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Dr-Fauste
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| Best time in Calgary is during the Stampede Exhibtion. It is Canadian version of Mardi Gras. I have spare bedrooms, so accomodations is not a problem. Mountains are only 30 mnutes away. The funny thing about Banff is that most people living there are not Canadian. Serious!!! |
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Lindsay
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WayToRussia --
I will most definitely be around in the Spring. I will show you around if you promise to show me around your town in Russia next time I travel there. When I was there last winter I was very disappointed that I didn't get to meet very many Russian people. I travelled there by myself so I was a bit scared to just meet people by myself. Where in Russia do you live? |
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VictoR-Tdot
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| I'll be in Toronto in the spring as well.....and the other 3 seasons too lol. |
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wavetossed
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Canada and the USA are separate countries so you will need separate visas, one from each country. The good news is that both countries make it fairly easy for PERFORMING ARTISTS to get a visa to do a performance tour.
In Canada, I think that your style of theatre will find the best audiences in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. It takes 5 to 6 hours to drive from Montreal to Toronto. Then it takes another 5 days, driving all day long, to reach Vancouver.
There are not many trains in Canada, however, there is a good overnight rail service between Montreal and Toronto. And the cross-country service from Toronto to Vancouver via Edmonton is also reasonable. However, the best way to see the mountains is by car so you can stop where you want to along the way. If you take a train to Edmonton and the bus to Calgary, and if you have friends who will drive you to Vancouver, that is the best way. Drive west on highway 1 to Sicamous, then south on 97 to Osoyoos and then west again on highway 3. This will take you through Canada's only semi-desert region. Stop at the side of the highway anywhere south of Penticton and look through the bunches of grass growing on the sunny hillsides. There are clusters of prickly pear cactus plants that only grow about 10 centimeters high.
Have fun! |
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Dr-Fauste
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MOgsfan is from Toronto also. Dmitri, we have to warn you that there is two parts of Canada, Toronto and the rest. LOL
I will be glad to show western canada to you.
For us NA people, I will post local Russian Websites for cities like LA, Toronto and such so people can see local Russian cultural before they travel. |
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VictoR-Tdot
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| Quote: | | Dmitri, we have to warn you that there is two parts of Canada, Toronto and the rest. LOL |
nicely said  |
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Mogsfan
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Dr-Fauste
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Welcome to waytocanada LOL
| Quote: | | There are not many trains in Canada, however, there is a good overnight rail service between Montreal and Toronto. And the cross-country service from Toronto to Vancouver via Edmonton is also reasonable. However, the best way to see the mountains is by car so you can stop where you want to along the way. If you take a train to Edmonton and the bus to Calgary, and if you have friends who will drive you to Vancouver, that is the best way. Drive west on highway 1 to Sicamous, then south on 97 to Osoyoos and then west again on highway 3. This will take you through Canada's only semi-desert region. Stop at the side of the highway anywhere south of Penticton and look through the bunches of grass growing on the sunny hillsides. There are clusters of prickly pear cactus plants that only grow about 10 centimeters high. |
Best and Cheapest way is the Greyhound. YOu can travel from one coast to other coast for 140 CDN. But I am hoping if he decides to come, that you will bring you dance group. THere are large Russian communities in Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto. Cheapest way to and fro Moscow is Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver via Seattle. For a visitor, I travel through the Rockies instead of direct route through Calgary and Edmonton. Banff to Golden.
We have enough Yanks on this forum that will help you travel from coast to coast there. Dmitri, we promise that you will have a time to remember if we did n't get you so drunk that you actual could remember. |
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Mogsfan
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The ride from Ontario through the Prairies will probably be really boring, though. At least, that's what I heard. I've gone through American highways but at least, there's some scenery. Not so with the Canadian highways. An East Coast to West Coast journey might cause Dmitri to start hallucinating so be warned. haha
Oh, if you decide to visit Toronto, bring plenty of Russian women with you!...  J/K! |
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VictoR-Tdot
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| Quote: | | Oh, if you decide to visit Toronto, bring plenty of Russian women with you!... J/K! |
Just bring Alice 
Banff is really cool in terms of nature so it is definately worth seeing...unless you just want to see the urban areas. I went there in the summer...so I don't know if it looks as nice in the spring. I ran into a bear when i went there lol....well it was 100 meters away but it just glanced at us and went on its way looking bored |
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Dr-Fauste
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If bear does not want you, why would Alice want you?
LOL
Two biggest party places in Canada to have fun Banff and George Street in St JOhn's Newfoundland. The Newf will out drink Russians and I have been told this by Russians. I LOVE Newfie women!!! |
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VictoR-Tdot
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Actually maybe the bear liked me that's why he didn't kill me like he would if he saw you 
How much time do you spend on this forum?...you post like every hour. |
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Dr-Fauste
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Doing a research report so I get bored.
Too fat for the bear, he will die heart attack if ate me. |
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Lindsay
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| I'm sorry... but this discussion has become so boring. What happened to that great discussion about how gorgeous Russian men are?!?!?! I'd much rather talk about that |
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Anathema
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| Lindsay wrote: | | I'm sorry... but this discussion has become so boring. What happened to that great discussion about how gorgeous Russian men are?!?!?! I'd much rather talk about that |
If that gets old and boring, feel free to discuss how gorgeous I am! |
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