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    This Is That: Travel Guide To Canada
    This Is That: Travel Guide To Canada
    This Is That: Travel Guide To Canada
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    This Is That: Travel Guide To Canada

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    Discover the majesty of Canada—or what the internet calls “One of North America’s Top Three Must-Visit Nations”—in this laugh-out-loud, farcical travel guide from the country’s most celebrated comedy team, This is That.

    Have you always wanted to travel Canada, but but are fearful of wide open spaces? Are you planning your next Canadian holiday to visit the best strip malls in town? This is That: Travel Guide to Canada will take you on an outrageous and unbelievable journey from coast to coast to coast to coast to coast. Presented in the familiar casing of a traditional travel guidebook—à la Lonely Planet or Rough Guide—This is That: Travel Guide to Canada will teach you how to navigate the twelve petting zoos of Etobicoke and how to avoid pickpockets in Kamloops. You’ll learn that the city of Brandon, Manitoba is closed for annual maintenance between July 12 and August 19 and that tipping your server in Swift Current is offensive. This unreal guide also includes essential travel tips, such as useful Canadian phrases to locate the bathroom, the best places to portage, and the most spectacular malls above sea level.

    Advance praise for This is That:
    "If you only buy one travel book about Canada this must be it. You WILL get lost without it"
    —Rick Mercer

    "I had no idea you could travel to Canada! This book was very enlightening, Thanks This is That."
    —Kevin Nealon

    CBC Radio One's award-winning satirical program This is That is created by veteran comedians Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring, and produced by Chris Kelly, who use the familiar sound of public radio as a platform for character bits and improvisational comedy. The CBC radio show has engaged audiences across the country and beyond with an acclaimed radio show, podcast, and viral digital content. This is That stories have been covered by Wall Street Journal, Boing Boing, Paste Magazine, New York Magazine, The Guardian, Devour, and more. This is That's live show tour has played to sold out audiences; it will tour back across the country in January and February 2017.

    "If you buy only 1 great funny book this season, you should buy mine. But if you're looking for another, This is THAT book."
    —Steve Patterson, host of "The Debaters" author of The Book of Letters I Didn't Know Where To Send

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThis is That
    Release dateNov 1, 2016
    ISBN9780995258914
    This Is That: Travel Guide To Canada
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    This is That

    CBC Radio One's award-winning satirical program This is That is created by veteran comedians Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring, and produced by Chris Kelly, who use the familiar sound of public radio as a platform for character bits and improvisational comedy. The CBC radio show has engaged audiences across the country and beyond with an acclaimed radio show, podcast, and viral digital content. This is That stories have been covered by Wall Street Journal, Boing Boing, Paste Magazine, New York Magazine, The Guardian, Devour, and more. This is That's live show tour has played to sold out audiences; it will tour back across the country in January and February 2017.

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      This Is That - This is That

      Introduction

      CONGRATULATIONS! BY opening this book you have made the decision to travel Canada! What great news!

      Since 2010, This Is That has been telling stories on CBC Radio about the people and places that make up this unbelievable country. Which is why we felt it was our national responsibility to share with the world our deep knowledge and unabashed passion for this great land that we not only call home, but have reported on so accurately over the years.

      From Tofino to Twillingate, Canada is chock full of places. In fact, according to the latest census, Canada has over one trillion places, including cities, towns, brooks, sounds, nooks, crannies, gullies, gulfs, wharfs, islands, inlets, peninsulas, piazzas, promenades, coves, caves, cliffs, graves, bluffs, burghs, burrows, burbs, forests, foreclosures, fortresses, lakes, and malls.

      So whether it’s pleasure or leisure that brings you to Canada, let us be your dependable travel companions as you discover the majesty of what the Internet calls One of North America’s Top Three Must-Visit Nations.

      This guide aims to help those unaccustomed to life in Canada. From how we move our bodies in an athletic sense to how we move our bodies in a transportation sense; from how we like to match our tattoos with our personalized licence plates to how we pronounce the word smoothie—this book will have you feeling like an oyster trapper (regional slang for local resident) or a potash pugger (more regional slang for local resident) in no time.

      TESTIMONIAL

      They don’t got anything that Minnesota don’t.

