Will we be on time?
Day is getting more wearing!
Our first flight was right on time, even a bit early departing Toulouse.
After landing in Paris we found our way from Terminal 2F to 2E via footsteps, escalators, elevators and a bus to the correct departure "Hall" M which of course trails you through the shopping concourse!
We really didn't have much time or I might have been tempted to shop at one or more of the enticing boutiques ... the likes of Dior, Gucci, Hermes and of course the famous "Ladurée" macaroons!
I really didn't need or want anything! It's just fun to window shop sometimes.
Finally we arrived at our departure gate with only 20 minutes to spare before boarding.
Hurry up, get in line and wait!
The next flight however was delayed ... Boarding was to commence at 13:00 at which time we were herded into the cattle lines, you know the corralled, roped off lines that weave up and down to fit in more people (a personal pet peeve of mine from my banking days.
Then it was like as they say in France a "bouchon" ... traffic jam, the traffic stopped dead.
Then the dreaded announcement "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are sorry we can't welcome you onboard at this time, the plane is still being serviced."
We actually didn't walk onto the ramp until 13:50 /1:50PM on no!
The plane was scheduled to leave at 1:55PM.
It is now 2:25PM ... Waiting for takeoff! ... (I'll have to finish this later)
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Finally off we go it's 2:45PM ... Fifty minutes late!
Will the pilot be able to pickup enough speed to make up for the delayed departure?
Now it was time to just wait and see if we'd be on time arriving in Toronto.
Today's flight was long enough for a "Movie Marathon" ... I watched three recent releases and all required Kleenex to dab away my tears of varying emotions at one time or another through the films.
There was "Still Alice" about a linguistics professor diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.
"The Theory of Everything" the coming of age romantic drama about Stephen Hawking, physicist who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at age 21.
"The Imitation Game" ... the historical thriller about the English mathematician, Alan Turing.
I only managed to catnap for maybe a half hour or so between watching the movies, dinner service and our snack before landing.
Two or three times we could hear the sound of the pilot "putting his foot to the medal" so to speak.
He made up most of the lost time ... Our touch down was only ten minutes late!
Awesome ... customs, baggage pickup and checkin for our Airport Shuttle all good!
Now just please have a seat and "Wait" for your pickup!
We arrived at "Home Sweet Home" just before 8:30 PM (2:30AM France time ... I hadn't changed my watch yet!)
Now to catch up on sleep, recover from the jet lag and we'll be good to go!
p.s. the photos are stock from the Internet.
