I'm in Canada!
Maybe something weird has happened to me while I was in Japan, but man, the food here is all HUGE. I wanted a little bite to eat and got an oatmeal square from Starbucks—but there was some trick of perspective caused by how everything is scaled up by about 1.5x from what I’m used to, and I swear, the thing felt like it weighed about a kilogram.
Anyway, I’m in Vancouver right now, having cleared immigration and customs and picked up my checked-in bag and then re-checked it for the rest of the journey, in approximately, I’m not kidding here, five minutes. I was astounded—it’s never been that fast for me before. There just happened to be no lineups anywhere, and the whole rigamarole with showing my passport and handing over the customs declaration card was handled deftly by a robot. It was awesome.
Also recommended: Air Canada’s multicolored light show from the ceiling lights on their new 777s.
I am visiting my mom, and my sister and her two little girls. We’re all converging on a tiny little Saskatchewan town all at once.
Plus, I’m doing shopping for various and sundry people.