Travels to a Different Time: 9July2005 Departing Toronto for Lisbon: Airline Food and Its Contempt for Passengers: The Infernal Vacuum WC Flushes

Again always seem to be ready to depart at the very last minute before the airport taxi arrives. Managed to down a quick Martini but with no time to enjoy it. Lesson one is that Martinis are meant to be savoured although not so long they warm up.

Four people in the car with too much luggage so the driver had to fasten the trunk with a bungee cord. Arrived at Toronto Pearson Airport three hours prior to the flight departure. Sat waiting for some two hours eating a bag of cherries and reading the newspaper. Boarded the plane and my knees jammed up against the seat ahead of me. And what a treat 3 rows from the WC so I can hear each vacuum flush.

Dinner, if you wish to glorify pig slop by that name, was “sort of a beef stew”. What an insult airline food is to steerage class passengers. Pure contempt.

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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