We arrived in record time into Toronto. I can't ever remember a 777 traveling at 687mph - must have been a very good tail wind. We've walked the 10 miles from our gate over to the little puddle jumpers in Section F of YYZ waiting for our prop job to pull up to Gate 87 for our flight into Nashville. Flights on time so we're good to go. Keli - thank you for driving all the way into Nashville to pick us up - it's really appreciated.

We arrived on Thursday in Toronto after close to 12-hours of flying time from Rio. Two new airlines under our belt - GOL and COPA - both pretty good, particularly the fact that all the alcohol and food was free - unlike our Air Canada programs. We were welcomed with snow. Having not had to cope with this **** for the last 9 years, I was a little tentative in my driving but thankfully we rented a big truck rather than the Challenger that was offered at the count...

Well it's been a whirlwind four days here in Toronto. Since arriving into Toronto on Saturday a.m. we've tried fit in as much as humanly possible in just four short days. Our first stop was the VIA Ticket Counter in Toronto. I had worked on my "refund" story all night on the train so that it was very convincing when I got to the counter. I knew exactly what was needed to be said to get my $400.00 despite the fact that the VIA lady in Vancouver said that I could...

We left Saskatchewan and entered into Manitoba. It's so dramatic, from flat fields to somewhat of a rolling landscape. Again, it’s amazing how diverse our country really is from east to west. I knew that we left it too late. We should have showered a little earlier. With the extreme temperatures coming across the prairies, it seems that some of the showers (1 per sleeping car) have frozen up and are not working. It has also affected the flushing mechanism...