TravelApril 30, 2010
For the first semester of my second year I was lucky enough to be accepted into the Universitas 21 scheme to study at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Looking back, I can't imagine a better place to study than Vancouver: it is compact yet has everything you'd expect from a major North American city, and the UBC campus is only a short bus ride from downtown. The campus is a sight to behold; set in parkland on a peninsula jutting into the Pacific, just walking between classes gives you mountain and sea views, and at around three times the size of University Park, it's also a town unto itself, with restaurants, bars, shops, museums and gardens....not to mention beaches! Vancouver’s location provided an endless list of things to do on weekends; I don’t think any exchange student left without spending an afternoon in the city’s beautiful Stanley Park, watching a Canucks ice hockey game or visiting Whistler, the world famous ski-resort just an hour’s drive north. The challenge was to remember I wasn’t there for a four-month holiday!
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