Translation of pinzón

I hope you you had a successful week in Dortmund. Because of the bad weather at the last moment I could not get on my flight to Dusseldorf and I have stayed home. I was afraid to fly.
I was in Vancouver five years ago. I was living in Toronto in Canada with my wife. We worked together in the same office, and we were new there, and we did not know anybody. I was also in Montreal.
I am in my German lesson and I'm learning about the subjunctive. I had never heard about it before. Can you ever deal with all Verb conjugations? I just totally misunderstand the past tense!