… Nicole comes to join me, I leave the computer and try to make phone calls. The international operator, my number for my Canada Direct Phone Card. The operator in Montreal doesn’t  speak  a word of French?!? Good start! No telephone number for the SSQ, my insurance.  I have to communicate with CanAssistance. Well organized? Wait and see! I tell my story ...
- When did you leave? ... Transportation? ... Name of your hotel? ...

It is as if he had not heard, I begin the story of my epic ...
- Telephone number of your hotel?
- I am not in a hotel, my boat sank, I have neither papers, nor money ... I need something to live on ... and the SSQ is my travel insurance!
- You have a phone number where we can reach you?
There are people who seem to specialize in nothing ... I give him all the information that he needs to know, where I can be reached,
- You have our phone and fax, my name, insurance no?
- Yes!
Double check ... I take his name and phone no where I can recall, without charge, it is expensive the call, the time it takes to get answers.
- Now that you've recorded everything, you’ve made my journey … Next time I call I hope I can get someone who can answer me properly...

You can continue to read the story click on  this page Surprises everyday.

If you want to read the entire story you can go on the French part and use Google Translate, a new page will appear.
2nd part

The translation will be a bit awkward. But ... We will soon write a proper version.