Hai mai mangiato la scoreggia di una suora? rivista ha pubblicato quello che chiamano a? Esplora una urbano parco nazionale?

rivista ha pubblicato quello che chiamano a? rivista ha pubblicato quello che chiamano a? Spuntino con Kouign-Amann?

rivista ha pubblicato quello che chiamano a — as if you were an Acadian in the 1700s?

Avete visto la tomba di Louis Riel? 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, e altro ancora.

Tutto qui in Canada.

My Cross-Canada Rail Adventure

I’m just back from a great adventure — an epic cross-Canada train trip.

Ho trascorso un mese traveling across Canada on Via Rail da Vancouver a Halifax 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, dalle Montagne Rocciose alla costa atlantica.

But I also want to follow, e la quota di, Canada’s multicultural story, learning more about other newcomers, passato e presente.

L'Access Pass Culturale

Sono stato in grado di fare questo viaggio, in parte, grazie a an excellent program that’s available libero to new Canadian citizens: il Access Pass Culturale. Sponsored by the non-profit Istituto per la cittadinanza canadese, the Cultural Access Pass is good for free admission to more than 1,000 museums and cultural attractions across the country e 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! Grazie al passaggio, troppo, my admission to the national parks, historic sites, and most of the museums I visited — from Jasper to Winnipeg, Toronto a Montreal, Moncton to Halifax — didn’t cost me anything.

Tutti a bordo!

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:
A bordo del treno ferroviario via da Vancouver a Jasper © Carolyn B. Heller
Embarking on the train journey © Alan Albert
Trains departing from Toronto’s Union Station © Carolyn B. Heller