The past couple of days had been interesting. Originally the plan was on Wednesday I would drive up to Vancouver to party and say goodbye to all my friends one last time and then drive home at some ungodly hour in the morning to make it to a lunch with my entire family. Then a dinner with Seattle friends, with time in between to finish shopping and other last minute details that I hadn't gotten to. However about 15 minutes into the three hour trip on Thursday morning the car decided to break down. The alternator broke, the battery died and it started making many weird noises before simply not doing anything. This was not only a problem because one of my best friends Anna B. and I were now stranded on an icy road with no idea how to fix a car, but we also had no idea how long it would take to fix and my flight was in about 24 hours but from Seattle.
Yesterday was one of the best days of my life. While yes, my car broke down, I was stranded in the wrong country with a flight to South America fast approaching and I couldn't do the shopping I needed to do in Seattle as well missed lunch with my family; it was so fun. We got to be towed and ride up front in the tow truck, which I had never done and was pretty sweet. Afterwards while the car was in the shop Anna and I explored Granville Island (one of my favorite places in the entire world and a key reason I chose UBC for school). After getting coffee and breakfast for our poor hungover bodies we walked around some art galleries on Granville street and then headed to the Granville Market for macaroons. After getting the macaroons we ended up at the Granville Distillery tasting flights of spirits (Vodka, Whisky and Gin) at 11am.
After this we were able to grab lunch and see one of my best friends from UBC Sabrina who hadn't been able to make the party last night. It the perfect last day in North America, relaxing and distracting from any nerves I had. This is also a very classic Anna travel experience, I tend to have the worst luck that turns our alright in the end when traveling. Having been detained in countries, made emergency landings in other counties, and had more flights then I can count be cancelled or planes break. Yet through it all they are usually the best times. I'm sure that throughout this trip I will experience many a travel casualty that will in the end turn out to be some of my favorite days and adventures.
After this we were able to grab lunch and see one of my best friends from UBC Sabrina who hadn't been able to make the party last night. It the perfect last day in North America, relaxing and distracting from any nerves I had. This is also a very classic Anna travel experience, I tend to have the worst luck that turns our alright in the end when traveling. Having been detained in countries, made emergency landings in other counties, and had more flights then I can count be cancelled or planes break. Yet through it all they are usually the best times. I'm sure that throughout this trip I will experience many a travel casualty that will in the end turn out to be some of my favorite days and adventures. 
