Our plane was delayed coming out of Guatemala City this afternoon – about 80 minutes late. Add to that the 60 minutes it takes to go through the passport check, luggage collection, customs and finding the airline desk – we missed our connection to Montr\u00e9al. So, I’m typing from a posh hotel room (with free wireless) in Miami after enjoying a bounteous meal, courtesy of American Airlines. We arrive in Montr\u00e9al 18 hours after we intended to arrive there, so Amber’s a bit choked as that was all her sister April time. <\/p>\n
We took 7 hours yesterday to complete the usually 4-hour trip from Tactic to Antigua – this included 2 breaks, but it still felt really long. Construction caused the delays mostly. My friend Bernd rode with me all afternoon in the car and that gave us a chance to catch up and talk about all manner of things – personal and ministry related. Good stuff. The car is parked at a seminary while we’re gone. Took a cab from there to the airport this morning.<\/p>\n
Our travels these coming weeks include Montreal (Film Festival and friends and family), then New Brunswick. We’ll hitch a ride with my father from Montreal to NB likely. The trip back to Montreal we plan on buying Via Rail tickets. Amber is very excited about taking a train. The only other time she took one was into NYC from upstate NY during spring break 2 years ago.<\/p>\n
Blaise has been a really awesome traveller so far. He’s been bucking his head though, giving me a bruised lip and lots of tears for the little guy. I joked that if he broke my sternum, I could sue the airline. It was funny at the time. Everything has been funny today. I’m so tired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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