Alright, one last post before I leave my home country for the longest time I’ve ever been away…. ah, that sounds dramatic 😉
And I already have to write in English since Barry lost his German glasses 😉
Today my mood is …. changeable and altogether not at its very best. I’m very, very nervous although there is nothing completely new on closer inspection:
Tomorrow I’m gonna catch a train what I’ve done daily for the last four years, then I’ll enter the airport, check-in my luggage like many times before – and probably calm down as soon as my suitcase is gone and I’m left with my hand luggage (I think subconsciously I’m always anxious that they will say: No, your suitcase won’t be transported – or something like that…. 😉 ).
If everything goes smoothely the plane will take off in about 24 hours from now then everybody will get bored and will watch movies and eat from time to time until they get bored again; after about 8 hours and 40 minutes we’ll be landing in Toronto Pearson International Airport where I will try to locate an ATM and after that I’ll catch the shuttle bus to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Toronto Downtown…
No, this is not where I’m gonna stay. Although that would be a nice welcome 😉
After a 10 to 15 minutes walk I’ll arrive at Clarence Castle, my residence for at least the first two nights – and more if it’s not completely unacceptable 🙂
So everything’s arranged and still I feel not prepared enough – which is completely ridiculous:
I’ve made copies of all important documents, e.g. Visa, e-ticked, health insurance,… I have a second emergency credit card, I have my EC card and all my TANs with me so that I can always transfer my money from one account into another, I have my laptop with me with all important documents in scanned version.
Everybody can reach my via internet.
Sooooooooooooooooooo, by my standards I am absolutely and completely over-prepared. Usually I have done only half of my tasks, forgotten one third and still I make it.
Maybe that’s the reason why I am that nervous today…. so I have just to endure the next about…. 20 hours and everything will be alright – or I’m a complete nervous wreck by then…. so better stay out of my way and wait for my “yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah, I made it”- message hopefully sometime late tomorrow night 😉
Cheers!
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