{"id":658,"date":"2005-10-19T20:08:47","date_gmt":"2005-10-19T20:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingtruths.wordpress.com\/?p=658"},"modified":"2018-04-19T11:25:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T01:25:53","slug":"canada-by-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/destinations\/canada\/canada-by-train","title":{"rendered":"Trans-Canada Train"},"content":{"rendered":"If time is on your side, take the train. A good rule to live by. Trains generally arrive in the centre of town, have more space and you are free to walk around and you see, a lot. So it was that we, needing to get from Toronto to Vancouver, found ourselves on the trans-Canada train rumbling through northern Ontario watching the fall trees changing colour before our eyes.\r\n\r\nThe scenery still seems like it is locked on a loop of lakes trees and rivers as we scale our way around Lake Superior. Virtually no towns at all or signs of human life. The train has a smooth ride and not too busy. Allowing us to have two seats to ourselves and stretch out. We have our packed food supplies which serves us well, although a jar of cumin seems to have leaked into everything. I will never forget the smell of cumin!\r\n\r\nGradually the trees and forests give way to open plains as we enter the province of Manitoba. Shortly after we arrive in the capital Winnipeg round 5pm. Home to Winnie the Pooh. Absolutely freezing. It is strange as we are still a little sunburn from Hawaii weirdly only a few days before but are now under in 4 layers of clothes!\r\n\r\nWe get the local bus from the train station to the hostel. We amuse everyone on the bus with all our luggage and our questions of how to get where we're going. Everyone very nice and we realise why. The number plates claim that we are in 'friendly' Manitoba. Hostel decent and we head off to catch a movie.\r\n
If time is on your side, take the train. A good rule to live by. Trains generally arrive in the centre of town, have more space and you are free to walk around and you see, a lot. So it was that we, needing to get from Toronto to Vancouver, found ourselves on the trans-Canada […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[412,438,382],"yoast_head":"\n