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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