Howdy, all! Just back from a five (5) day business venture in Toronto. Beautiful city whose pulse and ideology reminds me of both Berkeley and San Francisco. On last night's flight home [A319 or A320], I was treated to the coolest thing since Channel 9....a GPS map on the video screen. This puppy showed exactly where we were in both absolute and relative terms. It also provided altitude, speed, estimated time of arrival and even the velocity of the head wind into which we were flying. It was simply outstanding! This was my first trip with AC [also the first stamp in my passport]. I was very impressed. Good service with an additional flight crew member. The only problem was that the announcements were twice as long due to the use of both English and French. Have a day and a half to do laundry and prepare for three (3) day visit to Cabo. Today I feel more like Mr. NAFTA rather than afrugal1...Canada, US and Mexico all in the same week.

We stand on guard for thee.

Happy Trails!