When it comes to flying across oceans, I prefer Air Canada over the other airlines. But, as we have family in Europe, it was time to see them again. Quite frankly, as much as we love travelling overseas, we found not-flying a rather pleasant experience. With all my international travel over the decades, we actually got to the point we were planning shopping trips in Germany: "No point buying it here, we'll get it next time we're in Germany." Then the WHO shut down the world, but after 2.5 years we are finally booked for Germany again. It is Cancel culture, but in the real world Useful when the exchange rate bottoms out in the middle of the night!) ( Tip: Wise lets you specify an exchange rate, at which point Wise converts a set amount automatically. I look forward to seeing if I can use it withdraw Euro cash from a European bank machine. The card works as a debit card in Canada (I tested it), but it cannot be used to withdraw funds in Canada. If I do not use all the Euros on a trip, then I can convert them to, say, US$, should I have a trip to USA. Waiting for the Canadian-Euro exchange rate to bottom out I try to wait when the exchange rate is favorable, like this morning (red circle) from xe.com/currencycharts/?from=EUR&to=CAD&view=1W.