What to do on the weekend?

As you all (hopefully!) know, we are going to the Rockies this weekend! Very, very exciting! Unfortunately, not everyone is able to join us. If you are one of those people, this blog post is for you! Let me tell you about all the fun things you can do this weekend that will make up for missing out on the trip!

Did you enjoy going to a fun fair when you were younger? Going on rides? Eating cotton candy? Well, this weekend is your chance to be nostalgic and feel like a kid again! All weekend long there will be a pop-up carnival in Surrey, where you can enjoy the view when going on a Ferris wheel, bump into people when using the bumper cars and go on more adult like rides that induce adrenaline, such as the Zero Gravity ride. And even if you’re not the I-love-carnival-rides-type of person, you can still have a great time at the food court eating corn dogs, snow cones or cotton candy.

Assuming not everyo15451755782_d1b6792647_n2ne enjoys carnivals, maybe the next activity is more soothing for you. Have you ever wanted to feel Canadian? Why not go to a game of one of Canada’s national sports?! You can even choose which one! Cheer on the Canucks at their hockey game in the Rogers Arena or the Stealth at their lacrosse game in Langley, all while being surrounded by sport fanatics!

5641828620_2dd923ef30_nSunday! Which means… it’s EASTER! Although looking for hidden chocolate eggs and painting boiled eggs might seem a little childish when you’re an adult, that doesn’t mean you cannot celebrate Easter! Meet up with a friend and enjoy an Easter brunch at one of the many places offering them (Seasons in the Park, The Wild Fig, Teahouse). And if you still enjoy celebrating Easter the way you did as a kid, be my guest! Let someone hide eggs around the house (or around town if you’re feeling adventurous) and go look for them! Tip: Use plastic eggs and fill them with alcohol, drink whenever you find one!

See you all on the Rockies trip! And to those who aren’t joining: have a good weekend and enjoy Easter!

– Angy

INTERNeX International Exchange
International Village,
Suite 2077, 2079 – 88 West Pender Street
Vancouver, Canada -V6B 6N9-
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INTERNeX Canada: What to do on the weekend

During the 27th and 31st  of July and the 3rd of August will take place the appreciated Celebration of Lights in Vancouver.

This annual musical fireworks’ festival is one of the largest and most popular ones in Van. On July 27th we are going to English Bay to watch the beautiful festival and enjoy the good weather we are having these wonderful week.

This year just 3 countries are participating:

  • July 27th:  United Kingdom -Pyro 2000
  • July 31st: Canada – Calgary based fireworks spectaculars
  • August 3rd: Thailand – Thailand fireworks.

Join us in our Facebook event and come with us to this great and unforgettable festival.

If you also want to experience a real Caribbean  Day, you are lucky, because the  Trinidad & Tobago Cultural Society of British Columbia organizes the Caribbean Days Festival. This year the festival takes place during the 27th and 28th of July in North Vancouver.

You can enjoy 2 different parades:

  1. The Street Parade: Starting at 10.00 a.m. on July 27th in Lonsdale and 12th. It’ll head down direction Esplanade.Then turns West to arrive at Waterfront Park and terminates at Forbes & Esplanade.
  2. Children’s Carnival Parade: Free admission to this parade. Starts at 1.00 p.m. on July 28th in the Waterfront Park.

There is also not just parades on the Caribbean Day. During both days you can also join in a lot of food stands and also a clothing market. The prices varies from vendor to vendor.

And also there is a  special event on Saturday 27th, a Caribbean Dance under the starts It’s at 7:30 pm at the Lonsdale Quay, North Vancouver and the price is $30. Move with Soca, Reggae & Calypso rhythms featuring Caribbean #1  entertainer: CRAZY (Edwin Ayoung) accompanied by Maffie & Crew with special guests Phase III Steel Band and 2 DJ’s!!

I hope you can join us on Saturday for watching the Celebration of Lights with us, and I wish you a great weekend !!

Best,

Mercedes

INTERNeX International Exchange


International Village

Suite 2077, 2079 – 88 West Pender Street
Vancouver, Canada -V6B 9N9-

Web: http://www.internexcanada.com


Phone: +1 (604) 662 8149

Email: pr@internexcanada.com

What to do on the weekend

Hi people!

With another weekend ahead, it is time for the famous „what to do on the weekend“ blog post!

It is suitable for all of our candidates: those, who are about to leave soon, those who are in the peak time of their stay and of course our newly arrived candidates who need some tips!

Here we go!

 

~~~ WHISTLER – Kokanee Crankworx Freeride Mountain Bike Festival~~~

Once you are in Vancouver, you HAVE to take a weekend off and explore famous Whistler, which is just 90min located North of Vancouver. No matter when you go – may it be Summer or Winter – there is always something to do! In Summer you can go hiking, rafting, even skiing and (what a perfect transition!) mountain biking!

During Whistler BC’s nine-day Kokanee Crankworx festival, the dirt-adorned put the revel in the free ride mountain biking revolution, bending physics and blowing minds with their tail-whipping back-flipping hard-charging ways. For the eighth year running, the venues of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park serve as modern day Colosseum, masterpieces of stunt and trail engineering, forum for the ultimate in gladiator contests and public spectacle.

In less than a decade, Kokanee Crankworx has become the authoritative free ride festival, a supercharged magnet for the world’s best riders, the definitive domestication of dirt in the service of epic endurance, supreme flow, monster air and gravity-fuelled mountain biking. The best mountain bike athletes in the world know that when gravity beckons, you simply say, yes mistress. I’m coming. So make sure you do.

 

~~~VANCOUVER – Chinatown Night Market ~~~

A beautiful night market, filled with traditional art crafts, ethnic food and fashionable gifts. You can find booths with all kinds of different merchandises on sale including creative gifts and decor, modern electronics, popular music CD’s, VCD’s, DVD’s, fashionable clothes and delicious snacks.

So, just in case you are bored on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night…head down to Chinatown and visit the night market between 6.30pm-11.00pm @Keefer/Main Street.

 

~~~ TORONTO – Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival ~~~

The three-week (July 12 -August 1)Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto is an explosion of Caribbean music, cuisine, revelry as well as visual and performing arts. Within 44 years it has become a major international event and the largest cultural festival of its kind in North America. The great metropolis of Toronto will come alive as the city dives into pulsating rhythms and melodies of Soca, Reggae, Chutney, Hip Hop, Calypso, Steel Pan and Brass Bands. This extraordinary colourful exhibition will surely bring a smile to everybody’s face!

I hope our tips for this weekend will keep you busy!

Have a good one! 🙂

Cheers,

Ziska

INTERNeX International Exchange

Suite 200-211 Columbia Street
Vancouver BC -V6A 2R5-
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Phone: +1 (604) 662 8149
Email: pr@internexcanada.com

Chinese New Year in Calgary

We celebrated New Year almost a month ago but if you just can’t get enough, you can celebrate Chinese New Year. In celebration of the Chinese New Year, the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre is putting on a carnival complete with dance shows, food, calligraphy and painting exhibitions and demonstrations, games, carnival booths and special programs.

So for all our INTERNeX Candidates around Calgary, check it out!

Here a movie of a trade booth from last year:

For more information, see the website.

Cheers,

Elvera