O, Canada! By Ben Abramson Washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Thursday, January 11, 2001

Surveying Parliament Hill in Ottawa (Jim Young/Reuters)

Visit the Air Canada site and click on "Websaver" to sign up for its weekly specials. Fares are posted every Wednesday with departures from the three Washington-area airports to various Canadian cities.

You can also take Amtrak to Montreal, including the Vermonter with departures from Washington and the Adirondack leaving from New York.