I had trouble sleeping last night, so I pulled up photos from my October 2010 train ride across Canada. If you’re a train travel enthusiast, this rail journey from Toronto to Vancouver aboard VIA Rail’s train # 1, the Canadian, is not to be missed. The food served in the dining car is really excellent…
I still find it hard to grasp that tonight I’ll go to bed on Maui, tomorrow night I will be in Los Angeles, and on Wednesday, after a fine dinner with my niece and her husband, I’ll crawl into bed in London. (Tuesday night will be spent at 35,000 feet somewhere over the Arctic Circle,…
In early May, I’m going to be taking one of the world’s great rail journeys: VIA Rail’s premier train, the Canadian. Appropriately designated train #1, the westbound train runs between Toronto and Vancouver; train #2 runs west to east. Both operate twice weekly in the winter, three times a week from the first of May…
This past August, my wife and I spent 10 days visiting fabulous British Columbia. It’s Canada’s westernmost province and offers some of the most beautiful scenery in North America. Our itinerary included VIA Rail’s train, the Skeena, which runs between Jasper, just over the border in Alberta, and Prince Rupert, a port city on the…