We wish all of you a Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

British Columbia is a very special place on earth, on the one hand great montains, natural lakes and rivers, green woods and everything for wonderful trails. On the other hand great cities like Vancouver, where history and future live together and for nearly every need exist an opportunity.

But are the real interesting, fascinating and important places really named and shown in the general travel guides and guidebooks?

I think, many different people with many different interests do have many different opinions about what a fascinating and interesting place has to be defined like.

Being a stranger far away, especially if it is meant to be "forever", three things quickly become important at once: information, contacts and a piece of the "old homeland".

Information to better and faster find your way around in your new life and to avoid making mistakes with government agencies or when job hunting, which can cost time and money.

Contacts to better and faster integrate into the new life and quickly find connections in the new society.

A piece of the "Old Homeland"...?

However serious the reasons for deciding to begin a new life were, there are still things from your old life that you will not want to live without or that you will eventually begin to miss.

All of these points can be addressed by an Internet-Portal as a central communication and meeting point.