# Traveling in North America **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 25, 2006, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-in-north-america/346053 "2006-02-25T09:05:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-in-north-america/346053/41 "2007-05-25T16:39:05Z")
I’ve been wondering about this thread too. Having recently driven from Calgary to Regina to Saskatoon and back to Calgary, I can offer some idea of driving times, if **Fish Cheer** is considering bus or car travel: Calgary to Regina: 8 hours Regina to Saskatoon: 3 hours Saskatoon to Calgary: 7 hours Note that all times include fuel stops, pee breaks, and suchlike. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-in-north-america/346053/42 "2007-05-25T17:38:17Z")
You mentioned being on campus. Where I went to school, the students had put up a shared ride board. People offering or looking for rides posted where they were going and when. The rider usually picked up part of the cost of gas. That was a great way to find a ride, and I met some interesting people. Check and see what the school you will be at offers. Who knows where you might find a ride to. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-in-north-america/346053/43 "2007-05-25T17:46:12Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Okay, to the OP’s question. I’ll back up what others have said: do not go through the USA if you can help it. Flights from Europe to Canada are frequent and common; I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there was daily Frankfurt-Toronto service on Air Canada or Lufthansa. There may also be someplace-in-Europe to Calgary service; I know a number of European flights go in and out of [/QUOTE] Just to touch on this one minor point: Air Canada has daily nonstop flights from Frankfurt to both Toronto and Calgary, as well as from Munich to Toronto; Lufthansa also flies daily from Frankfurt to Toronto. Ed ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-in-north-america/346053/44 "2007-05-25T18:01:17Z")
On buses… As mentioned several times above, **do not** take the bus to get to Saskatoon. I rode from Saskatoon to Winnipeg on Greyhound once, and it was godawful. Once you are settled into S’toon, however, the city bus system is quite good. Not to European standards, of course, but pretty efficient compared to most places I’ve lived in North America. Especially if you live near campus. I recommend getting a bus pass. You can easily take the bus across the river to downtown (and you may be thinking that you can just as easily walk across, but when it’s 30 below that wind cuts through you pretty badly, and you’ll be happy to jump on the bus!). I can’t remember the best place to get groceries around there, but I’m sure many students can fill you in. Oh, and **Rodd Hill** posted a link to Wanuskewin. It’s cool. You should go. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-in-north-america/346053/45 "2007-05-25T21:00:50Z")
Sigh. I meant **Fish Cheer** , of course. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-in-north-america/346053/46 "2007-05-26T01:49:30Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Cabs to downtown will be at least $30 or $35–cabs out of the airport are ridiculously expensive–but they are only worth it if you are going somewhere in the outer suburbs, or far across the city, that would involve more than two or three transit-vehicle changes. Or if you have lots of luggage, as mentioned before. [/QUOTE] **Sunspace** you are underestimating the cost of the cab ride from the airport to downtown Toronto. My experience has been that you are looking at a range that is more like $45 to $60 depending on the time of day, where you are going in the downtown, and how much you are prepared to tip. **Fish Cheer** if you do make it to Saskatoon for your internship, as others have said, I think you’ll find the distance from the campus to the downtown area very walkable. It is also very pleasant to walk along the paths by the river. The train bridge that crosses the river can be fun to walk across. You can stop and watch the pelicans fishing by the weir as you go across. If you enjoy museums, the Mendel art gallery on the downtown “side” of the river can be quite enjoyable, along with its attached conservatory. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-in-north-america/346053.md?page=2)