Vancouver

Arrived into Vancouver, rented a car and went down town to meet Jordan and his 3 friends, spent the remaining day hanging out with them, eating and drinking beers. I took them up to the top of Grouse Mtn, overlooking Vancouver. It was great, so tranquil with the smells of pine forests. Back to their hotel and said goodbye to them, trying not to choke up. I checked into my hotel and quickly went to sleep on my last night in Canada for the next 6 months.

Sunday morning (0600) check in at the United Airline counter. Presented my passport, then asked by the agent where was my return ticket back to Canada from Paris, as I did not have one, which meant that I could not fly…. Murphy’s Law…. they wanted me to buy a flight home for $3000. I explain my situation but to no avail. I phoned the Montreal office of ACF, of course it’s Sunday and nobody is there to answer the phone. Now I am kind of freaking….what to do has the plane will soon be leaving and I needed to be on that plane. An hour later and fortunately for me , another agent comes to ask what all the trouble is and goes over my story again. My saving grace turns out to be the arranged ticket from Paris to Dubai that I am holding. And for some unknown reason to me, this was acceptable to her and I was finally given my ticket to Paris with 30 minutes to spare. Paris here I come!!