Canada’s great cities all offer much of interest to the traveler. Not to be missed are Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City. Following are a few of Canada’s great natural attractions.

Heading north of the border this year? The city of Vancouver is exciting to explore but you’ll need to plan in advance so as not to miss out. What a disappointment it would be to have to leave before you enjoyed what you wanted to. Vancouver is a city known for it’s culture, world class skiing, art, food, and hospitality is not one to be missed.

It was 7:50 a.m. on a misty winter morning as I danced the can-can in an effort to wrangle my wetsuit over my limbs. Once I was suited up, I added a shot of Baileys Irish Cream to my coffee—for liquid courage—and stepped onto the sand for my 8:00 a.m. surf lesson on Canada’s West Coast in Tofino, British Columbia, five hours from Vancouver.