Greetings from Vancouver! Arrived here safe and sound. The trip was rather boring, which is a good thing. I should add a note about the security at Heathrow though. I spoke with SAS support on Thursday to ask about the cabin baggage allowance. I was told that it’s normal (other than no liquids and gels). I was suspicous though and used my laptop backpack which fits (barely) within the smaller allowance. And what do you know – at Heathrow, all transfer passangers have to go through the security and people with oversize (by the new rules) bags got turned back to check-in. I sighed in relief… We even had to take off shoes through the security check, but my contraband lip salve got through just fine.

Our lunch was fish, of course. One day I will learn to notify the airlines that I can’t eat fish. For dessert, I asked for coffee. I looked at the stewardess pour it and it seemed to me that she was accidentally giving me tea. Then I tasted it and realised it was dish water. I had completely forgotten that the Canadians inhereted their coffee making from the British. Or the Americans. Same difference.

Oh, and I should’ve had Internet connection at the Hostel in Vancouver. The instructions appear when you open your browser, they said. Bollocks. Apparently it’s not Firefox/Mac compatible… So I will post this whenever I get the chance and backdate it (for whatever timezone, I’m a bit confused still)…