Saturday, April 10, 2010

Final Destination...Charlottetown, PEI

Well this is officially my final day of vacation. I headed to the airport around 10am for my 12:30pm flight to Montreal. The flight went without any problems and I arrived in Montreal, where I proceeded to go through customs and immigration...all went well, except I realized when I got home that my luggage was physically searched and everything was taken out and stuffed back in to my backpack....just my luck! I had to go through security for the third time in two days while in Montreal...I guess now I have been declared safe to be in the country and am not a threat to anyone's safety!!! Just when I thought all was going smoothly, I found out my plane to Charlottetown was going to be delayed for 4 hours due to mechanical problems. After a 5 hour wait in Montreal already, adding another 4 hours was not exactly something I was looking forward to....scheduled departure 1:30am!!!! While I was waiting for my flight, I ran into a former co-worker from the PEI Department of Education. He and I went for a drink to catch up and pass the time...there is nothing to do in the Montreal airport, especially when everything closes down at 11pm. Good to see you Rene. My flight finally arrived around 1am and we left Montreal at 1:40am...destination PEI....I actually had the same seat I had when I took this flight at the beginning of my trip!!!! At that time, I sat beside Mildred Dover...former Minister of the PEI Department of Education....I see a trend here! When I arrived in Charlottetown...16 hours after my first flight this morning...I ended up getting a ride to my parents place with a girl I met at the Montreal airport. She just moved to PEI from Halifax and is the new Operations Manager for Cows. This worked out great, as I had absolutely no Canadian money on me...thanks for the generous offer. As of 4:35am I can finally say my trip to Costa Rica has officially ended. It was a great time and I met some great people...now all I have to do is go through my 700+ pictures I took!!!! Until then...

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