From Toronto, Alice is in Barcelona by herself until her boyfriend Frasier joins her whenever he has dealt with some work issues, which should take two weeks tops, Barcelona where they will spend Christmas together. Alice is resisting the notion of being by herself in a foreign situation for up to two weeks, especially in not speaking the language. Things change when Frasier is unable to make it, Alice instead planning to fly home on Christmas Eve and go directly to Frasier's parent's where they will spend the holidays. Just before her return flight, Alice purposefully delays her trip, lying to Frasier about the reason for that delay being accidental. What has happened is that Alice has become disconnected between the reality of her time in Barcelona, where she ended up doing all the regular touristy things, and the notion of going back to routine. That delay ends up being Alice's descent into another world.
—Huggo