INTERNeX Canada: News/Fun facts Vancouver´s neighborhoods Part II

Last week we spoke about different neighborhoods, so in this second part we will continue explaining a little bit the different areas of our great city!

Yaletown

Nowadays is one of the most populated neighborhoods of Vancouver. But this area has experienced an important revitalization since the Expo 86, because in the origin this area was an industrial zone.  It´s filled with nice cafe, bohemian boutique and trendy restaurants.

You can have more information here: http://yaletown.ca/

Comercial Drive

Also known as Little Italy,” This neighborhood is the queen of diversity and the home to students, writers, artists and other bohemians.

If you want an authentic ethnic meal, go to “The Drive”

Read more here: http://www.thedrive.ca/

Kitsiliano

In the 1960s, Kitsilano was Vancouver’s hippy hangout, nowadays the atmosphere is more relaxed and it´s basically occupied by young urban professionals. It´s the perfect are to find bookstores, ethnic restaurants, cafes and all kind of retailers.

The beaches are really popular in the zone, and it has a huge pool as well,

Read more in his page: http://www.kitsilano.ca/

Punjabi Market

Vancouver is such a multicultural city where you can meet people from everywhere. The Indian community is located around Main and East 49^th. This area has amazing jewellery stores and fabric shops, and it´s perfect if you are looking for inexpensive silks, groceries or gold!

North Vancouver

Just crossing the river, you can find all the peace that downtown can´t offer to you! But also the best wild nature with places such as Grouse Grind, Lynn Valley, Capilano…

Check its page out : http://www.cnv.org/

These are just a few of the most popular areas, but you can also live in areas such as Joyce Station, or a little further like Burnaby and Richmond and have a bigger house for less money. If the Skytrain is close to the house, there is nothing to worry about, because it works pretty well.

If you are looking for a place to stay: REMEMBER to check the place out before paying anything and be aware if they ask you for the deposit more than the half of the monthly rent.

Another good option, especially if you want to improve your English quickly and live among real Canadians, is he Homestay option that INTERNeX offers! You will have your own room with a Canadian family and all the meals are included!

Cheers,

Irene

INTERNeX International Exchange
Suite 200 – 211 Columbia Street
Vancouver BC -V6A 2R5-
Web: http://www.internexcanada.com
Phone: +1 (604) 662 8149
Email: pr@internexcanada.com

INTERNeX Canada: How was your weekend? Indian Sunday review!

After an amazing Saturday having some rest, Sunday INTERNeX had the Indian Day. We met at Waterfront Station and our first stop was Sikh Temple.

We followed the Indian tradition so we covered our hair, and we left our shoes at the door. Feeling a little more Indian we went inside the temple. It was really wide and nice. The area was divided in two subareas, one for women and another one for men where the Indian families pray separated by gender.

After that, a nice man asked us to join their lunch. In the same temple they have a dining room downstairs where every day they prepared Indian food.  So we really had a real Indian experience eating Indian food made by Indian people in an Indian temple! The best of all was the hospitality and kindness of the people there and of course to have the possibility of living such an authentic experience without leaving Vancouver!

After that we went to Punjabi Market area. It´s just a couple of streets with Indian restaurants and shops, perfect if you want to buy some jewelry, silk, species.. But be careful there is not Market in Punjabi Market, just to let you know.

Later we took a bus to come back to downtown to take some beer at Cambie Bar.

It was a strange Sunday but with a lot of fun moments… like the guys with their handmade turban, the bus where everybody spent so much time going and coming back, Torben and I we just got off the bus in the wrong stop and we walked all East Hasting long, with their particular nice views..

Thanks you all guys and thank you to all the kind people we met in Sikh Temple!

Have a good day! अच्छा दिन

Cheers,

Irene

INTERNeX International Exchange
Suite 200 – 211 Columbia Street
Vancouver BC -V6A 2R5-
Web: http://www.internexcanada.com
Phone: +1 (604) 662 8149
Email: pr@internexcanada.com

INTERNeX Canada: Upcoming Events

We are already in the middle of September! It´s is absolutely crazy how the time goes so quickly!

That´s why we don´t have a minute to waste!

Any plans for this weekend? Ok we will guide you to the light! 🙂

Let´s go to Bowen Island, water, “sun”, city, hiking… We can do a lot of different things in Bowen Island! But relax sounds pretty good!

Where? Dunsmuir Street and Cambie Street
When? Saturday 22th of September at 9:40

The price is just the ferry and it´s less than 12 dollars so…don´t think about doing other plan on Saturday!

And what will we do next week?  What can we do? INTERNeX propose you an Indian Sunday! Vancouver is crazy international so we are in the perfect time to learn about other cultures and enjoy their food, dance, architecture! We are all world citizen! Let´s start learning with India! Punjabi Market, maybe shopping a little bit, having Indian lunch in some place and then we will go to see the amazing Sikh Temple!

When? Sunday 30th of September
Where? Waterfront Station to go together to Punjabi Market

But if there is not enough just remember that we will see our faces every Wednesday  on the Pub Nights, so just keep an eye to our Facebook and blog to know where we will meet!

That´s it! If you don´t want to waste your time just join us!

Looking forward to see you everywhere!

Cheers!

Irene

INTERNeX International Exchange
Suite 200 – 211 Columbia Street
Vancouver BC -V6A 2R5-
Web: http://www.internexcanada.com
Phone: +1 (604) 662 8149
Email: pr@internexcanada.com