File Under Montreal - Day 1
Aug. 10th, 2006 08:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
muscadineMonika and I made it to Montreal, and Allen made it Memphis. We're still waiting for Megan and Karen, our roommates for the conference, to get here. They were hoping to be here by 10 and it is now almost 11:30.
It was unpleasant waking up at 3am to begin with (4 hours sleep = unhappy me), but in addition the first thing I noted was the terrorist plan thwarted in London. Allen's mom warned us they were going to not let us take liquids/gels on the plane. Luckily I had already packed a carry-on which we just converted to our checked baggage of toiletries. Then Mon and I each had a backpack. There was quite a delay both on our flight (ALL bags were searched before boarding) and then again in Denver for the connection flight though they didn't search bags before boarding there. We were supposed to fly out at 6:30 in Tucson but didn't board til then, or maybe later. I think we were supposed to board at 10:50 in Denver and we didn't board til after noon. We were the lucky ones from what I can tell on the news. Good thing we were getting an early start.
The fights themselves went smoothly and Air Canada is the shiznit. Cushy seats, great tilt, stereo headsets, in-flight movie. I'm flying to Canada more often.
Montreal is a big city! And very French. Yes, I have a firm grasp of the obvious. After we checked into the hotel we walked down Rue St. Catherine then south to Old Montreal. We ate gyros at the Restaurant Cafe McGill (I think? Glorified, localized Denny's basically - fun!). Skirted Chinatown, caught the Metro, and walked through the Gay Village. It is perhaps the gayest place I've every been.
Tomorrow, conference. Tomorrow evening, more touring the town.
It was unpleasant waking up at 3am to begin with (4 hours sleep = unhappy me), but in addition the first thing I noted was the terrorist plan thwarted in London. Allen's mom warned us they were going to not let us take liquids/gels on the plane. Luckily I had already packed a carry-on which we just converted to our checked baggage of toiletries. Then Mon and I each had a backpack. There was quite a delay both on our flight (ALL bags were searched before boarding) and then again in Denver for the connection flight though they didn't search bags before boarding there. We were supposed to fly out at 6:30 in Tucson but didn't board til then, or maybe later. I think we were supposed to board at 10:50 in Denver and we didn't board til after noon. We were the lucky ones from what I can tell on the news. Good thing we were getting an early start.
The fights themselves went smoothly and Air Canada is the shiznit. Cushy seats, great tilt, stereo headsets, in-flight movie. I'm flying to Canada more often.
Montreal is a big city! And very French. Yes, I have a firm grasp of the obvious. After we checked into the hotel we walked down Rue St. Catherine then south to Old Montreal. We ate gyros at the Restaurant Cafe McGill (I think? Glorified, localized Denny's basically - fun!). Skirted Chinatown, caught the Metro, and walked through the Gay Village. It is perhaps the gayest place I've every been.
Tomorrow, conference. Tomorrow evening, more touring the town.
