around getting all the last things that were on our list before the last trip. We ate good food and Lisa took us to…
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Montreal to New York …. Running
It was calling for ‘weather’ …. don’t we always have weather? … so we decided to boot to the airport early. Good thing. We arrived in PE Trudeau airport at about 3:00 pm. Our flight was supposed to leave at 7:30. They told us that it was already delayed about 1 1/2 hours. The earlier…
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Air Emirates
So last we left this that we ran for the plane. We made it on and the panic eased off. Whew! Now we are on Air Emirates. It has been said that Economy on Air Emirates is like First Class on any other airline. I haven’t traveled much, but I would certainly agree. To start…
by jimt