We left Los Angeles in the night, a little out of it as we didn't sleep but 2 hours... if that.
So as it is customary, we have our sleep deprived shot of the trip (left).


There were lots of ways to entertain ourselves on our plane adventure this time!
While waiting at LAX at about 5am, our gate was directly next to the Starbucks where the employees were preparing the opening for the day, so light could be seen through the window, but the doors were closed as it was just not opened. It should be noted that Los Angeles international airport is closed at night (and I mean the whole airport, not just the shops).
So our big distraction was to observe the people trying to get the Starbucks employees to either open or tell them when they would open. Some people REEEAALLLY need their coffee when the sign "STARBUCKS" is flashing in front of them, they must have some form chemical in their coffee that makes people react to the sign like a Pavlovian response! I mean these people were so needy of this place to open that we moved seats to actually watch all the peopl who did that... I know, I know, we're awful, but what can you do in front of such misery? laugh, right?

But that's not it!
We had another way of distracting ourselves on this 9 hour long voyage to Canada (because it's a place in the middle of nowhere, it took us 9 hours! Plane routes... >-+ ).
Background: We got ourselves pairs of these foam shoes made by Croc, you know they are super light and have holes in them so your feet can breath, but they are extremely ugly and come in flashy colors, perfect for traveling because of the extreme light weight. Of course, we had to have them!
Now we got some odd looks in LA, but only a few that we barely noticed.



In Texas however (our stop was in Dallas)... AH HA! Now THAT is entertainment!
Some people looked simply horrified, others just stared and some whispered to their partners while pointing our way. We did have a couple "out loud" questions asking if they were actually comfortable... It made us really happy to be able to laugh at the people who were genuinely scared by our alien shoes though! Then we thought maybe if we put these on our laptops we'd be the next Beatles!


















So after more than 9 hours of planes and airports, exhausted hysteria and having made new friends and new enemies because of our shoes, we arrive in Montreal where my parents receptioned us in a state of extreme groggyness!