Québec & Ontario 2010 Slideshow

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Journey from Black Forest to Québec

It was a very long trip, indeed maybe even longer than my journey to Kota Kinabalu, but now a bit more than 24 hours after arrival I can say that it was worth the trouble.

My journey started with a 15 minute drive by car and 45 minutes by train. This is the same as commuting to work, but yesterday I took one train earlier so I wouldn’t miss my connecting train in case of delay. Usually I like travelling by high-speed train ICE, but this time some very annoying Lufthansa stewardess or pilot added some sour note to the train journey. Some people just can’t behave – and in certain trains it’s highly recommended to reserve a seat, otherwise you have to accept the consequences.

Even if I often travel on business from Frankfurt Airport. It was my first inter-continental flight from there. Being used to Swiss efficiency at Zurich Airport the handling and long, complicated walkways at Frankfurt were quite bad. I made it nevertheless in time to the gate:

Flight information for AC 839 Frankfurt - Ottawa

And Air Canada’s Boeing 767-300 ER was already almost ready for boarding:

Air Canada's Boeing 767-300 ER for the AC 839 flight from Frankfurt to Ottawa

and about half an hour later:

Inside Air Canada's Boeing 767-300 ER for the AC 839 flight from Frankfurt to Ottawa

The flight was great, even if the map function of on board entertainment didn’t work I was able to identify some places I saw from my window seat:

Preview of my trip to Québec and Ontario (Québec, Montréal, Ottawa, Kingston and Toronto) from 25th of June until 10th of July

In less than three days I’m already somewhere over the Northern Atlantic nearing the coast of Newfoundland. Six weeks ago I had no idea I’d head to Canada for my summer vacation, but now it’s going to happen. I was almost 100 % sure that I’ll stay in Europe for the summer, but somehow a cheap Air Canada ticket appeared out of nowhere and after some discussion at Tripadvisor two weeks are not too little to see some highlights of Québec and Ontario.

As usually my trip starts at Frankfurt International Airport from where I fly to Ottawa. There I have three hours to clear immigration, before taking a short two hour flight to Québec. I’m flying home with the same connection, but my trip ends in Toronto.

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