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First week of university
... it with passion.
There are those moments when students hate the end of the weekends and the beginning of the week just because the university starts or….they have to study too much. I DON’T! Today I’m glad that I chose a program that I like and I hope all this semester is going to be as interesting and nice as this first week.
During the week I also took part at ...
Stanley Park
Imagine living in a city of highrise buildings where you can still enjoy the beauty of the wilderness close by. That's the charm of Vancouver. Today we boarded the Big Bus to visit Stanley Park. It's 20 times the size of Central Park, about 1000 acres, and almost entirely surrounded by salt water. It's 1/3 developed, and 2/3 wilderness. A six mile seawall surrounds the island with paths for runners ...
Arriving in Vancouver
... house as of the 15th) for a barbeque, and ended up meeting the whole gang for burgers and beers. There's a real family feel there, and we're really grateful to be living with some fantastic people. By 11 we were heading down to The Bimini for more beers and dancing, and it was really good to get to know everyone and have some fun.
On Sunday came the hangover! So we shlobbed on the beach for a few hours, nursing our headaches and getting a tan. Who said Canada was cold?
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From Petersburg (Alaska) to Vancouver (Canada)
The ferry left Petersburg at 4am for an eleven & half hour trip to Ketchikan. We stood out on deck, it was sooooo beautiful, there was a mist & low cloud hovering over the water & the early morning sun-rays, appearing above the mountains. The captain carefully navigated the ferry through a very narrow part of the Inside Passage, suitably called 'The Narrows' & went via Wrangell. We docked for an hour ...
The Last Word (Canada)
This is a top pick!
... Licensing Fee: $29 Total: $1395 1 month in BC is the perfect amount of time to travel around the province. Renting a car and picking up some camping gear worked out really well for us. It was quite rainy and cold during the first part of our trip so we sometimes stayed in hostels or home stays. Once the summer kicked in we were camping every night. BC is perfusely populated with campsites. There ...
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