Thursday, August 6, 2009

Our Journey by the numbers, part I (Toronto)

Total number of bags we took to China - 8 checked, 9 carryon

Approximate combined weight of our luggage - 480 lbs.

Approximate combined weight of our family - 400 lbs.

Taxis needed to get us to O’Hare with our baggage - 2

Luggage carts needed - 3

Approximate number of times the friendly Canadian customs agent said “eh?” while talking to us - 9

Location in the Toronto Airport where we were told we could find a place to store our eight huge suitcases overnight - Terminal 3, past counter M

The actual location of the baggage check - Terminal 3, past counter A

Times we walked back and forth across the entire airport terminal finding this out - 2

Ratio of Xander’s weight to the weight of the luggage in the cart he was pushing - 1:4

Time it took Dave to get to level B2, go through level 5 of the parking garage, walk through the entire Hertz parking lot, wait in a small concrete bunker for a guy in a Kia SUV to pick him up and take him to a tiny fly-by-night rental office, get a Toyota Yaris, and come back and pick up Jane and the kids - 72 minutes

Times we pulled to the side of the QEW expressway in Toronto to let Ysa pee - 2

Temperature (degrees F) of the water in the swimming pool at our B & B - 69

Number of years Jane’s grandparents have been married - 66

Amount of time before our flight that we arrived at the airport again the next day - 3 hours, 10 minutes

Stated weight limit for overseas checked baggage - 23.0 kg

Weight range of the eight suitcases we wanted to check - 22.2 - 25.5 kg

Weight limit of each carryon bag - 10 kg

Times we had heard of this - 0

Time spent repacking our bags to rectify this - 56 min.

Weight that the agent checking our bags would have accepted (discovered after repacking) - 23.9 kg

Minutes we spent waiting at the gate before boarding began - 10




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