Having settled nicely into my lovely plush king sized bed last night, I was awoken rudely a couple of hours later by a cacophony of bells from the corridor. Getting up and dressing as quickly as possible, I poked my head around the door and was greeted with the sight of most of the other hotel residents sticking their heads out of their respective doors: "Is it a fire?" "Dunno, can you smell burning?" "Can't tell. I've got a cold. Can you smell burning?" "I c...

Leonie and I went for dinner today in the restaurant car, where we were joined by Chantelle and Caroline as we approached Ontario. Luckily, I had been able to get hold of a few bucks from a cash machine in Winnipeg which was feeling less temperamental than the ones in Edmonton, so I was finally able to afford something to eat. Cash machines are always something of an enigma in foreign countries - your bank will happily tell you that your card will work in hundred...