Hi from Canadia

[dr4b]

Hey! we got here okay :) It was a fairly uneventful drive... I got Amber and Ray at Kenmore, we hit the road, we got horribly lost once we got over the border but it's ok 'cause we called Fuj and he directed us to him and now I'm at I-gene's and we're staying up and talking! yay!

the border was kinda funny --
border guard: "hi! where are you going?"
me: "hi! we're going to vancouver"
"to do what?"
"visit a friend"
"where are you guys from?"
"seattle"
"how do you know each other?"
"*looks around* Well... uhh... videogames..."
"Oh, are you going to play videogames up here? Where's your equipment?"
"*looks at Ray's GBA*..."
"I see"
"Yeah, we'll probly hit some arcades."
"Whose car is this?"
"My fiance's..."
"Where's he?"
"At home, he had to work tomorrow."
"Do you have any gifts for people here?"
"Umm... no..."
"Well, have fun!"
"Ok..."

I only told one lie there :)
And we didn't even have to show our passports.

Comments

[kawaru.livejournal.com]

Hehe. You had much less of a hassle than some people do with the Canadian border guards. When my family went on vacation years ago, the guards searched all of our suitcases. I guess when you're from as far south as I was, they're more suspicious. =)

[kieferskunk.livejournal.com]

Heehee. When I went up there last year, my conversation was pretty much the same as yours. I was REALLY tempted to answer "What are you planning to do while you're in Vancouver?" with "That's none of your business." But I figured that'd probably not be a good idea.

[meerkatzukin.livejournal.com]

mmm...I'd love to drive up to the border in a huge van with 10 girls in it, and UTAH plates on the van.

BP: "SIR, WHAT BUSINESS DO YOU HAVE HERE?"
ME: "honeymoon" *giggle*

;)

[rmitz.livejournal.com]

That's pretty much been my experience every time I've gone in. Though I'm not going to risk it again until I have my passport.

Oh Canadia

[tesposit.livejournal.com]

Only once did a Canadian border guy ask for my passport, and that is when I flew into Toronto last year for business. They almost didn't let me in because I didn't have NAFTA approved sales documentation.

Coming home from Nova Scotia they ran Andy and I through similar questions, but only when returning to the US. The last question was "Have you ever been in trouble with the law?" Do you think we would have said yes if we had? (Which we hadn't.)

[skydiamonde.livejournal.com]

For me the hassle is always coming back to the US from Canada.

[fleaplus.livejournal.com]

You should keep track of the number of times you hear people say, "Eh."

[zqfmbg.livejournal.com]

I think she said it more times than I did. ;)

- I-Gene

[mh75.livejournal.com]

Last time we got asked:
'Do you have any firearms, alcohol, or tyranasaurus rexs?'

Rawr!

[ohhim.livejournal.com]

Pre 9/11, never searched, but I have a "Home" passport going both ways. Was searched for the first time last month when I headed across with a friend from CMU who looked too suspicious.. Canadian border guards aren't exactly worried about a massive exodus of Americans coming across to mooch off of our social services, cheap post-secondary education, and good beer.