Tag: Train

  • How to Survive 2 Day Train Trips Like a Champ

    How to Survive 2 Day Train Trips Like a Champ

    One of the best ways to truly see Canada is by train. By traveling with VIA Rail you’re able to truly appreciate the vast distances of this massive country. While it is in my opinion the most romantic way to travel, after 24 hours on a train you can start to feel a little too…

  • 13 Reasons to Ditch Airlines for VIA Rail

    13 Reasons to Ditch Airlines for VIA Rail

    Henry Miller, the famous writer & painter once wrote – “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” In the last 60 years, travel has evolved for the impatient. We board a plane, melt into our in-flight entertainment consoles, look out the window a couple of times, and arrive at…

  • A Local Quebecois Experience at Le Massif’s Hôtel La Ferme

    A Local Quebecois Experience at Le Massif’s Hôtel La Ferme

    Travel has been evolving for generations, but one of the most profound changes in recent years within this massive industry is peoples desire to do no harm, to see the world in the most ecologically friendly way possible without sacrificing comfort and style. While companies strive to make less of an impact by decreasing their…

  • The White Pass & Yukon Route – Gateway to the North

    The White Pass & Yukon Route – Gateway to the North

    Driving from Whitehorse in the Yukon to Fraser, B.C to climb aboard the White Pass & Yukon Route is an experience unto itself. The scenery in this region can hardly be described. Hues of blue & green with sharp contrasts of icy white and dark charcoals and black cover the rocky mountainous terrain. It’s as…

  • Discovering Canada By Train with VIA Rail

    Discovering Canada By Train with VIA Rail

    Up until now, most of my travels across Canada have been done by campervan, car, bus, and countless long and boring flights. While I’ve been fortunate to see some of the most incredible sights that this massive nation has to offer, it always felt like I was missing something, like the journeys I had taken…

  • Train Travel in Canada

    Train Travel in Canada is still very much a part of this country’s heritage. There are many ways to see Canada, but the to see the Great North by train is easily one of the most memorable. With countless different routes you can choose from, such as long haul coast to coast trains, to just…