2018 Eastern Canada trip: Day one - from Ottawa to Lévis

Ladies and gentlemen!

This is the first of twenty-five parts documenting my trip to the Maritimes as well as Newfoundland and Labrador this past summer. On the first day, I took the train from Ottawa to Montreal. I had dinner at the Montreal train station before boarding the Ocean: the train that connects Montreal and Halifax and a trip that would end up taking twenty-two hours.

Highlights: I love travelling by train. On the ride from Ottawa to Montreal, I saw a deer and turkeys. The train station in Montreal is filled with interesting restaurants and shops. The Ocean turned out having quite cozy and comfortable seats.

Curiosities: Right at the start of my trip in Ottawa, I met a quite loud family who would eventually travel all the way to Halifax with me. It was raining inside the Montreal train station since there was a problem with the roof and the weather was quite terrible. On the ride from Ottawa to Montreal I was seated next to a mother of a young child who was travelling alone and who was constantly arguing with her boyfriend who sent her angry text messages while she kept drinking a lot of wine. Examples like those prove me that I'm glad to not be in a relationship right now.

Ottawa train station in the early afternoon

Lachine Canal in Montreal

Arriving at Montreal train station

Inside Montreal train station waiting for the departure of the Ocean

Leaving Montreal aboard the Ocean