In an airport

[da]

I'm sitting with melted_snowball at Pearson. Next stop: Manchester. By early afternoon, we will be in Wales.

We're spending two nights in Wales; then 4 nights in Liverpool, where d. has a conference.

Then, we fly to Long Island, for the memorial for my grandmother who died this spring; we're spending two nights at dan's parents' place, and one night at my aunt's.

Possibly the biggest factor into whether this is a good trip for me, I expect, is whether I sleep OK. Last night it took me a while to fall asleep, and at 7:15 this morning there was street construction, which continued all morning. I tried napping, but it's really tough to sleep through random vibrations. I do hope I can sleep on the plane.

I am looking forward to this trip. I expect I'll take lots of photos.

This is the first time I've used my brand-new Canadian passport.

Since we're traveling to the US, we're bringing both US and Canadian passports. I admiit this makes me feel like a spy. :)

Comments

[nobodyhere.livejournal.com]

You should bring a fake moustache next time for more spy-y goodness. Have a blast!

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Hah. Maybe I can pick one up before the MAN-JFK leg.
Thanks!

[http://users.livejournal.com/merle_/]

A number of years ago I was required by work to go to Detroit, and wanted to extend my time so I could visit Toronto -- so I flew from the US into CA, spent some time, rented a car, and drove it across the border back into the US.

It took about twenty minutes to describe to the customs official that yes, I was a US citizen with a US passport, but my rental car was from CA and I was driving back to the US for a day of work. He finally let me go through but it was a close thing. (it was early 2002)