Departure

Oh mon dieu! Packing seven months of your life into two suitcases is A LOT harder than it sounds. I ended up filling one suitcase just with shoes...I had to make a few cut backs to say the least. This is a picture of my bedroom at midnight the night before I left. I was packing literally up until 5 seconds before I departed for the airport this morning. I hope I didn't forget anything!! (Oh wait, I did. I forgot my airplane pillow. Sore neck after my 8 hour flight to Paris? I think so.)

I am now currently in the Montreal airport writing this post. The flight here was swell and made it on time. I had 5 hours (now 3) to kill until my connecting flight so I whipped out my laptop and voila! Free wifi!

First thing I did when I got off the airplane? Rush to the bathroom! (1 large green tea and two water bottles later will do that to you).

Second thing I did? Got my last taste of Tim Horton's for seven freakin months. There were 4 people in front of me in line and I stood there waiting for TWENTY minutes. When it was my turn (finally) I walked up to the counter, and realized that the Tim's lady did not speak English...great. So I thought it would be a great time to practice the French I accumulated on my flight to Montreal (thanks to the instant French cd santa brought me). I started with "Bonjour"..she responded "bonjour" (success!). Then I came to a blank (excellent). "May I have a toasted everything bagel with strawberry cream cheese sil vous plet?" The lady asked me a question, I looked confused, she thought asking it again would help...not the case. So I just smiled and nodded. My order number was called and I received a plain bagel with butter AND cream cheese. At least it was a bagel. I didn't want to go back and try to get what I asked for so I sat down and ate it. Turns out the bagel was amazing!! My new favorite at Tim's. Hopefully I'll remember this 7 months from now.

Third thing I did? Checked flight status. Nearly had a panic attack when I saw that my flight wasn't listed. I walked ten minutes one way checking every board and nothing. I then looked at of the times of all of the flights and turns out that they weren't posting flights later than 7:45 (mines at 7:50). So I waited a few minutes and low and behold my flight appeared (panic attack over). So far my flight's on time but at least half of the flights right now are delayed because of the snow here so keep your fingers crossed!

I'm now going to go wandering and see what my dinner selections are! (I think I'm going to skip Tim's this time).

Until Next Time...