Canada

My wife and I wanted to go to Italy, but we needed a visa and it was too expensive so we decided to travel to British Columbia. It was the best decision we ever made. Because we have some family in Vancouver, we did not need a visa or to rent a place. We just needed to buy two plane tickets and have some money to spend there. Everybody was happy to see us. We wanted to see many places, so we made a plan. We decided to stay 4 days in Banff, 1 day in Whistler, and 1 day in Victoria. We had 12 people in our group and we spent 8 days in British Columbia.

Banff is the most beautiful place that I have ever seen in my life. It has unique nature with beautiful forests, rivers and lakes. The colours of lakes are sometimes blue and sometimes green or aqua. It was amazing to see such beautiful scenery. In Vancouver, we went to some restaurants such as Sushi, Mongolian, Iranian, Greek and others. We also went to Victoria, and we took a Hippo which is a bus that can go on water and on the road. This means it was a sea bus. We visited most of Victoria with this bus and it was an exciting experience because I have never been on a “Hippo” before. We also visited the Butchart Gardens. It was very beautiful with many flowers, plants and trees. We also spent one day in Whistler. It was a nice place where we took some pictures in front of the Olympic sign. We could have spent 3 days at least in Whistler, but we didn't have time, so I hope to do it next time. We also went hiking on Grows Mountain. It was difficult to hike, but we got to the top of the mountain in an hour and 17 min. At the top, we saw 2 Grizzly bears but we were not afraid because they were inside the fence. We also watched a lumber jack show. This show was very funny and exciting.

We had a great trip and I hope to repeat it again next year. I recommend to everybody to go and see the beauty of British Columbia.