We boarded a bus in Peterborough and left town at 1230 and headed to Toronto Airport with no problems. We flew threw customs with no problem and boarded the plane on time and so started our 12 and 1/2 hour flight to Beijing China.
If you took a pen and drew a straight line from Toronto going north over the Hudson Bay and the high Arctic Islands over the Arctic Ocean and straight to Beijing that is the route we took.
So we did not see anything sitting in the isle seats but it was dark and even if we could of looked out the window we would not of seen much. But we can now say we flew over the Arctic Circle, the Arctic Ocean and a few of the islands in the high arctic. No were even close to the north pole so no sightings of Santa Claus.
It is over 6700 kl from Toronto to Beijing and on average we were flying about 500 kl per hour . The out side temp that high up in the sky was between minus 50 and minus 77 C.
The ride wasn't as bad as we had prepared us for and we couldn't believe how much food we were given on the plane.
Awake call is at 0630 tomorrow as we have a busy day ahead of us---will be doing a lot of walking so should be in better shape when we get home.
Our hotel room is lovely and the only pictures I have taken so far. I promise better pictures tomorrow.
So Pete is making sure we are up and running, a picture of the room and teh hand painted wallpaper. So I can up load--hopefully I will be able to send you something everyday.
Good night for now.
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