Day 14, Flying back to the Netherlands
Monday, September 23, 2019
Today is our last day in Canada. After our McDinner yesterday we
had printed our boarding passes for the flight home on the computer
and printer in the lobby of the hotel.
This morning I looked from our hotel window down and
saw a beautiful big eighteen wheeler, the kind of car you hardly
see in Europe.
Beautiful big eighteen wheeler
We have our hotel room until noon so we have a very relaxed morning,
re-arranging our luggage for the flight home, reading a book and
having our breakfast at Denny's with pancakes with cream and banana's,
patatoes, bacon and scrambles eggs.
Today we have to bring our rental car back to the rental company and
take a taxi to the airport.
Our rental car on the parking at Enterprise Car Rental
They told us they have a contract with a taxi company so we can go to
the airport for $20. After we handed in the car keys, they called the
taxi for us and ten minutes later the taxi arrived.
It was the worst taxi I have ever been in. The driver was a fat
unfriendly man and his car looked like a garbage dump. The he told us
he knew nothing about a fixed price and when we arrived at the airport,
our luggage fell out of the car on the ground.
He charged us $22,50 instead of $20 but Anneke and I already had $25
ready for the taxi ride so we didn't care.
Arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport
It was lunchtime so we started looking for a restaurant to get something
to eat. We found only one restaurant at terminal one and we had a nice
lunch.
Restaurant at terminal one on the airport
They did not have coffee at the restaurant so after our lunch we went to
Starbucks for coffee. At a bookstand I had bought a Reader's Digest to
kill some time until we could bring our suitcases to Air Canada.
Coffe at Starbucks
We had a few hours before we could get rid of our suitcases so we explored
the airport for a while. From one side of the terminal, we had a nice view
on Toronto and sometimes we could see a plane landing in the distance.
At Toronto Pearson International Airport
After a while, our flight appeared on the big screen and at 16:50 h we
could bring our suitcases to Air Canada.
Flight AC 824 to Amsterdam
Going through customs and security allways takes a lot of time. My bag
with laptop and camera, my vest with everything in it, security was very
interested but finaly we were allowed through security.
There was not much to see and do before the security check but when we
had passed into the tax free area, there were plenty of luxery shops.
Shops in the tax free area
At dinnertime we started looking for a restaurant and we found one with
I-pads for the menu. Every seat had an I-pad and a payment
terminal so you order a menu from the I-pad and pay with a creditcard.
A few minutes later, someone brings your meal.
Ordering my dinner
The restaurant in the tax free zone
Tim Hortons had been our favorite place for coffee because they have
very good cappucino so when we saw a Tim Hortons on the airport, I went
there to get us a cappucino. Unfortunately, the cappucino machine did
not work and we had to settle for normal coffee.
Tim Hortons at the airport
Meanwhile, our plane had arrived at the gate and we were waiting now
for boarding time.
Our plane at the gate
At a few minutes past eight in the evening, boarding began. Our
seats were in section six, in the back of the plane so we were in
the last gropup that got on board.
Two passengers did not show up in time so their luggage had to be
removed from the plane and that caused us a twenty minutes delay but
shortly after nine, we took off and started our flight to Schiphol.
In the back of the plane
Our route to Amsterdam
After take off, we saw the lights of Toronto through the window.
We were sitting in the center row of the airplane but with the
camera zoom I could take a picture of the Toronto lights.
Toronto by night
Now we are on our way to the Netherlands again.
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