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Hi! My name is Pari.
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I'm from Iran and I've beenÊin Guelph for two and a half years.
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ÊSo one thing about Guelph is that like it is a small city. YouÊcan just go to different places,
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come to campus, go back home, in a really short time because you don't have to travel like through the city and it doesn't have like muchÊtraffic and stuff.
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Life here at Guelph is really calm, it's really cozy, and I just love it. Welcome to downtown Guelph!
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Downtown Guelph is a super special place where we have 500 businesses that are very diverse
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and they work really hard on providing a really special experience to theÊpeople who come downtown.
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So the first time I went Downtown Guelph it was really amazing.
Chapter 2: Downtown Guelph
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IÊguess like I was in Guelph for a week or so and then I decided I want to go there and like see umÊlike what what's happening in the Downtown Guelph.
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I love the architecture,
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like even really smallÊshops have this like majestic like building. They look really old but like
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beautiful at the sameÊtime and I love old buildings. You can enjoy really great food,
Chapter 3: Old buildings
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really great experiences with friendsÊand family.
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If I want to go there alone with my laptop and do some work I can go there. I just findÊa cafŽ and sit there.
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Or if I want to go out with my friends for their birthdays or something it hasÊalways like different options that we can choose from.
Chapter 4: Bookshelf
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One of the places that I really love isÊThe Bookshelf, it's a really cool, cozy, friendly bookstore.
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You can always like find the latest book deals that like are in the store, honestly I didn't think.
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We have a lot of international students who comeÊin actually. It's actually quite simple to get um people coming in.
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We show international filmsÊupstairs and one of our big things is to try to like be as inclusive as possible Because Guelph isÊlike a small city
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and I didn't think that like the latest books that just launched likeÊtwo, three days ago will be here so fast.
Chapter 5: Cafes
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And one other thing, um to justÊlike hang out with your friendsÊÊ is like to go to some cafŽs like Snakes andÊLattes.
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They have like so so many board games you can just like go there with your friends if you're hanging out with a like bigger group of friends
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and you don't like have any idea or activities to do,
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you can just go there choose one of their amazing board games and justÊlike have a really great time.
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And there are also some like clubs if you want to go celebrate ifÊyou want to go just like have a drink and dance
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I've always loved Downtown Guelph and IÊhave always had like different options to just like go there, chill or celebrate something.