Day 29 - Vancouver Airport

August 20, 2022

After a short night, we land in Vancouver at 6 am on time. This time we are allowed to wait in the beautiful waiting area of the airport, with a Koi pond and many sofas. Unfortunately, there is hardly any selection of shops where we could have breakfast. The 3 that are open are packed. We decide to go to the remote 'Illy' cafe, where it's not very busy, and treat ourselves to coffee, hot chocolate, and fresh bagels - all sinful and expensive, but we haven't eaten anything since yesterday late afternoon...

Since we are missing half a day on the way back and we are totally exhausted, we find a group of sofas and sleep. We have a transit time of over 7 hours. Actually a horror scenario, but we sleep through most of it and start relatively well-rested for our second night flight with Air Canada, which takes off on time at 1:30 pm towards home, in contrast to the well-known airlines LH and Condor.

After a delicious meal and a few movies, I fall asleep again. Not necessarily comfortable, but the main thing is sleep.