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Air Canada Chaos

Traveling during Christmas to Europe is a chaotic disaster.

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I am writing this Blog after having dealt with my biggest travel disaster yet, just after Christmas. It all started when I got to the Toronto Pearson Airport, Canada and encountered a massive lineup all around the check-in counter, the lineup was at least a 1 hour wait. Unfortunately I was 10 minutes late for my plane. I just was not aware that Air Canada closes the check-in counter 1 hour before takeoff. So I was redirected to a ticket rebooking counter. After hearing that I wasn't able to catch my flight my heart fell through my shoes.

London

Big Ben, London Eye and escorted by limo to a cricket game.

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Monday 10th of July 2006
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During my stay in Europe I had to drop by London, England as well to take care of some business. I pretty much booked my flight 2 days in advance with EasyJet. The flight was amazing, I could see my entire suburb plus the beach from my window seat on the way to England. London is an incredible city and very multi-cultural, I noticed many Japanese tourists, even geishas on the subway whom I talked to in Japanese.