The journey home - Seattle, United States Travel Blog

Wow, today was a really long day. I woke up at 5 am and couldn't go back to sleep because I really wanted to leave. My flight didn’t leave until 10:30 am, but I got up at 6:15 am because I just couldn’t lay in bed any longer.

I had to take the RER train to the airport, so first I took the metro to the RER line. When I tried to buy my ticket for the RER train, the automatic machine wouldn’t read my credit card for some reason. It didn’t take bills, and I didn’t have enough coins for the 8.90 Euro fare. And the ticket windows with people weren’t open yet. I tried to get change from a nearby shop, but they wouldn’t give me any. So I had to buy a couple separate Snicker’s bars just so I could get enough change in coins to buy the ticket. All of this took a while, so I was glad I left early.

It was a long half hour ride to the airport, and I was happy getting off the train, knowing it was the last one. It was weird being back at the airport, because it had been so long since I first arrived that it was only vaguely familiar. It was a breeze getting to the gate, the lines at the ticket counter and security were both pretty short. But my flight was going to be delayed by an hour because the incoming plane from the States had been delayed.

I wasn’t that irritated about the delay because my layover in Toronto was 1 hour and 45 minutes. So I figured I’d still be able to make my connection. But we ended up leaving 1 hour and 40 minutes late with an estimated arrival time of 1:30 pm (my connecting flight left at 2 pm). So I figured I still had a chance and tried not to worry about it during the 8 hour flight.

The flight actually went by fairly quickly. I had the tv screen in the seatback in front of me again. So I watched a couple of movies, wrote a couple of blogs, and then we were almost there.

We ended up getting to the gate at 1:40 pm, so I figured I should still try to...

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MPs tackle summit security; Laureen Harper signs Iran petition

12.07.10

Mr. Davies, with the consent of the Liberals and the Bloc, has forced a meeting Monday of the Commons public safety committee to study the security and human-rights issues around last month’s G20 summit in Toronto.

Canada has fallen into an unhealthy pattern over the last 10 years of international political events, Mr. Davies argues. “There is increasingly substantial security and outbreaks of violence” as well as an escalation in interference with lawful protest, he told The Globe.

“I want us to move to a place where we can let people peacefully assemble.”

But it will be up to the Conservatives on the public safety committee to determine if the study Mr. Davies wants to conduct will go ahead.

The government could suggest to Tory committee chair Garry Breitkreuz that he call in sick. In that case a member of the opposition parties would have to take over Mr. Breitkreuz’s duties and, if the Conservatives provide a substitute for their absent member, they would gain a majority vote at the meeting.

Source: Globe and Mail

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