Learn english. That's not the very first thing you really want to do of your summer. But when you have the chance to travel at the same time, to meet new people and new landscapes, you don't ask yourself any questions; you just go. Moreover when the government paid a big part of it...

Vancouver is a diverse city, where a lots of the best things in Canada are meeting at the same place: mountains, water, diversity of cultures, beautiful victorian old style houses,... everything seems to be gathered in the same place.