We flew from London to Toronto today. We were told that we would have to clear both Canadian and US customs and board the plane in about an hour and 15 minutes. We rushed through to the Canadian Customs only to find out we were misled. We moved onto US Customs where the line was pretty slow.

Despite our challenges, we made it to our second plane without any trouble. I even had a bit of time to pick up a bottle of scotch from the duty free in Toronto.

We are in a newish Air Canada Airbus with a touch screen TV, emPower, and a USB port to recharge. The TV provides on-demand programming (movies and TV) and games. The power doesn't require an inverter as it boasts a standard plug.

RANT

It seems to me that power at each seat shouldn't be too tough. Airlines should seriously think about adding it, at least to new equipment, the value shouldn't be underestimated. It is actually one of the things that I really like about US Airways. Sadly, our trip from Heathrow to Toronto DIDN'T have power at the seats. As I spent a couple of hours encoding video for REVVER, from the UK to Canada a power source would have been fabulous. I pretty much drained my battery. I am juicing up right now though and will probably start working through more videos after I've finished watching Shrek 3 on the plane.

END RANT

We still need to pick up the car and get the dogs--but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

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