Travels of a New Canadian: वैंकूवर से हैलिफ़ैक्स तक ट्रेन द्वारा — सांस्कृतिक प्रवेश पास के साथ
Did you ever eat a nun’s fart? Walk on a glacier? à¤à¤• अनà¥à¤µà¥‡à¤·à¤£ शहरी राषà¥à¤Ÿà¥à¤°à¥€à¤¯ उपवन?
Have you sampled shmoo torte? Taste-tested bagels or perogies? कॉइन-अमन पर नाशà¥à¤¤à¤¾ किया?
Have you gone about your daily business — as if you were an Acadian in the 1700s?
आप लà¥à¤ˆ Riel की कबà¥à¤° को देखा है? Dipped your toes in the surf of the world’s highest tide?
Have you considered how aboriginal artists perceived the explorers who arrived on their land?
…explored a neighborhood museum — in a former public bathhouse?
…listened to stories of immigrants as they came to start life in a new country?
I’ve recently had the chance to do all these things, और अधिक.
यहाठकनाडा में सà¤à¥€.
माई कà¥à¤°à¥‰à¤¸-कनाडा रेल à¤à¤¡à¤µà¥‡à¤‚चर
I’m just back from a great adventure — an epic cross-Canada train trip.
I spent a month traveling across Canada on रेल के माधà¥à¤¯à¤® से वैंकूवर से हैलिफ़ैकà¥à¤¸ को with numerous stops along the way.
As a new Canadian myself — my family and I became Canadian citizens last year — I wanted to explore some of Canada’s iconic, don’t-miss places, रॉकी परà¥à¤µà¤¤ से अटलांटिक तट के लिà¤.
But I also want to follow, और शेयर, Canada’s multicultural story, learning more about other newcomers, अतीत और वरà¥à¤¤à¤®à¤¾à¤¨.
सांसà¥à¤•à¥ƒà¤¤à¤¿à¤• पहà¥à¤à¤š दरà¥à¤°à¤¾
मैं इस यातà¥à¤°à¤¾ लेने में सकà¥à¤·à¤® था, à¤à¤¾à¤— में, धनà¥à¤¯à¤µà¤¾à¤¦ करने के लिठan excellent program that’s available मà¥à¤•à¥à¤¤ to new Canadian citizens: the सांसà¥à¤•à¥ƒà¤¤à¤¿à¤• पहà¥à¤à¤š दरà¥à¤°à¤¾. Sponsored by the non-profit कनाडा के नागरिकता के लिठसंसà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤¨, the Cultural Access Pass is good for free admission to more than 1,000 museums and cultural attractions across the country और to all of Canada’s national parks and historic sites.
The pass also gives new citizens a 50 percent discount off a Via Rail trip, and I was excited to learn that you can apply the pass to an already discounted fare. That’s right — when Via Rail announced a 50-percent-off sale, I was able to use my Cultural Access Pass for an extra discount.
If you’re a new citizen, it’s the cheapest way you’ll ever find to take the train across Canada! पास करने के लिठधनà¥à¤¯à¤µà¤¾à¤¦, à¤à¥€, my admission to the national parks, historic sites, and most of the museums I visited — from Jasper to Winnipeg, मॉनà¥à¤Ÿà¥à¤°à¤¿à¤¯à¤² के लिठटोरंटो, Moncton to Halifax — didn’t cost me anything.
सà¤à¥€ समीप!
Over the coming weeks, I’ll be posting stories about my new Canadian’s cross-country rail adventure. I hope you’ll join me on my travels.
And I’ll be sure to tell you all about those nun’s farts.
Photo credits:
वैंकूवर से जैसà¥à¤ªà¤° © कैरोलिन बी को वाया रेल टà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤¨ पर सवार. हेलà¥à¤²à¤°
Embarking on the train journey © Alan Albert
Trains departing from Toronto’s Union Station © Carolyn B. हेलà¥à¤²à¤°