Searching for a University

As some of you may know, I was offered a Ph.D. with full tuition and allowance at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, USA. While this offer is certainly a very good one, D and I are still not sure if Cincinnati is our kind of town. We used the trip to Canada in order to see some more options. First, I would like to say that the immigration policy in Canada is much more inviting than the US one. So, here are our impressions from five Canadian cities:

• In the fifth place, without doubt is the University of Victoria. It is too far from town, and Victoria itself is impossible with all the BC ferries. We will just pass on that one.
• In the fourth place, the University of Toronto. The university itself seems very nice, but the city is too boring. Sorry, Toronto, "nothing here to see, move along".
• In the third place, the University of British Columbia (UBC). We liked UBC, but then again, who doesn't. A university that lies within a park in a nice part of Vancouver. What can go wrong? Well, only that I have nothing to study there.
  
• In the second place, with Shahar's recommendation, is Mc'Gill's University in Montreal. The university campus seems very nice and is located in the centre of downtown. But although the university itself is an English major university, this is still a Quebec city. This means that out of town we will still use French. And I guess you know how I feel about that.
• This leaves us with the winner - the University of Calgary. Residing near downtown Calgary, which is a city that boosts economically, and with driving distance to the Rocky Mountains, it seems like a good place to mix pleasure with studies. The only problem is finding something we both can study.