Evening on The Canadian

We left Vancouver and headed up the Frasier River valley. It was very pretty, but it was quite rainy, so it was near impossible to get good pictures through the raindrops.

The first person I met on the train turned out to be an MP from BC, who was taking the train to Ottawa to experience how legislators had to travel 100 years ago. This is the second random Canadian politician I have met while traveling. The first was the (former?) mayor of Toronto we met in China 20 years ago.

Then, later at dinner I met a Canadian journalist who was just beginning a yearlong trip around the world that he hoped to turn into a book. So in a couple years, I will have to look for Justin McElroy's book.

Before dinner they served canapes in the lounge car. They didn't taste as good as they looked, but that would have been hard, since they were so pretty.

Dinner was very tasty. I was in the second (of 3) seatings and before I was finished, they had already started the wine tasting in the lounge car. So I only got the tail end (reds). Nothing knocked my socks off but I'm just going for serviceable.

After the wine tasting, and the last of socializing, I headed back to my room, where my bed had been all made up. I had a nightcap from the scotch I had packed from home and called it a night.Read more