Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Smuggler's route
So, after two subways, a bus, three planes, a monorail, a train and one last subway, and having traversed three countries, an ocean and two states, I'm home! I wouldn't recommend the Paris-Montréal-Newark route from Berlin to New York, except for two things. (1) The 747 across the Atlantic is empty (I got a row to myself, upstairs!) and Air France food is actually good. (2) It's the perfect way to bring contraband into the country, as you go through US customs in Montréal without your checked luggage. I'm not actually sure that bread is among forbidden foods, but I didn't want to find out by asking. Check out my hoard!(You can get almost everything in New York, but not good solid German rye bread.)