En route to Shanghai
It's hard to believe, after continuous days of working like mad on our move and fixing up our condo, it's done. After seeing the last bits go into storage, I felt sick looking at our belongings stuffed in to where ever we could, and how much effort it was. Maybe it was the fatigue and residual stress speaking, but really I felt ill and void of emotion.
So 2 down, and 2 more to go (get to ZhuHai, then get set up). After having only gone to bed at 3:30am on Tuesday morning, we woke at 7:30am to get ready to head out to the airport. I had this nagging feeling that I needed to recheck the e-ticket, after having looked at it the previous morning amist the chaos of the last day of getting the loft ready for rental. To my surprise, I found out that I had read the wrong line on the e-ticket (which was not laid out as the normal sequence, bahhh) , and realized that the flight time was 50min sooner than had orginally thought. Luckily we were going with Air Canada, so when we go there at only 2 hr before flight time, there was barely a line up. Phew!
When we boarded the plane, we then found out the reason why it was so empty. A connecting flight didn't make it, and it was so delayed that our flight wouldn't wait for them. Due to this, we also lucked out with extra seats! Both Jason and I took our own rows, allowing us to actually get some much needed sleep. It was such a luxury! The only downside to our flight en route to Shanghai, was that we had the worst hot meals ever! And I really mean, EVER! Being such a foodie, it was really hard to eat what was put in front of us. My second meal, I chose pork over beef, and it turned out to be some pork head cheese or meatloaf with some brown gravy, over cooked broccoli and rice. Blechhh, it tasted of extra gaminess and lots of MSG for flavor. Then to top it all off, the seats did not have personal monitors for movie watching, as all other international flights tend to do. The food was absolutely mediocre, with even the cup of noodle they normally serve when nearing the end of the flight was done horribly. They couldn't get hot enough water, so the noodles were barely 'cooked' still hard and the veggie bits were like leather. After having been pampered with internation airlines such as Cathay and JAL, Air Canada's food and personal comfort rating would be low; but on the plus side, the staff was quite good, caring, personable, and conscientious... and the flight was purchased at discount.
Finally, we made it to Shanghai, after 12 or so hours on the plane. From there we managed to fit our two large suitcases and two small ones all into one cab, and made it to our fabulous heritage hotel... after witnessing some crazy driving and Shanghai traffic jam.
Here's a picture en route to our hotel...
So 2 down, and 2 more to go (get to ZhuHai, then get set up). After having only gone to bed at 3:30am on Tuesday morning, we woke at 7:30am to get ready to head out to the airport. I had this nagging feeling that I needed to recheck the e-ticket, after having looked at it the previous morning amist the chaos of the last day of getting the loft ready for rental. To my surprise, I found out that I had read the wrong line on the e-ticket (which was not laid out as the normal sequence, bahhh) , and realized that the flight time was 50min sooner than had orginally thought. Luckily we were going with Air Canada, so when we go there at only 2 hr before flight time, there was barely a line up. Phew!
When we boarded the plane, we then found out the reason why it was so empty. A connecting flight didn't make it, and it was so delayed that our flight wouldn't wait for them. Due to this, we also lucked out with extra seats! Both Jason and I took our own rows, allowing us to actually get some much needed sleep. It was such a luxury! The only downside to our flight en route to Shanghai, was that we had the worst hot meals ever! And I really mean, EVER! Being such a foodie, it was really hard to eat what was put in front of us. My second meal, I chose pork over beef, and it turned out to be some pork head cheese or meatloaf with some brown gravy, over cooked broccoli and rice. Blechhh, it tasted of extra gaminess and lots of MSG for flavor. Then to top it all off, the seats did not have personal monitors for movie watching, as all other international flights tend to do. The food was absolutely mediocre, with even the cup of noodle they normally serve when nearing the end of the flight was done horribly. They couldn't get hot enough water, so the noodles were barely 'cooked' still hard and the veggie bits were like leather. After having been pampered with internation airlines such as Cathay and JAL, Air Canada's food and personal comfort rating would be low; but on the plus side, the staff was quite good, caring, personable, and conscientious... and the flight was purchased at discount.
Finally, we made it to Shanghai, after 12 or so hours on the plane. From there we managed to fit our two large suitcases and two small ones all into one cab, and made it to our fabulous heritage hotel... after witnessing some crazy driving and Shanghai traffic jam.
Here's a picture en route to our hotel...
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