canada

We got up early and had breakfast at 6 am before heading to LAX. Hiroko's flight was later in the day, so we said good-bye as Hoshina-san and I got on the shuttle.
Thank the lord for Silver Premiere membership -- got checked in really quickly, no problem getting the swords through security as all they did was swab (for traces of bombs/chemical weapons I assume) before locking my case back up and sending it through. Also got sped through security to the gate thanks to Premiere status, and of course boarded early, too. Hoshina-san was pleased at my ability to get us through to our seats on the plane as quickly as possible, though flying coach is still just painful and I'm not looking forward to the flight back.
We changed planes in Chicago, a big impressive airport (the United terminal alone is bigger than all of Narita airport), and we were in Buffalo before we knew it.
Buffalo Taxi was waiting for us and we got our gear and headed out to Guelph...er I mean Toronto. The driver had never been to Guelph so we missed the highway 6 turnoff at Hamilton, and ended up going all the way to Toronto before getting onto the 401 west and getting to Guelph.
Finally got checked in about 10:30, and everything was great except that we didn't have any Canadian money. Solved the immediate problem by ordering a large pepperoni from Pizza Pizza and paying with a credit card before heading to bed.