we have landed!

Off to great start with my penneys suitcase bursting open in Dublin airport, you get what you pay for I suppose.
 Tears aplenty and heartbreaking farewells paved the way to the bar in the departures lounge for a stiff nerve steeling drink. The only upside was we were let off the charges for over weight luggage due to the stream of tears facing the checkin staff... you just couldn't do it to us.
  USIT played to form and screwed us over, so we were all placed in different seats on the flight to montreal, 3 randomly located middle row seats. now maybe this is a bit sneaky but when you've had an emotional day, the tears are never far from the surface...so when we got on board and met a lovely Irish airhostess---bobbi quick as a flash piped up 'but she's terrified of flying she can't sit alone' and my eyeballs in spontaneous cooperation suddenly started pouring water in a packed aircraft with a masive audience. They jigged people around and put us 2 together and 1 across the way, with endless gin and tonic and nearly a bottle of wine each...neddless to say I can't remember much of the movie but I eventually had a pretty fantastic sleep! So future note to self, say your scared of flying and it opens doors!
unfortunately there was a major gaggle of weirdos sitting within our radius. The woman squeezed on top of ...personal space please!...insisted on cleaning her nails with the safety card and flicking the under-nail dirt into my lap. On bobbi's right was an old man with a plastic bag wrapped around his head, at one point the airhostess tried to throw it out but he woke up and clung on....MY BAG! ref to Niamh's My Sambo quote!


So we arrived blearyeyed in Montreal 2am Irish time, took a long hard look at ourselves in the bathroom mirror and laughed hysterically at the incoming new 'workforce', we're here to work we proudly informed the immigration officer, she looked a little dubious and I don't blame her!!!

Chattiest Taxi Driver I ever met insisted on discussing irish politics all the way to the hotel, which he knew the location of straight away 'oh yes, many people stay there, it is very cheap, no?!' gulp- sounds chic?!

Place is a bit of a dive, no doubt on that but it is cheap so can't complain, 2 double beds in the room but no available space for our monsterous cases!