Sunday, May 17, 2009
Our original plan was to go next to Ottawa, the capital of Canada. I've never been there and I looked forward to seeing it at tulip time. But something else came up, namely involving airplanes, so we did some quick schedule changing. Now we would be taking the train to Toronto, staying overnight and catching another train the next day to Guelph, Ontario.
Although the train leaves Quebec City at quarter to 1:00, they feed you lunch anyway. We would also get supper on the train.
There is not much to report about this day. Basically we sat on the train, looked at the scenery and ate. At 4:00 pm we arrived at Montreal where we had to catch another train at 6:00. Unfortunately, we didn't get one of the superior Renaissance trains on this day and I think we had to lug our suitcases on and off each train.
It was a long day of travelling and the ride all the way was bumpy. We arrived in Toronto at 11:30 pm. The first thing we notice upon entering the train station in Toronto is that we're not in Quebec any more. People here dress like west coasters, which surprised me a little. By the way, I'd only been to this city once, for three days back in the 70's on my way home from the Caribbean. It was October and flakes of snow were falling.
But now, I have to remind myself to stop saying "bonjour" to people.
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