After spending the night at LAX without any sleep whatsoever, we stood in line at the Air Canada booth. I have now flown several airlines and this particular one has stood out in a negative way. The tickets were not cheap by any means. I am aware that with cheaper airlines, passengers have to pay additional fees for checking bags, food/drink etc. This airline however, does not offer cheap tickets. So I asked for the fee to be waived since we did not know about the new rule (that started a few days prior to our purchase). They said no and I called their head office. I spoke with the agent for over one hour and they gave me a huge run around before they said they would not waive the fee. I again tried to speak with the agent in the airport who was extremely rude and degrading. She caused a lot of problems for us and we felt harrassed and angry. We even asked if they would just take our one pound bag (with our few liquids in it) for a reduced rate. The lady refused saying that it would be $25 per bag regardless of the size of it. So we ended up throwing out two huge cans of OFF that were brand new and a bottle of shampoo and we carried our bags on the airplane. They also charged for all refreshments as well as the ear phones to hear their movies.
After the crappy Air Canada treatment, we were pulled aside at YVR for extra security measures where we were treated like criminals. They sent us to another section where Tyson was the only caucasian person. I tried to escape to go to the bathroom for one minute but I was sent back and had to be excorted. It was an all around strange, demoralizing and annoying experience. After the hold up we finally got to arrivals where we were greeted by our warm and loving parents as well our our twin baby niece and nephew. Everyone was happy until we stepped out into the minus four outrageously cold weather in our summer clothes. We all drove home and had a lovely weekend visiting with friends and family.
On Friday we ran some errands and swapped out some of our things. Tyson and I split up for the night and each stayed with our respective families. We cuddled our parents and slept well in clean comfy beds after clean hot showers. We ate too much of all our favorite foods and drove around the city. Throughout the weekend we visited Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles came to see us. We had a perfect appy night get-together with all our friends and families at Tyson's parents house on Saturday night. It was neat to see everyone and catch up. We collected more currencies for the new countries we are going to and bought some extra supplies for our travels. We watched Christmas movies and I went to a Bahai feast and caught up with the community activities.
It was very difficult to say good bye once again. This time for much longer than the first.
"If we are not happy and joyous in this season for what season shall we wait"
After the crappy Air Canada treatment, we were pulled aside at YVR for extra security measures where we were treated like criminals. They sent us to another section where Tyson was the only caucasian person. I tried to escape to go to the bathroom for one minute but I was sent back and had to be excorted. It was an all around strange, demoralizing and annoying experience. After the hold up we finally got to arrivals where we were greeted by our warm and loving parents as well our our twin baby niece and nephew. Everyone was happy until we stepped out into the minus four outrageously cold weather in our summer clothes. We all drove home and had a lovely weekend visiting with friends and family.
On Friday we ran some errands and swapped out some of our things. Tyson and I split up for the night and each stayed with our respective families. We cuddled our parents and slept well in clean comfy beds after clean hot showers. We ate too much of all our favorite foods and drove around the city. Throughout the weekend we visited Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles came to see us. We had a perfect appy night get-together with all our friends and families at Tyson's parents house on Saturday night. It was neat to see everyone and catch up. We collected more currencies for the new countries we are going to and bought some extra supplies for our travels. We watched Christmas movies and I went to a Bahai feast and caught up with the community activities.
It was very difficult to say good bye once again. This time for much longer than the first.
"If we are not happy and joyous in this season for what season shall we wait"
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