I'm in Canada, eh?

Oh my goodness!!! Can you believe it? Me? In Canada? Have to say I never foresaw my coming here.

So, I need to tell you about my flight to Toronto from Raleigh. Got through security great. Had no problems with luggage or anything, wasn't even charged for an extra bag!!!

Only thing is that they wouldn't let my mom come back and wait with me until my plane took off. =(

I, by luck alone, got a window seat!!!! For the first time in my life, I got to watch out the window as the plane took off and as it landed. On my previous trip to Europe, those lovely little bastards (my ex-classmates and teachers) who had already flown multiple times, refused to give me a window seat. From Raleigh to London, Paris to Miami, Miami to Raleigh: no window seat. By the time we got on the little ricktey airplane that took us home, I was so POD I slept and didn't talk to anyone. But I digress...

The plane that took me to Canada was even smaller than the one that I flew on from Miami to Raleigh, but it was not rickety at all! I have actually discovered that I love flying. It's very peaceful. I shall now describe what I saw (lol).

I took this bit down on the plane:

Being high up in the sky looks as if you are sailing on a vast ocean of white and blue, with white piles of snow (here and there). Falling wouldn't be so bad.

As I gazed out across the endless blue, I realized that I was completely at peace. I was filled with a wonder that I don't think I've ever felt before. Oh, what it would be like to always fly in the sky; where everything above and below looks so ravishingly beautiful!!!

On take off and upon landing, I can only describe it to you as a google map. Leaving the ground, you slowly zoom out from street level to satellite view. Coming down, it's the absolute reverse. I'm on google maps and I'm zooming into a location.

As I come down, the world below looks so beautiful. The closer I get, things look like a little miniature town you might see in a child's train station (does that make sense to you?). When you get close enough to distinguish one building from another, they look like nothing more than lined up dominoes, ready to topple. The cars literally look like ants, that move about the speed of a worm.

The closer you get, the faster they go, but it still looks as if the world below is in slow motion. Another wonderful, blissful sight was the actual descent. We go from being above most clouds to slowly sinking into them. At a certain point, the world right below my view was covered in a white powdery mist, so snow like. Or, I could say that it looked like (what I suppose) the ocean in Antarctica, or a similarly cold place. Water frozen over and frosted, big snow drifts and glaciers. It was so breathtaking!!!!

I try not to let my thought wander to life and death, especially when in situations such as this, but I was so peaceful; I had a revelation and I can firmly say that I wouldn't mind going high in the sky. The fall would be lovely on the way down. Hopefully I'd lose consciousness before I hit the ground, but again, I digress...I know it's weird, but if I had to pick a way to go, sky diving (or gliding) would be at the top of my list!

Anyways, customs was such a breeze once I got here! A simple look at the passport and ticket, then I was shooed through a door to the terminals. No bag checks, no security scanners, nada. I think I like Toronto airport. =)

Unfortunately, I ain't diggin this airport food. I bought a bag of real fruit gummies and a bottle of evian. I'm hoping it will hold me over until I get on the plane at 1pm, and then however long it takes to get something to eat.

I'm going to go now so I can shut down this computer and preserve some battery life for the airplane. Until then, じゃまったね！