I'm Makayla.

I'm Canadian, but I live in Japan.

I'm a video blogger.

I usually make YouTube videos about my daily life here.

But this time I'm on a new mission to go back to my country, Canada, and introduce it to both Japan and the world.

For two weeks, I'll be traveling across Canada by train, enjoying tons of new experiences, eating delicious local foods and making new friends.

And I'll be reporting all of my adventures back to you.

Sponsored by the Canadian Tourism Commission and via rail.

Thin is made in Canada.

You know, I'm not gonna lie.

Really excited to see my parents, and I really slept.

I've been up since, like, four in the morning.

Ready?

Um, I'm nervous, and I'm excited because I really miss them.

And I said, I never get to see that as often as I'd like, but just by chance, are trained to be stopping my home town can't lives.

I really hope that I get to see them station Cole.

Cole.

I don't know if you were like I started.

Thank you for waiting guy here regarding me.

I'm gonna cry even though our train arrive late.

My parents still stayed and waited for me.

I guess.

What?

You don't get to see each other very often.

You take every chance you get.

No.

Hey, okay, I love you by really happy I can see them, even if it was just like coating minutes.

I don't know what else to say, really.

And so begins our life on the be around Canada line runs between Vancouver and Toronto and, if written in its entirety, takes approximately three and 1/2 days to complete three and 1/2 days of straight train riding.

And that's only to the center of Canada.

A large percentage of the customers on via rail are not locals, but rather from the U.

S.

WiFi and cell phone signals cannot reach us here, and at times it's the gentlest scenery and conversations with strangers that are your only source of entertainment.

But it's the social aspect that makes traveling on the via rail so much fun.

You never know who you're gonna meet, and some of those connections can last a lifetime.

Dining on the via rail is a great experience.

Some of the dishes even exceed restaurant quality in spite of being prepared on the train.

Admittedly, though with all of the shaking.

Actually, getting the food in your mouth could be a bit of a challenge.

Sometimes you can you give us tweeted this I tweeted skin.

Oh, hey, this study here, no question in my bed, Doga could actually studio Q Kay did.

You couldn't get it.

I had this for the other 12 bloggers from all over the world and myself.

This train is our home base for the next week as we make our way across Canada.

Next stop, Jasper.

I hope my clothes are warm and s Wait, wait, wait.