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Arriving in Canada

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  Arriving in Canada 2022 Mar 13-31   We flew into MontrĂ©al (YUL) and connected to our flight to Vancouver (YVR); both flights were during the day, and not too long (5-1/2 and 4-1/2 hours), even so it’s a long day in face masks. Immigration was simple enough at YUL, however because checked bags have to go through Customs and there’s no airside recheck capability you have to leave arrivals, recheck bags at the usual check-in desks, and then go through security all over again(!). We arrived in Vancouver in rain (no surprise) and found our way to our BnB.        The first 2 weeks of our time in Canada were in Vancouver, catching up with family after a gap of over 3 years, having spent most of 2019 in Australia and 2020 and 2021 in pandemic restrictions. We achieved our trip goals during the same fortnight, buying a vehicle and building a bed frame in it.   The vehicle:     ·       2015 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Limited LWB 3.6L V6 ·       Automatic tra