CALGARY, CANADA

Tania and Samir's Excellent Calgary Adventure

Tania and Samir Almeida are a married couple, and both work for an Engineering company in Brazil. Because they need to use English more all the time in their work, they decided to use their annual four week's vacation to study at GV Calgary. They also took the step of making a commitment to only use English when they are talking to each other while in Calgary.

They are even staying in separate homestays so they can improve their English as much as possible. Samir notes, "Staying with a host family is the to best way to improve English and now I can see how the Canadian people really live. My family talks with me every night about about history, culture, everything." Tania and Samir are making the most of their time here to also experience fall in the Rockies. They will go on the GV Calgary overnight trip to Jasper.

Tania's time in Calgary is her first experience away from her country. She says after her first week, "I enjoy so much the school, the city because people in Calgary are so friendly. The teachers at GV are so helpful and I love the leaves and the Fall colours." It's truly a pleasure for GV Calgary to host students like Tania and Samir because they fits so well with the school's spirit of being serious about learning and serious about having fun.

Fall Colours in the Rockies

GV Calgary organizes hikes and overnight trips so that students can experience the spectacular colours of the changing seasons. Recently, a group from the school headed out on a very warm day to hike in Larch Valley. This a scenic hike near Banff where the Fall colours are on full display.

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For more information please contact GV Calgary at calgary@gvenglish.com