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

[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.