2nd day 22.07.2016 Arrival

After a peaceful and short sleep of about 6 hours, it was time to get up, get ready, and have breakfast. Typical English, with toast, bacon, beans, eggs, and unidentifiable jam. 🍣

It was convenient that we could go straight to the departure terminal from the hotel and drop off our suitcases.

On time at 11:00 local time, we started with Air Canada to Toronto. ✈️ After takeoff, in sunny weather, we had a wonderful view of the British coast. After 8 hours of smooth flying and watching some movies from the media library, we landed in Toronto. There, we had to undergo a brief questioning by the border officials, and then we were officially admitted to Canada. Then we had 2 hours left, which we spent at Starbucks with Wi-Fi.

At around 6:00 p.m. local time, we finally left for the flight to Vancouver, where we landed at 8:00 p.m. local time.🌆

Our first hosts were Alexis and Silvain, whose house we had booked through Airbnb. Silvain kindly agreed to pick us up from the airport. So we quickly arrived at our accommodation on Commercial Drive.

In the house, we had 2 rooms, a private bathroom, and we could share the kitchen and living room with the hosts. There was also a small, quiet garden behind the house. We were received very kindly. After the introduction to the house and a short getting-to-know-you conversation, we went tired to bed and slept until late morning.