[smcl]

I’ve heard Canada was bad from a few different people, that’s so surprising!

Czech Republic is an odd one, I’ve not had any problems personally and I’ve flown in and out of Brno and Prague a few times (though I prefer Vienna). Mind sharing what happened, purely to satisfy my curiosity? I had a weird issue when one customs guy was trying to tell me that I reported my passport missing a year prior, and he got extremely frustrated that I couldn’t understand what everything was saying. Nothing came of it, it was just a few confusing minutes with an obviously flustered person who was refusing to believe my Czech was as terrible as it was.

[singingboyo]

As a Canadian: what's bad about Canadian customs/border crossings?

Can't say I've ever had a problem, but then I'm also a citizen, which may make things different.

[smcl]

I haven't been, so I can't say. From what I've read the tricky things are just the same as the USA - arbitrary stoppages for weird lengths of time (causing missed flights) by surprisingly rude or invasive people. Again it's just what I've read, but it stuck in my mind as unexpected because it flies in the face of the Canadian stereotypes.