Category: Canada
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From leaving the Sydney summer on a nice 30 degree day to arriving in the snowy, -15 degree Canadian winter the next, this semester has been so different to my usual life back home but that’s what’s made it so amazing. For the last four months I’ve been living in the uni town of Waterloo…
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From leaving the Sydney summer on a nice 30 degree day to arriving in the snowy, -15 degree Canadian winter the next, this semester has been so different to my usual life back home but that’s what’s made it so amazing. For the last four months I’ve been living in the uni town of Waterloo…
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My university exchange started prematurely with a week in New York City over New Year’s Eve. It was a truly remarkable experience wandering the streets of the Big Apple and the atmosphere of New Year’s Eve, front and centre in Times Square, is something I will never forget. If you’re going on exchange on the…
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I learned three things on stepping off the plane at Pearson International – Toronto’s main airport. Firstly, whatever it is they serve you to eat on long distance flights should not be classed as food. Secondly, Canada in January is cold. Proper Cold. Thirdly, the stereotype we have that Canadians are all super nice, helpful…
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“Thats such a cool accent. Where are you from?” “Australia.” “Ah thats so cool. I’ve always wanted to go there. But, why are you here, in the freezing cold?” That is a conversation I have had countless times. Whether I am asking directions at uni, in a shop, or waiting in a bar line, this conversation…
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After a couple of weeks travelling in the states in LA and NYC it was nice to finally arrive in the city that I was going to settle down in for a few months! Right from the minute I arrived, it seems the myth is true – Canadians really are the nicest people you…
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I’ve now been in Toronto for 3 days and its exceeded my expectations, I love the place. First up, it’s surprisingly warm – my thermals won’t need to come out for another month or more at least. Yesterday a group of us went to Sugar Beach, which is really a lake with dark sand but it was…
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So what can I say about Toronto As far as things go I have been an unsuccessful tourist, a low achieving traveler and a bit of a failure as a Torontonian (I’m told that is the correct terminology). To list my expansive ineptitudes as a new Torontonian thus far, I have not been to a…
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Currently exploring the big apple and having a wonderful time. I haven’t been to North America since I was 6 and even then it was only LA. There is just so much to see here and it’s wild! I look forward to the even bigger adventure starting in late August in Toronto and to enjoy…