      LADY FROM MINNESOTA

      In writing this guide we never took for granted the great responsibility that comes with holding someone’s vacation in the palm of our hands. We set out to write the most thorough, comprehensive, and accurate travel guide ever published about Canada. After reading this book, we believe you’ll agree—we tried.

      From all of us at This Is That

      , thank you for buying this book, please enjoy it, and finally, sorry (we’re contractually obligated to apologize in this introduction). It is our true hope that you will read this book, share it, then deliver it to its final resting place at a summer cabin or cottage outhouse, where it can be enjoyed by generations to come.

      So with that, don’t just stand there... Canada awaits!*

      *

      When in doubt, the Wi-Fi password is always: ohcanada1967

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      WEATHER TRANSPORTATION · CUSTOMS BAGGAGE · EMERGENCIES CURRENCY · POLITICS HISTORY

      ESSENTIALS

      AND

      BASICS

      What Is Canada?

      CLASSIFIED BY THE rest of the world as a country, Canada stretches from the U.S. in the south to the Ice Pole in the north. Surrounded by almost all of the world’s oceans, it has long been considered ye olde top hat of the isle of North America.

      Canada is divided into four distinct regions: Over There, Down There, Up There, and Nowhere. Visitors to Canada will often think they are Nowhere when in fact they may be Over There or, more likely, Up There. Each region looks and feels different, with its own style of architecture, its own characteristic foods, and its own type of swearing.

      Although Canada is filled with vibrant cities, including the metropoli of Hamilton, Regina, St. Albert, Drummondville, and Duncan, it is predominantly a rural country. The influence of the land echoes throughout Canadian culture, revealing itself in national legislation which requires every citizen own boots. Perhaps the most astonishing feature of the country is its obscene amount of vast space. From huge tracts of undeveloped land littered with interminable trees to unfathomable expanses with nothing in sight, Canada is an agoraphobic’s worst nightmare.

      Research indicates that Ottawa is the official capital of Canada, but most residents use Baker Lake, Nunavut—the exact centre of the country—as their primary place of congregation.

      In all this vastness, there are endless types of trips to take in Canada: you could visit a city, a region, a river, a drive-through, or a 50-year-old church.

      Why Are You Coming?

      Before coming to Canada, it is important to ask yourself what you want to get from the visit. It’s also important that you have an exit strategy. Many visitors wooed by Canada’s charms have found it next to impossible to leave.

      If you ask the average Canadian why you should visit Canada, they’d likely say, I dunno. The only thing I’d wanna do is maybe go skiing? Niagara Falls? Or maybe take the train from Banff to Vancouver?

      If you’re looking to take a romantic trip, consider France. It’s full of spots for kissing. Got kids? There are a dozen Disney parks around the world, and none of them are in Canada. If you want fun in the sun, Canada has beaches, but they’re not beach beaches.

      Sometimes you see a person win a trip to Canada on Wheel of Fortune, and they kinda shrug and say, I guess. That’s what your reaction to the country will be if you don’t make sure you know what you want from your trip.

      The Best Time to Visit

      There is positively no reason to visit Canada during the winter months. Canadians don’t even visit one another then. This means that as a visitor, your travel period is limited to the month of summer.

      TESTIMONIAL

      I was surprised to find out it was a real country, with real things to do.

      AN AMERICAN TRAVELLER

      Beyond that, the single most important factor in deciding when to visit Canada is the bug schedule. It’s crucial to recognize that, for three weeks, the entire country is ravaged by either mosquitoes or blackflies. Some have even told of an insect with the face of a hornet and the body of a domesticated turkey. This makes the ideal window for a trip somewhere between July 28th and August 9th.

      Be warned: This is also when Canadians take their holidays. Although the country does not close down entirely during this period, a general apathy sets in and a laissez-faire cloud hangs over all regions. If you stick to this time frame, however, weather conditions should be ideal, except in the city of Toronto, where merciless heat and humidity can drive you into madness.

      So if you want to join me for a while

      Just grab your hat, come travel light—that’s hobo style.

      Maybe tomorrow, I’ll want to settle down,

      Until tomorrow, I’ll just keep moving on.

      EARLY CANADIAN HYMN

      Getting There

      Whether you are travelling by air, sea, rail, or road, prices increasingly depend on which of the travel websites owned by the same company you use. Most discount sites offer great fares, but after taxes and surcharges are added, you can expect to pay full price.

      TESTIMONIAL

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