Chromeo Day 11, To Vancouver, BC
We sacrificed a little sleep today in order to hit up Artjava, which has become a necessary part of any day in Montreal. It had to happen. Again, coffee and food were spectacular. The place is totally insane.
After that, we returned our rental van, got our gear ready for the flight and headed out to the airport. It always takes a little longer to check in with all the band gear, and by the time we got through everything, we had 20 minutes til boarding. So we stopped at the bar by our gate and had a smoked meat sandwich and pint and headed in to the plane. I find it's extremely important to A) have a meal before boarding in order to avoid having to ingest the horrifying airplane food, and B) have a pint. It's the perfect relaxant you need before starting a flight. I have a 100% success ratio with that plan, on flights ranging from 20 mins to 13.5 hours. You don't mess with perfection.
I spent the lion's share of the flight catching up on paperwork and getting ready for more, and catching up on things like this blog, which has been updated sparingly lately. So far, it's been smooth. Have an hour to go til arrival...
And since arriving, we took a quick walk around looking for food and found nothing but street meat quality crap and a neighbourhood we don't belong in. A little too trendy... We finally did find a bar where you didn't need to be in a lineup, on a guestlist, or meet a dress code requirement, so we had a quick drink before the hostile waitresses made us feel uncomfortable. I mean, do you really need to be on a guestlist to get in to an Irish Pub? Come on... And how come all the restaurants are shut down by 10:30pm? What's up with that? We need someone to show us some other neighbourhoods.
And so the night ends and we sleep. We actually don't have to get up and rush anywhere tomorrow. Incredible.
After that, we returned our rental van, got our gear ready for the flight and headed out to the airport. It always takes a little longer to check in with all the band gear, and by the time we got through everything, we had 20 minutes til boarding. So we stopped at the bar by our gate and had a smoked meat sandwich and pint and headed in to the plane. I find it's extremely important to A) have a meal before boarding in order to avoid having to ingest the horrifying airplane food, and B) have a pint. It's the perfect relaxant you need before starting a flight. I have a 100% success ratio with that plan, on flights ranging from 20 mins to 13.5 hours. You don't mess with perfection.
I spent the lion's share of the flight catching up on paperwork and getting ready for more, and catching up on things like this blog, which has been updated sparingly lately. So far, it's been smooth. Have an hour to go til arrival...
And since arriving, we took a quick walk around looking for food and found nothing but street meat quality crap and a neighbourhood we don't belong in. A little too trendy... We finally did find a bar where you didn't need to be in a lineup, on a guestlist, or meet a dress code requirement, so we had a quick drink before the hostile waitresses made us feel uncomfortable. I mean, do you really need to be on a guestlist to get in to an Irish Pub? Come on... And how come all the restaurants are shut down by 10:30pm? What's up with that? We need someone to show us some other neighbourhoods.
And so the night ends and we sleep. We actually don't have to get up and rush anywhere tomorrow. Incredible.
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