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 We went out for breakfast this morning. Our hotel did not provide breakfast unlike the first London hotel we stayed at.

We walked up to Victoria station with our bags after hotel check-out and our timing for the train to Gatwick was great! We used our Oyster cards to enter the station at 0952 and were on a train at 0954.

After arriving at the airport by 1030 we did a quick check with Westjet people on where to go (we had previously checked-in for our flight) before going to security screening. The security people did not like that Caro had two little clear bags with shampoos etc in them. Only allowed one!!  So Caro called me over to the inspection station (I was already through without issue) where the fellow took some stuff from Caro and gave them to me with the end result was (from a couple perspective).....nothing! We were carrying EXACTLY the same stuff between the two of us.

SIGH!- oh well. Rules are rules and the security guy has a family to support (and the hold up didn't impact any further part of our trip as we had allowed plenty of time before our flight).

Our trip to Toronto was smooth with both of us watching the on-board entertainment, reading (Caro), or listening to podcasts (me).

Immigration, customs and having to clear security again in Toronto was time consuming but smooth and it wasn't long after arrival at the gate that they began loading the plane to Edmonton. I think that in future, a minimum of 2.5 hours will be required for entry in Canada at Toronto (we had only two hours for this connection). The airport is physically so big that it just takes time to get around and having to re-do security would make things really tight if something goes wrong anywhere along the way. 

We landed in Edmonton a bit late (about 2045 hours). Lisa was there top pick us up. Thanks Lisa!

Overall a wonderful trip. At this point both Caro and I are in agreement that London and Edinburgh are part of the "been there,done that" portion of our travels.