I tend to agree with Cote.
I'd love to visit NB of course. See why the people are so happy. Something in the water I suspect.eems like a somewhat biased survey anyway.
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I just found out............ I'm in a Happy Place.
Depending on how you look at the world, the happiest people on earth live either in Denmark, or Vanuatu, an island nation in the South Pacific.
As far as individual happiness goes, health and family and having a job you like counts for more in Canada, according to the study, than wealth and sex.
And about 20 per cent of the people surveyed gave their happiness a perfect score ? 10 out of 10. Are they the lucky ones? Again, it's all about perspective. Pierre Cote says he found this last finding among the most discouraging. ?If you're that happy, it's time to die,? he said. ?Life is about the pursuit of happiness.?
Happy? How do you know? And does it really matter?
I'm quite content to be content.
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.. while checking out the water, EdH! And if you do go and are into such things, the reconstructed French Fortress Louisberg is every bit as fascinating as Colonial Williamsburg and Plymouth Plantation (closer to the scale of the former than the latter).
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Some seem to be made happy by serving others, helping those in need, being a good neighbor.
Some by making the lives of others miserable
Some concentrate on gaining pleasure from seeking vengeance.
Some by not having any financial worries.
Some by not having any health concerns.
Some by always getting their way.
Some by being a big fish in a small pond.
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Some by following the lead of the above big fish
Some by just feeling they belong.
On and on and on.
I know I'm happy when I know those I care about are OK, when my medical tests are fairly normal, when I learn something new, when somebody has been kind to me, when the weather sits my taste, when I have enough $ to buy what I need, when good things happen to those I care about and when I see beauty around me.
From what I've seen of Canada, it is beautiful!
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Angeline. Our summer vacation in a bit under a month will be a train trip on the Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Banff, then a bus trip back by a bit more southerly route (including a stop in their wine country). Hope it's still cool!
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RV-ing friends of ours spent their summers in Canada. They raved about the wonderful produce they bought along he way.
I grew up in the times of train travel, and it was my favorite mode of transportation. Loved the food on the diners! 
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... was back in 2003, on a trip to Kansas City and back.
One tip about the diner car. Be first in line or as early as you can be. We waited till the rush was over (thinking we were being smart). What we forgot was just because a train has a full kitchen doesn't make it a full fledged restaurant or mean they have unlimited resources. By the time we sat down, most of the food selections were gone! What was left was still good but the small selection reminded us that we were traveling along at 80 miles an hour with no way of stopping for groceries when the kitchen runs low..
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.... 1958.
My husband had left earlier for Kansas City to find us a house. So when that was settled, our daughter and I traveled from nashville to St. Louis, where we caught .... was it Missouri Pacific? .
Linens and solid silver on the table. Extensive menu. Excellent personal service. The maitre d gave her a free ice cream sundae.
When I was on breaks from school I loved the breakfasts because they had cantaloupe year around. For lunch, the club sandwiches.
I could take my dog by getting a roomette.
Was your 2003 trip on Amtrak? I've heard there are still a few decent trains west of the MS River.
In those days people dresse up to travel by plane or train.
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Can't recall the names of the trains. Went from Pittsburgh to Chicago to Kansas City and back.
Pittsburgh to Chicago was frankly horrible. The cars were old, upholstery was ripped up. and the train was packed full. Chicago to KC and the return back to chicago and Pittsburgh were all much better. The train from Chicago to KC being the best. In 2003 I was still a smoker and the smoking room of the train offered some interesting people to talk to. A bunch of everyday folk, a couple real characters, and a few drunks from the bar car. All in all, the conversations in that room made the extra time to travel by train well worth it.
The train stations were both exciting and disappointing.
Pittsburgh's reminded me of every bus station and subway commuter station I had ever been in. Nothing to write home about.
Union Station in Chicago was a mash up of old and new and honestly, past renovations were not well thought out. It resembled nothing of my childhood memories of traveling through there in the 1960's - last time I traveled by train was in the 60's but we traveled cross country 2 or 3 times a year for 3 or 4 years in a row while Pop was in post grad studies. Chicago was really bad for the fact the main street entrance was so clogged by pan handlers that you dared not look them in the eye and you literally had to push them out of the way to get out the door onto the street.
Kansas City? Their train station was breath taking! If anyone has a chance to go there just to see it I would highly recommend you go. The city and various community groups have restored the interior to it's original glory... LINK... and the building now includes enough different activities to keep a family busy for several days.
All in all, I would still travel by train today. Who was it that said they were going on a trip through Canada soon? Whoever it was, I envy you and hope you have fun.
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"i love the sandwiches on British Rail, the way they manage to curl up the corners so that you can see what's in them.....amazing!"
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And this has been going on for months, ever since an undersea [volcanic] island began forming.
Vanuatu is sitting on an active part of the "ring of fire", at about 167E 57S.
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