Up at 4:15 am this morning for the big trip back to Canada. Our car service arrived precisely on time and we were off. We took a car service rather than a taxi because all this week, we had to walk to Park Avenue (less than a block) to hail a cab. We were worried that at that time in the morning, there wouldn't be cabs around and we didn't want to shuffle around Park Avenue with all our luggage. Well, we neednt have worried. As soon as we squeezed out of Hotel 31s elevator, we saw the familiar yellow flashes darting past the Hotel at ridiculous speeds even at this hour. By the time our car service had arrived, about 10 of New Yorks 11000 cabs had already driven by our Hotel. There was no traffic on the 20 minute ride to Laguardia - it is so close. But we still experienced some ever present car honking that is everywhere in New York. Former Mayor Guiliani tried to deal with the honking problem by putting some "No honking - $350 fine" at some intersections. Our night tour guide said the signs are meaningless as the cops can't and won't enforce them. We passed through security and were the lucky winners of "secondary screening". We have won that lottery many times it seems. We got secondary screening in New Orleans flying to Washington also. Anyway, the TSA dude was nice and thanked me for my patience. Soon after we sat down at the gate, we were treated to an ear piercing fire alarm for about 3 minutes. At least we didn't have to evacuate. So we have been here for about an hour now waiting for our 840 flight which departs in about 90 minutes. I notice that they are playing Alanis Morrisette over the sound system. Is this an Air Canada thing? Is it supposed to calm me? Note to Air Canada, playing Alanis Morrisette doesn't make Canadians feel more at home, it just makes us mad. And wishing for more of that ear piercing fire alarm..
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