@marek_kosina spent his semester in Canada at University of Victoria & he shared with us the 3 best and worst experiences about his exchange!🇨🇦
The best:
✨ Nature - Living in British Columbia means that you can experience truly untamed nature. Going for a walk and meeting reindeer, sea lions, or even mountain lions is something that can happen every day. Not to mention seeing orcas and grizzly bears.🐻
✨ Friendliness - People in Canada are some of the most friendly people I’ve ever met. You can randomly start a conversation about your goals during your day commute to school.🗣️
✨ Cities that move the world - Living and experiencing life in the cities that move the world (such as Vancouver, San Francisco, LA, or Seattle) makes you feel like everything is possible and anything you want is by hand reach.💪🏼
The worst:
✖️ Food - Definitely the worst thing about life behind the big lake. Unless you want to have a steak or burger every day the local cuisine is not the best (sometimes tasteless). Unless you try Mexican cuisine, which is much better than here.
✖️ Homeless and drugs - Even tho you can see homeless people also here and it’s getting much more common it’s still not as bad as there, especially at night. There are a couple of places from which you would want to avoid.🙅🏼♂️
✖️ Tipping culture - Giving tips for absolutely everything even for takeaway coffee felt weird at the beginning, especially when 10% is not enough and the minimum option starts at 18%. However, you can get used to it pretty quickly and always count on extra price wherever you go.💸
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2 dny ago