Flight deck, we have a problem…
I think a flight delay from Toronto to Tokyo today was inevitable. We got onboard our flight to Tokyo after a short delay, found our seats, and settled in. Then…for over 2 hours, we sat stranded on the tarmac in Toronto because of a mechanical failure. After getting towed back to the gate, we got kicked off. We were rebooked on a replacement plane scheduled for 4 hours later. It was disappointing to have to turn back, but I honestly enjoyed watching the beautiful snowy day through my little round window and chatting with my daughter. I used to work at airports and have always liked watching airport operations. Here are a couple of pictures through my window of an Emirates Airbus A380 double decker that was loading up right beside us. It is a colossus! The pictures look washed out because it was snowing so hard.
Hopefully the next chapter will be from Tokyo….stay tuned.
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TTC: Line 2 Towards Kipling
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) runs a few subway lines and many bus and streetcar routes throughout the city.
Line 1 runs north/south along Young Street which bisects the city into East and West and many streets are named accordingly. For example, St Clair Avenue is St Clair West on one side of Yonge Street and St Clair East on the other. Line 1 runs for 38 kilometres with 38 stations.
Line 2 runs east/west along Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue covering 26 kilometres and 31 stations.
Shorter lines make up the rest of the system and get people from city suburbs onto the main lines.
A few weeks back I took the subway west on line 2 to Keele then walked back in the cold taking a few pictures of subway stations that I passed. I like the otherworldly white light they give off at night. They look like portals to another dimension. Lansdowne is my favourite.
As I collect more interesting TTC photos, I will post them here…
Fares, routes and service disruptions listed here.
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I have been a professional chef for most of my life and for the last decade I have been studying Korean food, language and culture. I have traveled to Korea many times to eat, explore and practice language. Cooking posts will mostly focus here.
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