| As learning English in Canada becomes increasingly | | | | cheap. |
| popular, so too are there increasing numbers of | | | | 3. Check Out the View from the CN Tower |
| student travelers looking for a city in which to take | | | | This one's probably something that most language |
| an English course in Canada. Fortunately, Canada is a | | | | students would have to save up for, but it's |
| country that's unusually blessed with tempting | | | | nevertheless absolutely worth it. The CN Tower is |
| destinations for both traveler and student. | | | | the tallest free-standing building in North America, |
| Even when you hold it up against other vibrant urban | | | | and, having taken the lift up to the top, the views of |
| centers like Montreal and Vancouver, Toronto is a | | | | the city laid out before you are simply awe-inspiring. |
| pretty tasty proposition. Here then, without any | | | | 4. Art Attack! The Art Gallery of Ontario |
| further ado, are five things that any student traveler | | | | Canada's biggest art gallery is a veritable cornucopia |
| shouldn't miss when they're in Toronto. | | | | of fantastic art. When it reopens its doors after |
| 1. Go Biking on Toronto Islands | | | | refurbishment in early 2009, it'll be allowing people |
| Anyone living and studying in Toronto for any | | | | access once again to one of the very best art |
| amount of time will eventually end up on the fabulous | | | | collections in the whole of North America. |
| Toronto Islands. A short (and beautiful) ferry ride out | | | | In addition to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto - |
| onto Lake Ontario, they're the perfect place to | | | | an innately cultured sort of place - is stuffed with |
| escape the hustle and bustle of the city and go for a | | | | other museums and galleries. Standout amongst |
| stroll, or, even better, a bike ride. | | | | these is probably the fascinating Royal Ontario |
| The islands themselves are wooded, and at 230 | | | | Museum (although the decidedly cool Ontario Science |
| hectares make up the largest car-free urban area in | | | | Center runs it a close second!) |
| North America. Worried you don't have a bicycle? | | | | 5. Explore Bustling Kensington Market |
| Well fear not: affordable bike rental facilities can be | | | | Toronto is a city of countless different |
| found on the islands themselves. | | | | neighborhoods, each offering something subtly |
| 2. Eat Japanese on Bloor Street | | | | different from the last. Smack bang in the middle of |
| It might sound a little strange to advise coming to | | | | downtown Toronto, though, few are as inviting as |
| Canada and eating Japanese food, but Toronto's | | | | the network of shops, stalls and busy streets that |
| such a multicultural place that it would be hard to | | | | surround Kensington Market. |
| avoid eating some sort of ethnic cuisine. Besides, | | | | Based on Spadina and College it's a lively hub for |
| from the point of view of a student traveler on an | | | | excellent alternative shopping - be it for groceries, |
| English course in Canada the Japanese food to be | | | | crafts or clothes - and an authentic nightlife scene. All |
| found on Bloor Street (which runs through the heart | | | | in all, it's one of the most exciting aspects of an |
| of the city) has the added advantage of being really | | | | unbelievably exciting city. |