{"id":92,"date":"2022-03-14T20:58:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T20:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/cycletooth-othello\/?p=92"},"modified":"2022-03-14T20:58:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T20:58:12","slug":"a-long-days-journey-or-planes-trains-automobiles-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeodyssey.cc\/cycletooth-othello\/2022\/03\/14\/a-long-days-journey-or-planes-trains-automobiles-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"A Long Day’s Journey or Planes Trains & Automobiles Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it starts….YQG, “Your Quick Gateway”….a bit of a cruel joke. After checking in(show passport, Covid vaccination form, PCR test result and Moroccan declaration form), I proceeded to the baggage drop. Here the security guy\u00a0 opened up and removed everything from the bike bag including the wheels and other cycling paraphanalia, I was not allowed to touch. After he scanned everything and patted down the bag, he said, “OK you can put it all back in, but you must do it in front of me”….35 minutes later and 12 people in line behind me, he said, “Have a good day and thankyou for flying Air Canada!” @&%$^<\/p>\n

Got to watch, for the last time, my bike bag and luggage get on the plane for the flight to Toronto, won’t see it again until Marrakech….just hope the baggage folks can read and don’t send it to Manhattan instead!….time will tell.<\/p>\n

A little nectar of the gods\u00a0 (a Mad Tom IPA) and some people watching in Toronto Terminal 1 for the next 4 hours, about 3 .5 hr longer than any human should have to endure in this city, but the train is waiting in Marrakech and this buoys me!. It is interesting to observe the ebb and flow of passengers, arriving from flights and queuing up for departures, then emptiness until the next horde arrives, quiet, impersonal, made even moreso with mandatory masks and social distancing.<\/p>\n

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