Off to Toronto with fairly early checkin - I credit that for my complimentary at-the-gate upgrade to lie-flat seats. That was a bonus. I got some good sleep.
In at 6:20 and with bags no delays, awaiting Hamid, after making my way to terminal 2. He wasn't through for hours. Then I set out for Kelsterbach to pick up the van. Not available. Bigger one can't go to Slovenia, insurance issue. Ugh. Back to terminal 1 to swap big for smaller but smaller ended up packed to the ceiling. That means we must repack bikes for trip to Slovenia. Ugh. It also means that Shab must rent her own car. The car business really didn't work out well.
However we were soon in Herentals and having a beer and then dinner. Life is good. Yesterday, Canada Day, we assembled bikes and rode to the start, visited Jan and signed waivers, had lunch and rode back.
Much back and forth with my car agent resulted in a very expensive and inconvenient option that I rejected out of hand. Hindsight - car sharing more trouble than it is worth. 5 cars seems really silly, 6 if you count Stephen, but as it is we're going to have 4. Mark, Shab, me and Stephen. There's really not much saving money and it's sure inconvenient.
Pizza for dinner after more beer of course.
The heat has broken but hot in the hotel room. With the windows open there are mosquitoes that I must have brought with me.
I'm looking forward to riding and leaving this nonsense behind for a few days !
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