Leaving for the airport
4 мая, Нигерия ⋅ ☁️ 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 fareЧитать далее
Check in at Port Harcourt International
4 мая, Нигерия ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Check in at the Lufthansa counter was smooth. Although we still have airline and government officials begging for money. This act has been tackled in Lagos . Officials now perform their dutyЧитать далее
Stop over in Abuja
4 мая, Нигерия ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Departed Port Harcoirt at 8:03pm and landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at 9:09pm. Abuja looks very beautiful at night
Transiting through Frankfurt, Germany
5 мая, Германия ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Arrived Frankfurt Germany at 5:35am local time. Bought a like burger at MacDo and and a hot chocolate at Starbuck for breakfast.
The stop over was about 4hrs 30mins
Arrived Toronto, Canada
5 мая, Канада ⋅ ☁️ 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 immigrationЧитать далее
Day 1: Arriving in Ottawa, Canada
5 мая, Канада ⋅ ☁️ 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 alasЧитать далее
Day 2: Bank & Grocery
6 мая, Канада ⋅ ⛅ 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,Читать далее
Day 3: Bank of Canada Museum
7 мая, Канада ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
Day 4: Walmart, Home depot & Ikea
8 мая, Канада ⋅ ☁️ 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 gluedЧитать далее
Day 5: Watch battery replacement
9 мая, Канада ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Through Gemini I found a Jweller & watch repair shop close to the apartment. After a 12min walk I got to the bus stop. The bus was late by 12 minutes, thought I had missed it as Google maps indicatedЧитать далее
Day 6: Off to the USA
10 мая, Канада ⋅ ⛅ 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.
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Arriving in Philadelphia, USA
10 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 inЧитать далее
Day 7: Birthday & Senior Show
11 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 andЧитать далее
Day 8: Enobong's Graduation
12 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 aЧитать далее
Day 9: Apartment viewing & LensCrafters
13 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
Day 10: Uddy returns to Canada
14 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I escorted her to the airport and helped her check in. The checkin clerk was confused on the requirement for her return to Canada and called her colleague to assist her. They spent quite some timeЧитать далее
Day 11: Light Shopping
15 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Visited King of Prussia mall for a light shopping and was able to get some of the things on my shopping list. The mall is massive with 450 stores. Had lunch at the food court while waiting for EnobongЧитать далее
Day 12: Enobong's Birthday
16 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Today is Enobong's birthday. The weather today is quite warm at mid 20s. I spent the day at home watching TV while Enobong went out for dinner with her friends.
Circus Night
16 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Spent the evening at a circus. The performance was in Spanish. It was my first time at a circus. The show lasted for 2hrs with lots of gymnastics etc. I was expecting vicious animals to be brought onЧитать далее
Day 13: Shofuso Japanese House
17 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Visited the Shofusp Japanese house at Fairmount Park. The house reminded me of a similar structure we visited in Montreal. The fish pond area of the house was very relaxing with Koi koi fish swimmingЧитать далее
Day 14: Supermario Bros
18 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
It was a warm day and we decided to spend it at home setting up the WII game console I brought for Enobong. Since the console was bought in the UK we had to get a USA power pack and batteries for theЧитать далее
Day 15: Departing Philadelphia, USA
19 мая, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Left the apartment shortly before 8am. We had barely 1hr to get to the airport and checkin before the checkin counter closes. Uber stated that the drive to the airport would take 34 mins, which wasЧитать далее
Arriving in Montreal Canada
19 мая, Канада ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Landed in Montreal Airport at 11:34am. Had barely 1hr to go through immigration and get to the connecting gate for the next flight.
Imaobong and Uddy were already waiting for us at the connectingЧитать далее
In Calgary, Alberta
19 мая, Канада ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
After a 4hr 30min flight we landed in Calgary, Alberta. The time in Calgary is 2hrs behind Ottawa and 7hrs behind Nigeria.
I spent most of the flight sleeping as I had woken up at 2am and was unableЧитать далее
Road trip to Canmore
19 мая, Канада ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The road trip commenced once we were done stocking up at Walmart. The drive to Canmore was scenic with views of snow covered mountains and grassland.
The drive from Calgary to Canmore took 1hrЧитать далее