Back to Waterloo!

Or "Waterlo" as my nametag suggests... Finally back here now, and it has been very exhausting. Today's trip started at around 12:40PM, and ended at 10:16PM, so roughly 10 hours. I'm glad I had Tony & Jessica on my car, as they provided the necessary chats to keep myself awake. Even when they were sleeping, there were some comedy there...(well, actually, I was more sleepy when they were sleepy, but became suddently awake when they woke up.) Good trip, I think, and now I'm happy that I have done this long-distance driving thingie. One more thing that I can do.

Oh yeah, I should say this... 2 countries, 3 cities, 83 hours, 1110.4 kilometres.

We detoured slightly through Niagara Falls to provide Tony with his first trip to the falls. Impressive, he said. And I get to do the first crossing of Rainbow Bridge. Wasn't such a good view, but it was ok. Conversation (approximately) with the customs officer:

Officer: Citizenship?
Me: Canadians. (Handed over the identifications.)
Officer: Where do you all live in Canada?
Me: Waterloo.
Officer: How long were you in the U.S.?
Me: 3 days.
Officer: Where did you go?
Me: Pittsburgh.
Officer: For what purpose?
Me: Conference.
Officer: What kind of conference?
Me: Mathematics.
Officer: Oh! So you are all from the University of Waterloo?
Me: Yes.
Officer: Are you guys masters students?
Me: We're all PhD students.
Officer: Wow...I know someone who worked here who is a student from Waterloo...Nice!
Me: ...ok...
Officer: So did you bring anything from the U.S.?
Me: No.
Officer: Ok, there you go (handed me the identifications). Have a nice day!

And the three of us were laughing really hard about it...