Blame Canada! (Toronto to Pittsburgh via Rental Car)

Just to make life a little more interesting our flight from London was delayed as we tried to get back to Pittsburgh via Toronto. We took North America's #1 Airline (Air Canada) and landed in the most improved airport of the world (Toronto) but even with this on our side we found ourselves in a tough spot.

As we approached US Customs we were actually told "The United States is closed".  From there we then pushed our way through Canadian customs where we were met with a lady that told us what hotel we'd be sleeping at and that our new flight would be taking off 8:30pm the following day (Christmas Eve).  This news didn't sit well with either of us who had plans in Pittsburgh, so we thanked her and went to find a rental car.

The six hour drive (on the right side of the road!) that got us to Pittsburgh a little bit before 4am was definitely the right choice.  I even gave the customs agent at the border our "landing cards" from our flight to announce what we were bringing into the US.  He also was confused for a moment when he thought that I actually worked in London, Canada rather than London, England.  As we crossed into Buffalo, NY both, our GPS and iPhone decided to crash at the same time but even that couldn't stop us from continuing Southwest.

On the flight I found myself often trying to maintain self control by not singing the lyrics of "Blame Canada" but now that this ordeal is over and we're back in the USA, I chant it proudly.  Looking forward to a week of relaxing with friends and family.