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    Day 9: Apartment viewing & LensCrafters

    13 de maio, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Enobong had an apartment viewing appointment at 1:30pm so we headed there first. The building was newly remodeled into an apartment block. The apartments were smaller than her current one and the bedroom has no windows but Enobong loves it because it is close to her new work place.

    Following the viewing we headed to the King of Prussia for my eye test. I used the opportunity to buy new frames    Leia mais

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    Day 8: Enobong's Graduation

    12 de maio, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    Today was Enobong's graduation day. Enobong left the apartment by 8am to go to the venue of the event, TD Pavillion at Highmark Mann. The event centre where the graduation ceremony took place was a large open sided Pavillion. The weather was cold and windy and since I was wearing a short sleeve senator outfit with no jacket. I got the full blast of the cold. Almost everyone else had a jacket or sweater on. My hands and ears were very cold 🥶.

    The ceremony lasted almost 3hrs.    Leia mais

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    Day 7: Birthday & Senior Show

    11 de maio, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Had a surprise birthday cake and present (Meta glasses) from the kids. The cake was lovely.

    We attended a senior show at my daughter's faculty. Art works by the students were put up for display and parents and siblings of the students were invited to view their work and meet some of their professors. Light refreshment was provided.

    We later ordered dinner for my birthday from a Nigerian restaurant.    Leia mais

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    Arriving in Philadelphia, USA

    10 de maio, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Flight from Montreal to Philadelphia took about 1hr 45mins. The flight was smooth and landing fair. The airport is situated beside water bodies. Since we had already gone through immigration in Montreal the flight to America was treated as a domestic flight. On landing we simply proceeded to the baggage hall, picked our suitcases from the conveyor belt, called an Uber and proceeded to the exit.

    Drive from the airport into Philadelphia was scenic as usual, we crossed one of the rivers and continued into town.    Leia mais

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    Day 6: Off to the USA

    10 de maio, Canadá ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    Woke up shortly before 4am to start preparing for my trip to Philadelphia, USA. Had a light breakfast of hot chocolate and two slices of bread. Called a LYFT shortly after 6am for the airport.

    Check in at Ottawa airport was smooth, we used the machines to check into the flight but it failed to print out our boarding pass so one of the attendants assisted from his terminal after obtaining our boarding pass we dropped our bags on the machine and headed off to the departure area passing security scan first.

    The flight from Ottawa to Montreal was short barely 40mins. At montreal airport we passed through US border control on the way to the connecting flight gate as we were checked in Ottawa all the way to Philadelphia    Leia mais

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    Day 4: Walmart, Home depot & Ikea

    8 de maio, Canadá ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Waited for Uddy to return from work before we started the day's outing.

    Our first port of call was Walmart to buy slippers as the one I had brought cut the previous day and couldn't be glued back.

    Next stop was Home Depot where I bought a set of wrenches for my tool collection at home.

    Final stop was IKEA to buy some bathroom accessories while the girls bought things for their house    Leia mais

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    Day 3: Bank of Canada Museum

    7 de maio, Canadá ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    Started the day's activity in the afternoon by taking a bus to the bank of Canada museum.

     The museum is located near parliament hill and is free. It had lots of exhibits on money starting with the origin of money, why it was created and it's uses. Also on display were all the Canadian notes and coins over the years along with selected notes and coins of other countries. Sadly they didn't have the Nigerian Naira and Kobo on display. The museum isn't very big and we spent about an hour in it.

    After exiting the museum we walked up parliament hill to view the eternal flame. Construction of the parliament building commenced in 1859 and was completed in 1876. As at when we visited the old parliament buildings were undergoing refurbishment and maintenance which started in 2002.

    Finally, we visited the Rideu Centre to do some window shopping and market analysis before returning to the apartment.    Leia mais

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    Day 2: Bank & Grocery

    6 de maio, Canadá ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    I woke up at 4:00am and couldn't sleep again (Jet lag).

    Spent the morning binging on StarTrek Academy while waiting for Imaobong to return from work.

    We all left the apartment shortly after 3:00pm, walked down to the train station, took a train to Grrenboro and then a bus to the bank where I transfered Imaobong's graduation money to her.

    After the bank we headed off to a store called African Queen to buy palm oil, stockfish and some other things to prepare soup and then off to Marshall's as South Keys to look for Sandals to wear with my senator for the upcoming graduations. I had ordered this on Amazon but the order was cancelled by the seller claiming the shipment has been lost.

    I didn't find any leather sandals so I settled for a casual leather shoe.

    Our final stop was Walmart where we bought groceries for breakfast and stew while I picked a hiking shoe and pyjamas.

    The kids cooked when we got back and I ate White rice with stew. Continued watching Startrek before retiring for the night    Leia mais

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    Day 1: Arriving in Ottawa, Canada

    5 de maio, Canadá ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    After an almost 4hr wait in Toronto we boarded the flight to Ottawa which left shortly after 4pm. The flight was meant to be 1hr but arrived in 40mins.

    The kids were planning to surprise me but alas I got to Ottawa while they were still in the train to the airport.

    We took a LYFT to their apartment ordered rice meals from Suya Palace for dinner and watched some episodes of StarTrek Academy which are not available back home    Leia mais

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    Arrived Toronto, Canada

    5 de maio, Canadá ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Landed in Toronto at about 12:28am. As I still had a connecting flight to Ottawa I followed the signs for Connecting flights in Canada, there was an option for USA. This took me through immigration where I used a terminal to register my arrival and then presented a printout from the machine to an immigration office who asked if I had checked in suitcases and directed me to a waiting room, where other passengers with connected flights waited for customs to clear their bags before proceeding to the connecting gate. My bags were checked quickly and my name flashed on the screen.Leia mais

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    Leaving for the airport

    4 de maio, Nigéria ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    Left the house at 4:20pm. Drive to the International airport was smooth. No traffic and I got to the airport at 4:53pm. Network is always bad at the airport and I was unable to confirm the ride fare although initial indication at booking was 15,700. The driver stated that it was 12,700 at the end. I had agreed to pay him 20k so I gave him 8k cash only for the debit to come much later confirming 15,700....hmm the driver scammed me out of 3kLeia mais

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