All abooooooard!
Why don't you hop onto The Canadian and accompany me along the next leg of my coast to coast journey, from Saskatoon to Toronto? We've got two days and two nights to kill on this moving hotel. Luckily it won't be difficult to entertain ourselves.
Now that we've settled into our cabin for two (the chairs collapse and two bunk beds come down at night!) let's wind our way to the back of the train, where we'll enjoy a coffee and a book in the Park Car.
If the inane nattering of our fellow passengers becomes too much for us to bear, we'll head up the stairs to the viewing car and watch the onboard shutterbugs among us take 1700 photos of the never-changing, albeit lovely, prairie scenery. (Yes, I am talking to you, man at the front of the photo.)
Dinner time! We'll head to the dining car for the "moonlight" seating. If we're lucky, we'll be seated with our friends the crazy German couple! You might be worried that this meal will be somewhat like a glorified airline dinner, but I'm here to reassure you that the quality food that two cooks can turn out in a small, moving galley kitchen is actually pretty incredible. And boy, can the wait staff juggle those trays as we lurch from side to side!
At the table, while we enjoy getting to know people from home and abroad, we'll be entertained by scenery like this:
Once we're sated, it's lights out as the train gently rocks us to sleep. OK, it rocks us to sleep on the second night. On the first night it's more like it keeps us awake with its thumping and thudding. But no matter. Despite a few teeny inconveniences, this train journey really is one of those very special "trips of a lifetime".
And I didn't even get to tell you about 3pm Bingo in the Activity Car!
9 comments:
Your photos look so familiar, Hilary. We recently took the overnight train from Halifax to Montreal in Eastern Canada - it looked identical to the train you took. The food was very good, but we hardly managed to sleep at all. Our unchanging scenery was trees right up to the trackside!
Oh my God, that looks like such fun! I'd love to go on a train like that. And not just for the 3pm bingo!
I'd love to try something like that, I dont think I would feel claustrophobic with all those beautiful big windows either.
Have a wonderful weekend.
*kisses* HH
After you telling us about it Lil and I we're seriously considering doing the same trip next year after a wedding in Sask. Now after seeing your photo's I'm no longer considering it.. I think it's a must!
You make train travel look so wonderful! I would love to do a trip across Canada sometime. If I do, I'll be sure to check in with you first for some good recommendations. Thanks! xxooxo
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Very nice! I'd like to take the kids and go. I think we'd have lots of fun (just for a coupla days after that they'd get on each other's nerve). :)
~ingrid
Wow...I definitely want to travel on that train! Your photos are lovely.
I've been wanting to do this for awhile now!!
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