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We're not *that* backwards up here. :) Lots of stuff costs more (although the exchange rate is greatly in your favor these days) but we've got pretty much the same stuff - hotels with wireless, libraries, cafes, etc. :) Finding email when traveling can be a hassle, but it's not worse in Canada. (Except, of course, that you have an iPhone and are now used to having internet access anywhere - which I am horribly jealous of. :) )

Glad to hear you're excited about the trip! Are you nervous because it's out of the country, or just 'cause it's somewhere new to you? (You don't have to answer that... I'm just curious if travel to Vancouver is somehow more nervousness-inducing than travel somewhere else.)