The plane was small, the rows were 2+2. I had a very nice Canadian man sit next to me for the flight. We talked some but not the whole time. The flight attendant was this really sweet middle aged woman. Not much to say about the flight itself. The closer we got to rockier the flight got. Nothing bad really, but you could feel the plane swing when we were landing.
When I arrived to Canada (wohoo!) there was the basic going through the customs with one person outside the cubicles checking the lines and others in the cubicles (well how wonderfully I explained that). I was really tired at this point so I had to think hard on some questions, so I am very pleased to say that I was not held for questioning. Right after this was the luggage pick up. I was through so quickly that the luggages hadn't even arrived yet. In Minneapolis my luggage was waiting for me when I got through. So anyway, it wasn't the last but not first luggage to come.
After I had gotten my luggage I went to third man who decided whose luggage will be opened. No such luck this time either aka I was able to walk through. Then I was expecting to see my name somewhere. I saw nothing! I thought maybe they are closer to doors; nope. I walked around trying to look someone to pick me to take me to the hotel. Nope. I think I might have seen some who also are going to attend the UArctic forum thing, but am not sure. I was really really tired so I was just trying to find someone with my name on. (The persons that I am talking about took a taxi so no one came to pick them up either.) So then I decided to go through my stuff and try to find a phone number to find out what the hell is going on.
No luck with the phone number, so I send an email (btw still no reply to that.) Then I called to a hotel, which was the wrong hotel but I was able to confirm that I will have a reservation there later next week. Which is good. Then I had to find out the correct hotel. No number in any of my papers or email. Thank God for free WiFi! I do not know what I would have done without it. So I was able to phone to the correct hotel and ask if I have a reservation for tonight. The receptionist said that I do have a preliminary reservation, but it has not been paid. That I would have to pay it when I arrive. So I asked how much the taxi would be there. The total amount was closer to 140$ which made me decide that there is no way I am spending 100€ when I have paid the fee that covers all transportation and stay in Winnipeg area. I was furious at this point.
The airport looked calm (its fairly small) and there wasn't that many people around. So I decided to sleep there. I thought that I was so tired that I would be able to sleep at least few hours without waking in between. This turned out to be through although I did wake up in between, but after sleeping 1,5 hours the waking for few minutes didn't feel that bad. So at this point all I could think about was the soft hotel bed in Minneapolis... So many hours traveling and still gotta spend a night at the airport. I was furious!
In the morning I spend some time in the bathrooms recharging my phone, got some breakfast from Tim Hortons(?) and paid 2 bucks to use the airport ATM (Automatic Teller Machine). Then I spent time sitting and guessing when should I go. Would I be able to get a room already or not. When I got tired of waiting I left for the hotel by taxi.
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