Epic East Coast - Day 51

Today was the first of two travel days in order to get home.  We checked out of the hotel and walked to the train station - hopefully the last time we have to walk with our luggage this trip.  After finding the gate, Alex and I went to buy subs for lunch.  While we were gone, the VIA employees told Sandra that they wanted us to check our luggage, as we were going all the way to Toronto, so we rushed back and got that done.  That at least makes boarding easier, as Montreal has no elevators to the tracks.

On the train, we discovered that we were in one of the newly renovated train cars, which has half of the seats facing one direction and half facing the other, so that they don't have to turn the car around, at the expense of annoying half their customers.  And we were those customers, as we had to spend the entire trip to Toronto going backwards.  It didn't bother me and the kids much, but Sandra wasn't super happy about it.

After a five and a half hour trip, we arrived at Union Station for our fourth time this trip, so we were easily able to find our way around.  We picked up our luggage and then headed out to the UP Express to take that train to Pearson.  As we stood waiting for that train, I was explaining to the kids that we would head to Pearson and then take a cab to our hotel.  A nearby passenger asked where our hotel was and said that we should check with information as there was likely a shuttle to the hotel.

We soon arrived at Pearson and got a bit lost trying to find information and an exit, but sure enough, there was a shuttle.  We found where it arrived, waited for about 15 minutes and then had a nice, easy bus ride to the hotel.  After checking in, we ran out for a quick supper and then put everyone to bed.  We have to get up ridiculously early tomorrow morning to catch a 6:00am shuttle to the airport.  After that, we have two flights and we are home.