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[yubsie]

Well, we made it to Halifax! Eventually. :p We were about four hours late getting in in the end. Two hours of that was waiting at the train station in Montreal. Our first train was running late (snow on the switches) and we were a bit worried about making our connection. We got there after the connecting train should have left, but that train was running even later and we didn't get to board until much later.

Downside of this was that the train was still stopping until the wee hours. And we were sitting right by the somewhat noisy door. We were worried for a while that we wouldn't be able to find two seats together, which would be a problem since Ryan had all the food and the blanket (since the blankets provided were, as I remembered, a little on the small side). Luckily they did find us something and I managed to get at least some sleep in the interesting contortions needed for sleeping on the train.

Also, Via is SO nice when your train is running late. They provided us with free lunch (Tim's sandwiches), free drinks and free supper (St Hubert's chicken). This was good since the food we brought was running awfully low when we were on the train over more meals than expected. We also have a 50% travel credit that we'll probably use to visit my grandparents in January.

In conclusion, I was quite glad to get a shower and change out of the clothes I'd been wearing for the past two days. Also, I'm pretty sure that if we'd flown we would STILL be sitting in Pearson Airport.

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[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

Almost guaranteed about the flying. My brother made it out yesterday, but only because his flight was scheduled to leave first thing in the morning. Even so there were delays. (Also, his luggage is probably in Tokyo!)

Glad you made it safely to the east coast - is it as snowy (comparatively) as the west is?

[yubsie]

Yeah, our first flight would most likely have been first thing in the morning, but that's means our connecting flight out of Pearson would have left us in trouble.

TOKYO? How did his luggage end up in TOKYO? :p

Oh, it's always snowy out here. :p

[seryan.livejournal.com]

Glad you made it safely! Will you have free time over the hols, do you know? We'd love to see you guys again.

[yubsie]

We should have plenty of free time once we make it to Moncton and would love to see you guys too.

[seryan.livejournal.com]

Bah, I am remiss with the online-ings. How long are you home for?

[yubsie]

We leave Moncton on the morning of the third.