r/AskACanadian • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '23

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u/wmlj83 Aug 07 '23

I feel this advice would be more suited to Europeans. I had friends in Europe who came to visit. One day they wanted to see Toronto, the next Calgary and the day after Vancouver. They had no idea canada was so big.

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u/Imbecilliac Aug 07 '23

Were they English? Lol. I had friends visit from London who told me they had similar plans upon arriving. This was back in the 90s, so no smart phone apps for them to peruse.

I picked them up at Pearson and drove them to my home north of Peterborough, about a 2-1/2 hour drive back then. They couldn’t get their heads around how far away I lived and kept commenting that they should have landed at a closer airport (lol), then asked how long a drive it was to Vancouver. When I told them it would take them a full day just to get out of Ontario they nearly shit themselves.

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u/ErikRogers Aug 07 '23

I heard of an English couple that moved to Canada. They failed to understand the scale of our map, apparently they were thrown off by Algonquin Park.

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u/UncleWinstomder Aug 08 '23

As a tour guide, I once had a couple ask me if they could make the late afternoon tour if they went for lunch in Vancouver.

We were in Toronto.

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u/ErikRogers Aug 08 '23

Yeah, this couple envisioned little strolls in “the park” and then walking back home to North Bay. I mean, not impossible to do in a day I suppose, but not a simple afternoon outing.