Susanna Shankar was traveling solo around Spain this summer, when she was confronted by a fellow traveler who refused to believe she was Canadian.
Shankar was at her hotel when she got to talking with an elderly gentleman with a British accent. As travelers often do, he asked her where she was traveling from. But when she said she was from Vancouver, the conversation took an unexpected turn.
Immediately, the man eyed her with suspicion. He accused her of lying, to the horror of his daughter who urged him to stop giving Shankar the third-degree.
“He just didn’t believe me when I said I was traveling from Canada,” Shankar said. “So I was like, ‘Do you want to see my passport?…
