To recap, these are some of the photos I took when writing a magazine article documenting my 4000-mile train trip across Canada, from Halifax on the Atlantic to Vancouver on the Pacific. This is the third posting with perhaps one more to go. The Canadian is arriving in Winnipeg. That large building is the city’s…
I have thoroughly enjoyed every visit I’ve ever made to Canada. Much of the credit for that goes to VIA Rail because, of course, that’s the way I travel when I’m in that country. I’ve found their equipment to be comfortable and well-maintained and their employees competent and friendly. And so it was on this…
I am in Toronto for two days and on Sunday morning will leave this city on VIA Rail Canada’s wonderful train, The Canadian, for a three-plus day journey to Vancouver. This is a glorious ride, with (heading west from Toronto) the scenery starting out wonderful and improving as you go—from tidy dairy farms to endless…
When dealing with Amazon, I can’t shake the feeling that there are no human beings at the other end of whatever communication is going on. Well, it’s the same—maybe even worse—with Kindle, the entity that handles Amazon’s in-house publishing business. The Kindle computer informed me this morning that they are now accepting orders for the…