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The trip begins at Victoria Station, where I boarded a Gatwick Express train for the 35 minute journey to the airport. Although I wasn't particularly late, arriving about an hour and a half prior to departure, I was among the last people to check-in. |
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It was raining that morning in London. Although the flight was supposed to depart at 1200, there was a delay due to the incoming aircraft arriving late, so in the end we waited quite some time in the lounge. |
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I didn't particularly liked Gatwick's design. You submit your boarding pass at the entrance to the gate and you're stuck inside the waiting area until boarding begins. I couldn't walk around to take pictures of airplanes since all the gates are sealed and I couldn't go into the windows to snap photos. |
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We were finally able to board and the flight departed an hour behind schedule. To make things worse, it had to make a stop in Manchester, adding 2 more hours to the journey. |
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The flight to Manchester was fairly short - about 35-45 minutes. However, there was an hour layover in Manchester and we couldn't leave the plane. |
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More than half the passengers got off in Manchester, which meant it would take some time to board the flight again. In the meantime, I took pictures of the aircraft moving about on the tarmac. |
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There was no choice in the meal. |
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The flight path into Toronto went south of the city over Lake Ontario, then turning west and then north back to the airport over the city's west end. |
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