Toronto

Had a nice couple of days visiting family in Toronto. The weather was great although a bit cold, winter is coming I guess... I also had a very nice lunch with fin 645 at Canoe atop the TD Bank Tower - he was having second thoughts about not joining the SMD2 but he had already visited Boeing earlier this year. Canoe has a fantastic view over Lake Ontario and it was fun to watch Porter flights landing at Toronto City airport.

AC8109 (CRA ) YYZ-IAH in C

Alarm went off much too early this morning for a taxi ride to Pearson airport. Traffic was light and queues at Pearson short, with help of priority security I made my way from Yorkville to Maple Leaf Lounge in less than 50 minutes. I was impressed!

One stewardess was missing first so we boarded slightly delayed. Welcome was friendly at aircraft door as I made my way to 3A. Flight seemed to be fully booked, with quite a few upgrades I guess as a couple of days before the business cabin had been quite open. After doors were closed we were served water or orange juice and soon we made our way to runway. We took off towards northeast and had an amazing view over Toronto downtown while turning south.

After reaching our cruising altitude we were served breakfast, two alternatives were a ham and cheese croissant or a fruit plate. I chose a croissant which wasn’t anything special, cold and chewy. Flight time today was 2 hours and 42 minutes, arrived in rainy IAH a few minutes before scheduled arrival time. Service was very friendly but for an almost three hour flight I would expect a bit better food. I guess that CRA’s don’t have ovens? Anyway, finally in Houston and joining StarMegaDo2!