Travel day Dubai to Uxbridge

We got up this morning and finished packing the few essentials that we had left out of the suitcase and headed down to the lobby for 6:50am. We got in our transfer to the airport with Mark and Lorna and arrived quickly to the airport. Today is Friday, but the weekend in the Emirates is Friday and Saturday. Friday is the day for worship a and rest, so there was no traffic on the highway. 

When we arrived at the airport there were signs for business class check in, which is a separate area from economy check in. We followed the signs and there were 20 or so counters for check-in and baggage drop so we had only one person in front of us in the line. 

Once we checked in we went through security and again there was only one person in front of us, then we went to the business class lounge, which is as big as the terminal in Toronto (the first class lounge was a floor below). We accessed our gate right from the lounge. So we went and had breakfast at one of the 4 buffets and sat and had some fruit, croissants, yogurt and a latte and then walked around for a few minutes before boarding. 

We're now in the air, I've finished catching up. I could connect to the internet for $10 for the flight, but I don't really need to so I'll just wait until we land and upload the blog. 

I watched a movie and had breakfast and then had a nap. Jay woke me up after 30 minutes and said "you said to wake you up in an hour.."  Clearly I needed to use my own alarm clock. Jay went to sleep shortly after, I wanted to wake him up after 30 minutes and tell him he only had half an hour left to nap. It took a lot of willpower not to do it. 

14 hours is a LONG time to be in an airplane. At the half way through point I was very discouraged that we still had 7 hours left to Toronto!  I mean, if you're going to spend 7 hrs in an airplane then best to do it on Emirates..but it's still exhausting. 

When we arrived in Toronto the customs line was short..we had to claim over the $750 limit because of the gifts from Manulife, so we got jammed and had to go into the room for people who have to declare stuff. We had to wait about 30 minutes, but when we explained why we declared over the allowance the border patrol let us go without charging us duty. 

We went out and got our car home, courtesy of Emirates, and we got home about 6pm. The girls arrived home shortly after with my parents and now we're all snuggling in bed - I have a not enough sleep headache and a client appt at 9:30am, so I am off to bed early!